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Sure, I'll read another novella. I loved Slow Regard.

Merry Christmas & happy holidays spammers

It has been a long time! It's good to see you too, and yes being a homeowner does feel good despite all of the bills and annoyances that come along with it. Jam making sounds like a great thing to get into. You can never have too much jam. I'm going to North Carolina for my cousin's wedding but that's only for a couple of days. After I get back I'll just be staycationing for the rest of the week. Sorry to hear you've had a rough year, I hope things start looking up. Congratulations to your best friend on the wedding! Glad you're feeling better!

Yeah feeling much better now. Just a lingering cough that hasn't quite gone away. Hi Rhaenys! I'm doing alright all things considered. Seems like everything in my house is breaking down at once and I'm paying repair bill after repair bill but that's just the nature of home ownership. Looking forward to Halloween and taking a vacation in November. How are you? I'm enjoying the dragon show quite a bit but I am and have always been a Targ fan so it's tailor made for me. It feels good to have a weekly 'event' TV show again. Reminds me of when GoT was still good!

Sorry to hear that Bucky. I hope your symptoms stay mild and you recover quickly. I got sick for the first time since all this kicked off a few weeks ago myself. Wasn't covid in my case thankfully. First time I ventured into a big crowd with no mask on and bam, infected. I'm never taking my mask off in public again.

Hello spammers. Hope you're all doing well. The Dragon Show™ has pulled me back to the board to (mostly) lurk in threads. Ain't that the truth.

Me too, Lany!

Ha, I've been of the mind from the start that Jeff isn't actually cheating on Shauna and that something else is going on with his sneaking around and the woman at the hotel. Didn't have any actual guesses on what it was but I like the call that he's involved in the blackmail plot.

I was initially pretty shocked at Shauna saying she didn't like her daughter in front of this woman who is still grieving her own, it felt so cruel. But then seeing how awful Jackie's mom is to her my thoughts quickly changed to 'get her ass'. That scene actually made me like Jeff, who just seemed like such a douche before. I am still really hoping things don't go in a supernatural direction.

Hi Buck I'm doing alright. Work remains busy as hell, and ongoing anxiety over the state of things never gets any more fun. But being vaxxed and boosted and able to see people again now and then has been nice. Though now with omicron I guess it's time to go hermit mode again. How are you doing?

I've been enjoying this show a lot more than I originally thought I would. Although to be honest I become somewhat less interested as they started hinting at some grand conspiracy beyond whatever awful shit the girls themselves got up to out there and are trying to cover up. Christina Ricci is the absolute highlight of the show for me. She's got that faux-cheerful menace down to a science that makes my skin crawl. I'm glad the creators have a specific roadmap in mind, even if five seasons sounds like a lot at the outset. My biggest fear with this show (as with anything Showtime touches) is that they'll drag it out for years past the point when it should have ended until it's a miserable ghost of its former self. I still can't believe they necro'd Dexter.

Season's greetings, spammers. Just popping in to say hello and I hope you all are doing well and staying safe in this ongoing apocalypse of ours.

I still don't think the book ever comes out but getting the prologue was neat.

Congrats on the new job also Covid numbers only ever get worse here in the good old USA. Especially in Florida. I've been having stress dreams about it too.

Thanks Bucky Its been a lot of ups and downs this year. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and that's probably been the single hardest thing. Some other illness in the extended family but somehow we've all managed to avoid covid so far. On the other hand I bought a house at the beginning of the year, and I've been fortunate enough to keep my job through all the madness of 2020 so I can keep the mortgage paid. I never thought I would be a homeowner. I've been living here for 10 months and it still doesn't feel real. All things considered I can't really complain. With everything happening this year I've been incredibly fortunate. How are you doing?

Happy belated birthdays to Rhaenys & Bucky. It has been a hell of a year, friends. I hope all of you are healthy and safe. And remember, the spam can never truly die. It will live on in all of us.

I will miss it as well, cheers to you all for the years of gift giving. It truly made the holidays special Next year I will check in a bit earlier to see if we can make it happen. I would be happy to take over organizing if need be.

I hope we can get it going again this year. If there's anything I can do to help with the organization I'm happy to volunteer.

Yeah I still really enjoyed Republic of Thieves, I would put it on the same level as Red Seas, with both being a bit below the first book.

Awesome. Can't wait to read it.

Jamaica. I'm guessing that 0.29% from the last time was also me

Open those gifts!

It's the best show! And I would love to take a look at that recipe

The gifts revealed: https://i.imgur.com/3sGGPne.jpg Wizard card game and silicone baking sheet and rolling pin set! I've been watching a bunch of GBBO lately and I plan on using these to make some ginger snaps for the holidays Thank you Santa!