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7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yeah, I've actually had a lot of people do that with my cane. "So why are you still using it?" "Because I like to be abl to walk places comfortably - lots of places!" "But wouldn't you be better off without it?" "Sure... maybe... if I didn't have all these places I wanted to go, like work and stuff."

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +7 points

:D

Wonderful new banner! I love it! Thank you to whoever made it!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 1 reply · +3 points

Same? However I have seen some people make truly beautiful art of pride-flag themed dragons & dinosaurs recently... so maybe that's what he's referring to?

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 2 replies · +7 points

Not quite sure whether to rot-13 this, but...

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Also, Mark, did you just remark on how cool the "bad language" section of the Manual would be and then apologise for swearing? :P

And tomatoes! <3
I fully agree with Mamvish on this one, garden-grown tomatoes are one of the biggest amazements in the world! This is why I always make sure there are tomatoes every time I plant any garden (and basil! pesto!!!!)

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 2 replies · +13 points

I didn't plan it that way, because I had no idea when the chapters would come up...

But yesterday was my birthday - and waking up to 3 videos of Mark reading A Wizard of Mars felt like the best birthday present ever! <3

So thank you, Mark for doing what you do and bringing us joy!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 1 reply · +4 points

Thank you for the poem!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +6 points

Agreed! Tomatoes from you (or someone else's) yard are just different! <3

It's one of the things I make sure to always plant every time I plant the garden!

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +5 points

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h2L3yQxpw7M/UkLl46DG8TI...

Warning: contains minor spoilers! :D

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +6 points

History!!!!!!! <3

7 years ago @ Mark Reads - Mark Reads 'A Wizard o... · 0 replies · +9 points

Yeah, srsly. Kit was freaking out. :(

Otoh, I think his goal was not just to spare Kit embarrassment in the moment, but to help his existing friendships with kids who are struggling a lot more be less stressful in the long term. Now Kit can pass it off as a sucky grade if Jealousy rears it's ugly head.

But that could also be avoided by doing a decent job of hiding the test grades??? And a friendship that is under constant threat by jealousy like that could use a deeper solution than hiding stuff???

So yeah, to me the strategy seems... sub-optimal?

Edit: And if he's just trying to protect Kit from Jealousy, then the whole wind-up is entirely unnecessary. The first thing after the other kids are out of the room could have been "good job" or "you did fine". There is a little more going on there. :/

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