If you've watched the channel for any amount of time, you know that there are two things that I really, really like. Well, three. I like tabs, I like workspaces, and I like scratch pads. These are all things that allow me to keep things open pretty much all the time. And I know that a lot of people in the audience that watch my videos are very confused as to why I do these things and why my workflow has evolved in this manner. And I've talked about that in other videos. I don't really need to rehash that here, but the point is that when I have a browser open, I usually have somewhere around 60 tabs open. That's why I use tab groups in order to keep them somewhat organized. I do the same thing in Crusader. I have like 20 tabs open right now. It's kind of nuts. When it comes to workspaces, I usually have a plethora of different applications open. Usually I have several instances of a browser open. I have, you know, file managers and Discord and a whole bunch of other things open across multiple workspaces. And this workflow works for me. It's definitely something that I find myself attached to, something that I can't move away from. However, I have been exploring ways of consolidating things in some manner. And one of the ways I've decided to do that is take some of the things that I use that can be made into web apps and then make them into actual applications so that they can be used in applications that are kind of designed to manage web apps, things like Ferdium. If you don't know what Ferdium is, it looks like this. This is Ferdium right here. And basically what it does is it allows you to use web applications in a single application with tabs. So I have YouTube Studio here. I have TweetDeck. I have Macedon, Google Keep, Pocket and Telegram. All of these things used to be either a tab or an electron app or something like that where I'd have to dedicate an actual workspace just for that one thing or have it off to the side of a workspace. Whatever it happened to be, it was always taking up more space just because it was an individual application. Now I've been using Ferdium now for probably about two weeks and I'm really happy with it. It works really, really well. It does take up quite a bit of resources. So pretty much all the time it's taking up between 2% and 3% of my CPU usage which is quite high for what this thing does. But I'm not hurting for CPU cycles, so I'm okay with that. But I could see why for some people who are maybe running this on a laptop, it wouldn't be for them. Now just because I'm happy with this application doesn't mean that I am not looking for alternatives or things to try. So recently while I was out trolling around the internet, I came across an application called Tangram. Now Tangram looks like this.  But basically it does the same thing that Ferdium does only instead of having dedicated services that you can add and then each of those services has kind of been developed in a way that it's kind of suited for that service. With Tangram everything is a custom application. So when you hit the plus button or you're in it for the first time, you're giving a page like this and you enter the web address. So in this case I'm going to do tweet deck if I can spell.twitter.com and it's going to take me to that actual website. Basically what this is is an actual browser. All it's doing is browsing to the website and then you would sign in. So I'll sign into this here. And once you've logged in, you hit the done button. And basically what it then allows you to do is set a name, the home page that you're going to set as the actual home page of the application and then tell what priority you want the notifications to be. You can also add a user agent which would mask what browser this is coming from. So I'm assuming this probably uses a Chromium backend and you could then use Firefox if you wanted to with the user agent. Hi there, Matt from the future here, editor Matt if you will. There's a couple things in the video that I did not mention that I probably should have. What you just heard me say was that it was based on Chromium, which I suppose is kind of true. Really it's based on WebKit and GNOME Web. So it's not really a Chromium based browser. The other thing that I didn't mention that I probably should have is that each tab that you can create in Tangram is persistent and is separate from all the other tabs. Basically what that means is that you could have multiple instances of tweet deck or multiple instances of a YouTube channel if you want. So if you manage multiple YouTube channels or if you manage multiple Facebook accounts, whatever happens to be, you can have those in separate tabs and they're not going to be connected. Like they would be if you sign in on a regular browser to Google, you're going to be signing into Google on every tab that you open with Tangram. You can sign into Google in one tab and then send into a different Google account in another. They're not going to be connected in any way.  So back to the video. I'm just going to leave that blank hit done here. And then as you can see, tweet deck becomes one of the tabs I have down here along the bottoms. I also have faucet on and studio. So I can do that for every single application that I use on the internet. It can be any website you want at all. There is no limitation. So Ferdium does not have a limitation either, but it has a set of applications that you can choose from. So if I go back here to Ferdium and hit the plus button, you can see that there's a list of services here that it has. Now there's obviously a lot more services than just those few and you can add any of those into one. So let's just say I wanted to you to add a clubhouse one, right? It gives you options for notifications and audio and stuff like that also a built in dark mode, which is nice. It also allows you if they don't support your service to add a custom one. So you can click on the plus button and then as you search through these discover that they don't offer that service, you can then add a custom one. And it gives you the same basic options as a service that is supported. It works basically the same way. The only difference is that instead of having a nice clean interface like this up here at the top where there's no bar. If you have a custom application, you do have a URL bar up there at the top, which is a little bit annoying. It won't go away. That's about the only thing I really didn't like about Ferdium, other than the CPU usage with Tangram. I'm not sure yet how it works in terms of resource usage because I haven't been using it all that long, but everything is custom. There are no set applications for you to use. You just put in the URL and go through that little setup that I show you and you're done. It adds it as a tab on the bottom. There are no extra settings for this application whatsoever, other than the ability to change where the tabs are. You can change the tab position from top, left, right, or bottom. I prefer the bottom, but top also works just fine. I think by default, they appear here, which is, I don't really consider that awesome. I guess if it would minimize down so it's just the icons, that would actually be really cool, so it's along the side there, but as it is, I don't find the left or the right all that useful or appealing, so I preferred the bottom, but other than that, there are no settings here for you to set. In fact, there's no dark mode. Now, I'm assuming that if you were to use this in a desktop environment, it would follow your GTK theme. For me, it does not. Now, some of that is probably because it's a flat pack. I did go through and try to set the flat pack theme again for whatever reason it doesn't do it for every flat pack, which I'm not sure why. It's just one of those quirks of flat packs that you're just kind of annoying, but I couldn't get it to show up with a dark theme. So that's not that big of a deal, but it is something that you should keep in mind if you decide to use this. Now, the only thing that I've noticed that I really don't like about this other than the lack of the ability to theme it is that it is pretty slow. When you close this application and then you open it back up, you can see that it takes quite a bit of time to actually load in the websites that you have selected. Now, Ferdium is also slow in this regard, but I'd assumed that that was because I had like six services that I had to load. And it's not this slow. So that's definitely something that I noticed is that it's not as fast as Ferdium, so that might be a deal breaker for me. So that is Tangram, a little browser that is meant to help you manage your web apps.  I don't think that I'm going to continue to use it, so for two reasons. One, because like I said, it's slow. Two, I don't really care for the inability to theme it. And three, because I really prefer the way that Ferdium allows you to set some of the settings for the individual applications that you create. So the ability to things like add a dark mode, if the service doesn't offer a dark mode, enable a progress bar if you want to things like manage how the notifications work, enable things like unread badges as well. Those things are important and really nice. So that's probably what's going to keep me using Ferdium for now. But Tangram was a nice experience. And there are some good things that I like about it. I like the ability to change where the tabs are. I'm not sure if that's something that you can do in Ferdium. I actually haven't looked. You can actually change where the tabs are in Ferdium as well. Although it looks like you only have the option between the side and the top, which is not great. I'd prefer these on the bottom, but whatever, at least you have that option. So that's the reason why I'm sticking with Ferdium. It has a ton of options and settings and stuff like that. And as everyone knows, I like tweaking things. So the ability to mess around with those settings is appealing to me, whereas Tangram doesn't actually have any settings. So that is it for me on this one. If you have thoughts on Tangram, you can leave those in the comment section below. I hope I did a well enough job of explaining this. I'm coming down with a little bit of a cold. So my brain is kind of all over the place. But that's kind of neither here nor there. So if you have thoughts on this, you can leave those in the comments section below. I think I already said that. You can follow me on Twitter at Linuxcast. You can follow me on Maston or Odyssey. Those links will be in the video description. You can support me on Patreon at patreon.com slash Linuxcast, just like all these fine people. Thanks to everybody who does support me on Patreon and YouTube. You guys are all amazing people. I truly do appreciate it. I can't even begin to say how much without you. The channel just would not be what it is today. 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delay no further. Brief aside, this annoys me a little bit. I don't think that that's the right expression for the situation, but I can't think of a better one. Classic nemesis behavior. I don't actually think it's that hard. ["I Don't Think It's That Hard"] So you remember how last month I fell super behind on things? And then that's why I ended up having to do like a combined video of my wrap up in TBR. Well, we're doing that again because I'm behind again. Oops. Meant to have the TBR up like on the first or before the first, and then that did not happen. So anyway, here we are. We're doing it. Same information will be provided, just not into separate videos. Got my wrap up and my TBR. And we'll do first the wrap up and then the TBR. That is to say my July wrap up, my August TBR. I have a couple of books in my August, nope. Got a couple of books in my July TBR. Or, okay, I got a couple of books in my July wrap up that I started but have not finished yet. And those are also then they are carried over into August because I need to sloth want to finish them. So yeah, let us delay no further. So the first book that I read in July was Mickey Seven by Edward Ashton.  And then we're speculating that I would hate it. And I really liked it. Actually, when I ordered it too, because I was like complaining to him, I think I might've said in the video, in my TBR video, I might've complained, I feel certain that I did about the odyssey of getting the UK hardcover. And I complained about all this to my patrons as it was happening. And they were like, we don't really even think you're gonna like this book. So you've gone to all that trouble for a book that you probably won't like. Well jokes on you, I really, really liked it. It was the beginning of the month. I'm trying to remember now if I gave this five stars, I think I might've done. But it was the same way that I gave five stars to Skyward and some other things where it was like, oh, I can't think of a reason not to. So five. It wasn't that I was just like, oh, amazing, like best book I've read this year or something like that. I was just like, yeah, that was good. I have no complaints. It would seem peevish to give it a four. So sure, five stars. After all that, I'll go look and I actually didn't give it five. If I didn't, then I considered it, but I think I did give it a five. Anyway, I feel like I'm pretty good at explaining what it is that I do and do not like about books to the point where people are like, look, you can just like what you like. You don't have to like explain it so much. And so like, I'm, I don't know. I think it's, I mean, it's like a running joke and I participate in the perpetuation of this joke. My reading taste is unpredictable. You're never gonna, you never know if Elena's gonna like it or hate it. But like honestly, like, okay, brief aside, this annoys me a little bit. Like to be perfectly honest, because I feel like I more than many, more than most, more than average, go out of my way to like for myself and others, explain what it is that I do and do not like in a book. What it is that I look for, what it is that will bother me. Like where I really, really try to explain it, both so that I know and so that people who are looking at my reviews will know. So like for people to be like, ah, you never know what Elena's gonna think. Like to some degree, like I get why like on the surface it might seem that way. If you're like just looking at broad trends and reading it, you're like, well, she tends to like books in this genre. So what a surprise. She liked a book that's like way not in that genre. But like if you actually like listen to what I have to say about what it is that I do and do and do not like in books, I don't actually think it's that hard to know if I'm gonna like a book. So anyway, carry on joking about not knowing if I'm gonna like a book, whatever, it's fine. I don't actually care that much.  But anyway, I don't know why people are that surprised that I like this book. Why would, why wouldn't I like this book? I don't understand why people would think that I would super hate this book or that it would be like not my cup of tea. It's just because I'm often really critical of sci-fi. It's not because I dislike sci-fi. It's because a lot of sci-fi is like not up to my personal standard. This doesn't mean it's not up to like a universal standard but I've made pretty clear what my standards are for sci-fi. And there's, Mickey Seven is perfectly fine for my, for everything that I've ever said about sci-fi about what I look for in sci-fi. So yeah, but this reminded me of the movie Moon with Sam Rockwell. This reminded me of surprisingly the prestige, the movie more than the book, the Christopher Nolan movie, two movies that I really, really love. This was a little bit more, I don't really think lighthearted is the right word because this book isn't like, when I think lighthearted, I think like Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.  This book is not silliness. Skyward actually, even though it has some like more dramatic things, I would say it's more like lighthearted even. Mickey Seven is more sardonic, I suppose I would say. So like Moon is a pretty harrowing movie to watch. And it gets more harrowing the longer it goes. That being said, Sam Rockwell, I would be very pleased to have him play the eponymous character if this were ever to be made into a motion, actually, I think it's going to be made into a motion picture. Not on this cover, but I feel like I've seen a cover of this book that says soon to be a major motion picture. So like, I'm guessing Sam Rockwell's not in it. Maybe he is. So like this book has a fairly simple premise, a fairly well explained premise, a premise that doesn't go too much into any kind of like mumbo jumbo science that's fake anyway. And then the premise that it sets up, it explores like the human question of that premise and not in like a moralizing grand meaning kind of way if that makes sense. Like it deals with meaning of life, meaning of like personal journeys and identities and purpose and memory as identity and all these kinds of things that sci-fi very frequently. Those are questions that sci-fi likes to explore. And I think it handles them in a way that instead of being sort of like grandiose about it or prescriptive about it, it's very human. And there is humor in it. So that's why like, I think this book is kind of regarded as being like more lighthearted, but it's like a gallows humor. And I think gallows humor suits sci-fi very well, at least the kind of sci-fi that I like because when you're dealing with like the enormity of the universe or the enormity of like the implications like the philosophical implications of like certain sci-fi premises, there's kind of like no way to retain your sanity if you don't approach that with a certain degree of gallows humor. And that's kind of what you get in Mickey Seven. And I think it was handled really, really well in a way that was engaging, entertaining, at times amusing, also like kind of horrifying and thought provoking. And I just thought it was pretty fantastic, honestly. Like not the best sci-fi I've ever written in my life. I feel like I've probably made it sound like it's a little bit better than it is. But I just think like everything that it set out to do it did quite well. And in a way that I had like zero issues with. So yeah, yeah, I really really liked this. And as you'll soon see, the sequel is on my August TBR. And I've heard that it's not as good as this one, but you know, people thought that I would hate this one. And a lot of people also in general do not like this book. So that'll be the next surprise that I ended up thinking the sequel is even better. So yeah, I really like Mickey Seven and I recommend it. Next up is Manslaughter Park by Terza Price. This is the third in the series of Jane Austen inspired murder mysteries by the same author. This one, I don't know, I was gonna like say my like ranking I guess, like I compared the others were Pride and Premeditation and Sense and Second Degree Murder. I don't know which one I would say I like the best. I mean, I did say that I think I like to take Sense and Second Degree Murder better than the first one, partially because I just like Sense and Sensibility. Like that's my favorite Austin. And Manslaughter Park is obviously based on Mansfield Park. I don't think the mystery of Mansfield Park is that good. Or I'm sorry, of Manslaughter Park is that good. Like the, I think the mystery element in this one was the weakest of all the three. But the thing, like the twist that it had on the Jane Austen story itself was probably my favorite. And it in fact, like I had been thinking to myself that I wish that a book would do this. And before I had like properly gotten into this when I was like, I know this one won't do that, but you know, it got me thinking I was like, someone should do that. And then it did do that. And I was like, oh, I'm sorry. Just kidding, you have done the thing. No one, you know, can take down the like book wanted ads. Like we've actually, we got it guys. Like actually we got it covered. I don't want to say what it is cause it's a bit spoilery, but it is kind of like a fan fictioning of, I mean, all of these I guess are fan fictionings, but like certain characters in their relationships in the original Mansfield Park, it's definitely like a fan fictioning of like some of that. Which is like, I was like, oh, I'm so pleased to see this. And I think it did that quite well. So yeah, the mystery part, not so great. And so that's your primary reason for picking this up. But if you're interested in like a twist on the like general character situation of Mansfield Park, then I do recommend this. Next was my book of the month club book from, this was not, I didn't have a book of the month club book. That is to say, I didn't like, I skipped to the previous month, so I didn't have one for the month, but I had gotten this last year and whatever month I was supposed to read it in, I didn't get around to it. It was probably October, cause then in October I'm notorious for my like massive spooky season TBRs. And I want to say that I'm mad that I didn't get around to reading it then, but I'm honestly, I think it's for the best because I think this was the right time for it when I wasn't like rushed, like when I'm in the midst of like 50 other books or like whatever. So I am mad that I considered getting rid of this without even reading it. And I put it on my TBR when I didn't have a book of the month club book cause I was like, well, if I don't read it now I'll never read it. And like at this point, like, I mean, I've had it and I haven't read it. Like, should I just get rid of it? Should I just be like, ah, you're not gonna read it. So I'll just give up. And who like dodged a bullet there. I don't think that that's the right expression for the situation, but I can't think of a better one. Crisis Diverted, possibly still not quite it. Cause I loved this book. Oh my God. Like I was gushing about it in my discord and I convinced one of my patrons, like I wasn't trying to, but like my gushing convinced one of my patrons. This particular book is like still like, it's like hard to get slash expensive because it is this author's newest.  So my patron read, I think at least one, maybe two, but I think one of this author's backlist books and I like before I was even finished with it I had gone and like ordered several of the author's backlist books. I loved this. This was a better time for it. I think that Halloween time. I remember I think it was around Halloween time that I was supposed to read this originally.  But I did feel like it was more of a summertime vibe. I think it does take place in summer. Yes, it definitely takes place in summer. And it's like on an island. So they're like near the water and it's more like summer beach house kind of like vibe tone aesthetic. So definitely more appropriate for reading in July. And like it was honestly like the perfect ambiance. Like it was, you know, my windows open and the sun setting after, you know, I finished work around the weekend, put on like a beachy ambiance on my TV. In the beginning of the book, they talked about how like this town and this small island was famous for its marshmallow candy. Cause it like marshmallow was growing on this, on this island. And so then like they like made a good like trade in like marshmallow candy. So that like all these like store friends that are like tourist attractions, like they all are making marshmallow things.  And I remembered that I had a lavender and marshmallow candle that I'd never lit and had been like saving for a rainy day. So I lit the candle. So I had this like marshmallow-y smell and like ocean waves and the sun setting and this book. It is like a magical realism mystery ghost story, human litfic thing. And it was just so engrossing and so beautiful and so atmospheric. And I found it like charming and also kind of alarming. And there was like a small like thriller element to it. And by the end I cried. It was just out of five stars. No, like unlike my Mickey sevens, five stars where I was like, I'm thinking we're gonna do so five stars.  Yeah, I almost didn't read this and it ended up being like one of the best book of the month club books I've ever gotten wouldn't have read it without book of the month. So like this is why I remain subscribed to book of the month because like for all of the garbage that I go through and I hate most of it, I would never have read this if not for book of the month. So yeah, love this. And if any of what I described sounds good to you then read it. And yeah, so good. Like one of my favorites of the year probably like, ah, just ah, so good. Next up is a couple of rereads. Dark Age by Pierce Brown. I was supposed to read this in June but I knew that our live show was gonna be in July. So I just pushed it off until July. So this is a reread. This is my third time reading it. The live show for it was on my channel. I think that's the last thing that I have up on my channel since I didn't have a video. Whoops. So if you missed it, go check it out. The, you still have time to enter the giveaway as well. If you're interested in some giveaway items, you know I don't know why people wouldn't be interested in free stuff and yeah, this is a brutal read. Brutal every time. It's actually more brutal rereading it because then you know what's about to happen.  So then the period of time that you are freaking out is longer. But it's still, it's really, really excellent. And I'm really, really looking forward to reading. Lightbringer, which is in my TBR. Then for the, which you read along on tapestry podcast, we read Tower of Swallows. I liked it better the second time. I still think it has the same, the problems that I had with the first time, those are still there. But like, I, one, I knew like going into it to expect them. And two, they weren't quite as bad as I remembered. And three, the things I went in interested to like look for and to like engage with kept me more interested than they weren't things that I was like thinking about the first time I read it. So I definitely enjoyed it more the second time, but I do think it's weaker than the previous installments. We had a good conversation about it on TBR podcast. If you missed it, then go check it out. And yeah, this is, this remains the best cover of them all. So I'm pleased that I like the book better because I love this cover so much. Next up, I have The Cask by Freeman Willis-Crofts. This was the blades and bodysurfer's book club pick. We, our live show for it was on Mars channel where we all dressed up as detectives in whatever way we decided to interpret that, which was fun as always to do the dressing up. And I actually liked this book the best out of all of us. It wasn't like massively more. I liked it like, my rating was the highest by a half star. So it wasn't like, I loved it and everyone hated it. But I did have the highest rating. And we did have somebody that hated it. And it wasn't me. So like, I guess this was just like a very positive month for me. Mickey Seven, who people thought I would hate it, loved it. Other birds that I almost got rid of because I was like, am I gonna read this? Would I probably will hate it? Loved it. Tower of Swallows that I didn't like that much the first time, liked it better the second time. This one liked it best out of all of us. So like, you know what? Maybe I've turned over a new leaf. And this is now my new like five-star armpit era. I did not give this five stars, but I did, I enjoyed it. I was also in the middle of my Poirot re-watching, which is an annual occurrence. So it was a good time to be reading this for me personally. So I wouldn't say it's like amazing or anything, but like for what it is, I think it's pretty good. I'm still in love with like the aesthetic of this like addition makes me wanna click to them all. Yes, so go check out our live show if you missed it. It was a good time. Next is a carryover from previous month, actually from, is it a carryover from May? I feel like, I'm not sure. This was a book that I was supposed to read for a local book club, but then I wasn't able to attend either of the meetings for it. And now I haven't been able to attend any meetings because they keep being scheduled on days that I have other things to do. So I've like quiet with the book club without even really meaning to because I had every intention of reading this book and going to the book club to talk about it, but then I just couldn't. So anyway, the book in question is Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. This was my first Vonnegut. And I really enjoyed it. I gave this four stars, not five. And I felt about it kind of similarly to how I feel about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They are quite different books. I do not in any way mean to suggest they are read-alikes, but in the way that like, actually I feel this way sometimes reading Pratchett as well, where like the kind of like quippy, strange humor of it, of the, like not just of like a character or something, but of like the tone of the entire book is kind of this like, this absurdist kind of humorous thing. It means that I can't really connect with it. Like at an emotional level. So like I'm only really able to engage with Hitchhiker's Guide with this, with a lot of Pratchett on a purely like intellectual level where I appreciate what it's doing and I find it amusing and I find it clever and I find it thought-provoking, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But it's not something where like I can emotionally engage with the characters of the story. Like the characters aren't really characters so much as they are like vehicles through which to like explore this kind of like scenario, which is like interesting or absurd or humorous or whatever it is. I really, really appreciated this book, but it wasn't one that I could like, I didn't really connect with it because it's not really the type of story that I feel like that you can. And for me personally, that's kind of like what has to be there for it to be the full five stars, right? Cause I ideally feel both intellectually and emotionally stimulated by something. That's like, that's when you like reach five star level cause you've done it all. So a book could be like a purely like emotional read, but it's like technically not that good. So then again, it'll be like, you know, a four stars or something or it's like intellectually really stimulating, but there's like, it's devoid of any kind of emotional connection. And I can't really feel like giving it five stars then. So I did really enjoy it. It does make me want to read more Vonnegut, but it was just missing that for me. But I really, really liked this. Very pleased to have to have read this. The era of positivity, however, comes to an abrupt halt with the book that my patrons chose for me to read and vlog for them, which I did. And that was A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan. One of my patrons all said, actually we think she might hate it. Even this was a book that I had previously purchased for myself thinking I might be interested in it. And then hadn't read it. I thought, and I think they thought when they said that was that I would just find it boring. And I was like, at, you know, best case, I ended up actually loving it. Worst case, I'll think it's mid, I'll think it's boring. And I did think it was boring, but I had a lot more issues with it than that. I quite hated this book. So it being boring was kind of like the best thing that I can say about it. This was, this was a rant. So shan't be continuing this series. Next up is a book that I just like, my friend gave me this proof that, or this arc that she had of it a while ago. And I had requested it, the audio for it from the library and my library hold was about to expire. And I was like, ah, read it real quick. Cause it was not very long. That is the library of the dead by TL Huchu. I don't know if that's how you say the author's name. And I really, really enjoyed this. I actually, as I was finishing this, I went and ordered the other books. I think the third book is coming out around October time, but I ordered the second book. And I think I'll probably read it around October. Cause this is a good like October time read. I think if you like Skull Duggery Pleasant, if you like, mainly that. Yeah, I think if you like Skull Duggery Pleasant, if you like the little bit that I know of what Lockwood and Co. is like, I haven't actually read that. But I think that, if I'm correct about what I think I know about it, or way back in the day, I read The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding, or this is a much, much, much, much better version, but it's kind of similar in like tone and vibe to the left-handed booksellers at London by Garth Nix, which I quite hated. This was like a good version of that. So there's like ghosts in magic and like a youngish protagonist who's kind of living rough and is working with like, oh, you know what's also, this also like is a much, much better version of the bone season, which I originally thought that I liked the bone season mainly cause it was kind of baffling. And I was like, well, it's really complicated. So I must be brilliant. And then I reread the bone season and I was like, no, this is actually really, really bad. And I hate it. This is like, I think a much better version of that. Like it's not exactly like the bone season, but it's kind of reminiscent of the bone season cause it's got this like post-apocalyptic vibe. We're dealing with kind of like, ghosty, you know, chromatic kind of like things. The main character is kind of like street smart and is able to get by because of her like abilities slash awareness, but gets kind of involved in like a bigger organization than what she was previously involved with. So it's got some like bone season things in it. But I just think it's much better. This almost takes place in Scotland, not Ireland. Pretty sure it's Scotland. Yeah, Scotland. Yeah, this is not like amazing or anything. I think I give it four stars, but it was like around 3.5 or I did up to four, but it was enough for me to want to continue reading the series. And I think that the vibes are really good. The humor is pretty good. I just think it's like a good time. And I would recommend it. Next up is the last book that I finished in July. And that is the third and final book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, which my patrons and I were buddy reading together. We haven't had our live chat for it yet. We are about to. And yeah, Dreams of Gods and Monsters. This I thought the first time that ever the series was the weakest. I still thought it was the weakest, but not for the reason that I thought that I thought that. I cited the pacing, and I guess it technically is still the pacing, but I kept blaming the pacing issues with this one on the fact that like that a third perspective, a third plot line is kind of like introduced and woven in. And it's like, that's like dragging down the pacing. And this time around, I was like, actually that's not what's dragging the pacing down. That part is actually like pretty good and pretty interesting and pretty important. It's more that like the book's like main conflict is kind of resolved. And then it keeps going and going. And then we still haven't resolved anything.  Cause that's a lot for an epilogue to do. So like, yes, the pacing is still a problem, but it's not because of the new perspective and new character. So I like a lot of things that the series does and a lot of things that the conclusion accomplishes. Pacing is, it's not great. So I'm looking forward to chatting about it with my patrons, having them all break my hearts when they complain about it. Tell me it's garbage. They're wrong, but they will say that. And then the last two are books that I've started but have not finished yet, but I do, I will finish them. That is House of Salt and Saros by Erin A Craig and Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Both are rereads. This because the sequel is on my TBR for the next month. So gotta finish this before I read the other one. I mean, I don't have to have read this before, but I'd like to, it's been a minute and I am enjoying it. And then Hyperion, we are reading together from a Patreon now that we are done with some Book of the New Sun. We are reading the Hyperion cantos just like as a second buddy read because there's not really much of a reason. But anyway, so yeah, we are gonna chat about Hyperion soon as well because we were supposed to read it in July and I haven't finished it yet, but I'll finish it before the chat. I will. I read this before and I really enjoyed it the first time. So I'm hoping I enjoyed the second time as well. And then my TBR, some of which I've already referenced we're also doing another read. Okay, so like I have my official buddy read each month with my patrons that like they all vote on. And then with Book of the New Sun, we just kind of like did that. And then now that we were done doing that, we kind of created this like second slot of like togetherness. And we've been just kind of randomly filling it. And we've, we are now filling it with both the Hyperion cantos, but every other month, and then on the off months where we're not reading the Hyperion cantos, we are now gonna be reading all of the Hornblower books by C.S. Forester. I've watched the Hornblower like adaptations, the A&E ones, many, many times. I have the box set, but I haven't read the books. And I did one of our like, one of the times that like the Book of the New Sun slot was no longer filled with Book of the New Sun. We did like a watch party to watch the first episode of Hornblower, which like wet the appetites as I intended. So yeah, now we're gonna read the books. And yeah, I'm quite excited about that because like I said, I've watched the show many, many times. Not as many as times as I've watched the Poirot, but still many, many times. And yeah, I'd like to read. I mean, I'm going to, but yeah, I'm excited to read the books that they're based on. In July, we read Hyperion and we'll talk about it. So then August, we're reading Midshipman Hornblower. And then September, we're back to Hyperion. And then October, it's more Hornblower. And then November, et cetera, et cetera. But this isn't the official buddy read. This is just in addition to, I don't know. Apparently I have all the time in the world. Then I have the book that my patients chose for me to read and vlog for them. So they are not in any way obligated to read it. I think a lot of them have already read it and those who have read it are not happy that this has been chosen for me. So I don't know who voted for this, but somebody voted for this. I guess they chose violence. And that is The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. I know nothing really about this except that I think it has sci-fi elements. Yeah, I think that's literally all I know. I really don't know anything about this. And the cover is not really much to go off of. Yeah, I guess I also know that a lot of people think I'm gonna hate it, which, you know, challenge accepted. I mean, going in with that expectation could be of great benefit, you know, because it makes the expectation really low and it doesn't have to do too much to exceed that expectation. So here's hoping I don't hate it, but I'm going in, prepared to hate it. Then for the year of Gaiman, and I'm super, super behind all my Gaiman videos, but they are coming, I promise. Promise, promise, promise is Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Love graveyard books so much.  I am gonna vlog Fragile Things, which is why that hasn't happened yet, because I haven't had time. But anyway, Graveyard Book is next. And yeah, this will be my third time reading it. I might read the graphic novel, which I also have, or both, I don't know. But yeah, I love the Graveyard Book. Kind of wish it had like fallen in October, but it didn't, and it's fine. One of my favorites. My favorite Neil Gaiman books are Ocean at the End of the Lane and Graveyard Book, if we don't count of you from the Chiefsies. My favorite fiction books then are Ocean at the End of the Lane and the Graveyard Book, so. Pretty, pretty excited. Then the Witcher read-along continues with The Lady of the Lake, which concludes the main Witcher series. Then we're gonna take a break and then after taking our month-long break, then we'll come back and read Season of Storms, which will be my first time reading it. But no, we're on Lady of the Lake in August. This was my least favorite by far in the series the first time through. But since my opinion of Tower of Swallows improved, the second go around, I'm very hopeful that my opinion of Lady of the Lake will improve in the second go around. But we shall find out together when we chat about it on Chapter 3 podcast. Then my Book of the Month Club books, which like maybe there'll be more other bird situations, but that's doubtful. One of them I chose knowing that I'll probably hate it. And that is Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong. I tried a Chloe Gong book from Book of the Month Club. It was her like YA Romeo and Juliet retelling. These violent delights, I DNF'd it, did not like it. This is also A Shakespeare retelling, but this is I believe adult, not YA. And it's a retelling of, what's it read? It's a retelling of Anthony and Cleopatra. So, and you know, I'll probably hate it, but my Shakespeare reading friend Heather has also picked it up for the same reason.  And then I also got The Only One Left by Riley Saker, because it's a thriller. I like getting thrillers from Book of the Month Club because even if I don't like them, they're usually at least entertaining. And I really like this cover. And that's an isolated, close-circle mystery. Those are so irresistible. I really like this cover. It's definitely giving, and then there were none vibes, which I love that book, so. Here's helping, look at that one. Then the actual buddy read that we voted on and we're gonna chat about for my patrons and I is Alchemy of Masks and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock. And my nemesis, Alan, shall be joining us for the live chat about this book. He's convinced I will hate it.  I hope I love it, if for no other reason because this, this plumed hat, I adore it. And I want to like a book that has that on its cover. I have had this book for a long, long, long, long time. Actually, I originally asked Alan if he'd like to buddy read it. He said yes, and then he read it without me. Classic nemesis behavior. So anyway, I'm finally reading it and I will get to talk to Alan about it. So hopefully I do, like it does, it is blurred by Brandon Sanderson, so. That doesn't go well, but you know. I'm still excited to read it. And because of the aforementioned love for Sarah Addison Alan, who wrote Other Birds, then myself and then my patron who has also now become enamored of this author, we're gonna read Lost Late by Sarah Addison Alan. I also purchased, and the book that my patron read from her backlist, Magic Spells, is that what it's called? I don't know. But I've heard like review, I think it's about, for that, for this one, it's about one of the two that people say is kind of like practical magic except good, and I hated practical magic, but I liked the kind of vibe practical magic was supposed to have both. So a good book that does that, yay for that, so. I'm quite excited to read more from Sarah Addison Alan. If this is anywhere near as good as Other Birds, I'm in for such a treat. And also this cover is very, very nice. Much better than the Other Birds cover. The Other Birds cover is like, so boring. Anyway, so yeah, excited for all this. Then as I mentioned before, the sequel to Mickey Seven, Anti-Matter Blues. Oh yeah, Mickey Seven's seem to be a major motion picture is on the cover of the sequel. And it's an unremovable sticker. We love to see it. Anyway, I am excited to read this because I really, really liked Mickey Seven. And I hope that this will be, if not as good, at least, you know, also good. And as previously mentioned, I'm rereading House of Salt and Syros because just released was the sequel, House of Roots and Ruin. And I have stunning Barnes and Noble exclusive edition, which I haven't even looked at this yet. I mean, I knew it would look like this because I've seen promotion for it online in the weeks and months leading up, but the end pages and then and then.  I'm very confused. I need to figure out what edition has the amazing naked cover because it's not this one apparently. I feel betrayed, but it does have really nice sprayed pages.  That was an unexciting, very disappointing reveal. That wasn't even a reveal. And then last but certainly not least is Lightbringer by Paris Brown. The live show for this will be on Angela's channel. Date is T.V.D., but we're thinking like a round's about Labor Day weekend. And yeah, it's here guys. It's finally here. I haven't started reading it yet. I am going to see Paris Brown in a few days. So I don't know if I'll finish it before I see him, but I hope to start it before then in case it sparks any queries. And this will be my opportunity to ask him. Those are all the books that I read and will be reading. Let me know in the comments down below your thoughts and feelings about the books that I've just shared. If you like them, hate them, want to read them, if I want to read them, whatever you want me to. I post videos on Saturdays, other random times as well don't be Saturdays. So like and subscribe to my Patreon if you feel so inclined. And I'll see you when I see you. Bye.


do you remember the exact moment when you knew you were going in that game at Denver last year and could you have ever predicted it would be the beginning of what your uh you know what what things have started for you now? Yeah I mean I remember you know coming in early in the third quarter um yeah we had had a couple conversations on the sideline but didn't really know if I was going to get the knot or not and then um you know my number was called and I was excited excited to go in and play do what I love doing and um you know unfortunately we weren't able to to get really anything going in that game so um you know definitely uh a bad taste in our mouth from from our performance last year. And what's your confidence level I guess optimism level at the start of the 2020 season for yourself and maybe for the team? I mean I'm optimistic I believe in our guys I believe in our program um but what we did last year really means nothing at this point we have to go out and and play good football and it doesn't just happen overnight we're going to have to go out and start the season off right execute play with the fundamentals and details and you know play harder than everyone else in the field so you know that's something that we preach from day one but talking about it really doesn't do anything we have to go out and actually do it. Uh Buck? Yeah thanks for doing this Ryan facing a former teammate in Jarell Casey what do you anticipate uh the greatest challenge with that is going to be? Jarell is a heck of a player you know he's fast he's quick um he just finds ways to be disruptive and you know he loved it when he was on your team loved it last year loved seeing him making plays but gonna have to do a good job up front this year of handling him it's gonna be a tall task you know he's such a talented guy and um have so much respect for him so definitely a guy that we're gonna have to play well against. Uh John Glennon. Hey Ryan um question for you in terms of like being kind of a vocal leader and communicating with your receivers how do you feel like you have changed over the years in that regard is that something maybe that you do better now than maybe some of the earlier years in in Miami? Yeah I think you're constantly learning and evolving uh as a player as a leader as a man uh you know every experience is learning experience whether it's good or bad so definitely I have learned things over the years and and um ways to read situations I feel like I'm better at reading situations reading people you know now than I was you know five six years ago and that just comes with time and relationships and just knowing people so um yeah it's it's a situation where every every communication every conversation is going to be a little bit different depending on the person um or what's needed you know from the practice or or rep or something like that but just being able to navigate those situations and then handle handle them appropriately to get the best outcome. Can you think of maybe uh you know one experience in whether in Miami or or in Tennessee that that kind of helped you and helped you grow in that regard? Um yeah I mean there's been situations where um maybe I was I was a bit hard on guys uh rather than uh you know taking to the side and and having a quiet conversation with them and at the end of the day if you want to be on the same page you want to come together and be synergistic so that the outcome on Sunday is what you're looking for and um just like I said being able to read those situations and and handle it appropriately in order to get that best outcome is something that that I think I've gotten better at over time. Theresa? Ryan, Mike has mentioned to us a few times that you all didn't score a point in that game and Denver I'm wondering how many times has it been brought up in offensive meetings? Um yeah and we've definitely discussed our performance last year obviously you know watch the tape again going back and um and preparing for this game so definitely doesn't feel good to go back and see in our performance last year you know gotta give credit to them they did a heck of a job of uh crowd and has contained in us and and we just didn't execute good enough so it's going to be a challenge this year is to uh to go out and play our type of football and and execute consistently throughout the game. Gentry? Yeah hey Ryan um you know looking back over your career the numbers had been relatively consistent and then there was such a such a significant jump last season as you've looked back in the months since then why do you think that happened and did it change your preparation much and you know to try to sustain or improve on that? No I didn't really change my preparation um till last year you know I I found some consistency that that gets me prepared for reaching every game I feel really good going into the game mentally and physically and um and kind of figure that out a few years ago what works best for me and then just kind of carry that through um obviously transition roles in the middle of last year which was was something a little bit different but as far as you know mentally you know going through the game plan and studying and um being on the same page with receivers all that has been pretty consistent for the past several years so uh just wanted to keep that rolling. Which so you would put it more on changes surroundings probably more than anything you were doing differently. Yeah no doubt you know I I felt pretty consistent on what I was doing you know obviously guys around me were playing extremely well and and that helps. Eric. Hey Ryan how much can you take from your performance in last year's game in Denver as as you prepare for Monday or you know just with how much has happened in between then and now you know does it maybe feel like that game was years ago and you kind of have to approach it more fresh. Well it does feel like a long time ago it was a long time ago um in that regard you know what happened last year has no effect on what happens this year you know we have to be able to to go out and like I said play our game play consistently from start to finish they're they're a good defense good team solid on defense they're they're sound fundamentally they're sounding and where they're at and and not giving you much so you're gonna have to go out and earn it they're not gonna like I said give you anything and it's on us to be able to go execute and make plays. Paul. Hey Ryan I'm wondering when you hear talk about Steve McNair and Eddie George and the good old days here or of guys who leave their mark on a team anywhere do you like that element of the league the history and and the personal legacies? I mean yeah I obviously have a ton of respect for guys who who've played before me and you know played at high level all the the Hall of Fame guys you know across the league guys that I grew up watching and and um in fan of you know I can remember you know watching those guys play when I was younger you know growing up in middle school and I'm one of the old guys now so they probably weren't even born or close to it whenever you know Steve and Eddie were playing but uh but yeah I can remember you know watching those guys play and and you know not just guys here but guys across the league and definitely can appreciate you know their legacy and the mark that they left on the game. You hope to leave a mark like that? Yeah you know I don't I don't really think about that often you know I think about you know just handling the business in front of me and then I feel like I know that if you're able to do that if you're able to to perform and and go out and get better each week and execute at a high level and that'll take care of itself. Thank you. Chris Harris. Hey Ryan I was just wondering how efficient do you think this offense can be right out of the gate given an off season filled with protocols and uncertainties and things that have been different? Yeah it's definitely definitely different off season for us but I feel like we got a lot of comps during camp and now it's a matter of going out and playing clean football. Obviously I haven't got the time that that we normally get you know leading up to to a game one or even the reps that we normally get but it's all it's an even playing field you know every team is dealing with the same limitations the same parameters they're put on through through COVID so you know there's no excuses it's it's about going out and and executing and playing good football. We've got five people to get to let's see if we can roll through these. Toronto. Yeah what's up Ryan in regards to last year when when you got the call to go in can you remember anything that coach Rabel or Arthur Sniff said to you as you you know right before you took the field? No honestly I don't remember any any specific wording or anything like that you know I think I think back at Arthur just said you know let's go. People I said something else but I just remember like all right you know let's go play football I do what I love doing and then let it rip. Joe? Hey Ryan correct me if I'm wrong I look back I think I've got you playing against Jadavia and Clowney one time in your career you had a pretty big day that that day as well I just wanted to ask you from a quarterback's perspective what is it like going against them what what are the challenges what are the concerns and and also what's your reaction to you know you guys landing in here right before the season starts. I'm excited excited to have him as part of the team like you said a talented guy a guy who's who's really athletic it's long he's a playmaker and going back to his days at South Carolina seeing him you know blowing up plays in the backfield we never let Taylor forget that one but you know a guy who's who's made plays his whole career he like I said he's talented he's a guy you have to account for in game planning I can remember game planning against him and accounting for him in several different ways so I'm excited to have him as part of the Titans Terry? Ryan I apologize missed the first couple of questions so I apologize for you already been asked this but with a guy like Jarell Casey who's had so much familiarity with your system and practicing against you every day do you have to change any cadences or disguise any looks to throw a guy like that off the trail? Yeah I mean I have a ton of respect for for Jarell and not only the the athleticism he has but how he mentally approaches the game so that's something that that you know varies from year to year changes from year to year regardless of players change teams but you know like I said you know have a ton of respect for for Jarell and and the mental aspect he brings to the game as well. Kayla? Hey Ryan I hope you're doing well so as we get closer to Monday night football obviously it's going to be a very different environment which is usually very rowdy at mile high you've been in that obviously last year what's going to be the plan just for keeping the energy up on the sideline since there's not going to be anything to take from anywhere else? Yeah I mean honestly we haven't haven't talked about it a whole lot you know at the end of the day it's football it's played between the lines you know the fans are a big part of that and normal football but they're not there and it's even playing field you know everyone's dealing like I said with the same stuff so it's on us so to go go out and execute I feel like you know when we're executing and playing good football that brings an energy within itself and you know we'll be we'll be in good shape so at the end of the day it's all a matter of going out and you know doing what we can do. Luke? Brian I know that all you can do in a single week is focus on winning that game but when you think about this team and the talent you have and the confidence that you've spoken about how high are your expectations for for what you're capable of this season? Yeah like you said you know it's cliche but really caught me simple minded but but I'm thinking about it one week at a time how do I win one game and how do we as a team go out and and find a way to execute and walk away with Denver from Denver with a win you know so you know if we're able to do that you know we'll be in we'll be in good shape we don't have to worry about you know what's happening down the line if we're able to take it week by week and and stack wins together.


Vocalist Chichou, what do you think about Twitter? Twitter is shit, right?  In my book, Twitter is not worth fucking, what's the real value of Twitter? Fifty million at best, right? The forty million at best. So what Elon Musk is offering for Twitter? In my opinion, it's worth one percent of that.  It's dead already. The only thing still keeping it going is bots and people would think they have a following there that matters. Right? There are people sharing information, relevant information and stuff. It's not bad for propagating some of that stuff right now.  God damn. And if you're an independent creator, start building your audience on the other platforms. Please gang, you, to me, a censored tube is a second thought now. Really, it's a second thought. My main thought is alternate platforms. New tech. Twitter is not even in my thoughts anymore. Twitter is just garbage. I don't care if Elon Musk gets it or doesn't get it. Right? I don't think Twitter is going to be really around five years from now. If Elon Musk gets it, probably around. Right? We'll see what it does with it. A vocalist. Algorithm is really bad, like trending topics will show unrelated. Yeah, gang, five tweets or so. Yeah, gang, in regards to, I know people do this. I don't understand why people do this. People go to the front pages of some of these social sites to see what's on the front page. I haven't gone to a front page of any site, social platform site, for over a decade. It doesn't even make sense to go to a front page of any of these platforms. They're all censored information. You want to find information? You go to the individual reporters, people you follow and stuff like this. That should be your direct source, or you go to forums. Like for me, the number one place I go to now to get information is our gilded page. Right? And to share information is my gilded page. Our gilded page. Right? Because when I get up in the morning, I go there. There's people in different time zones that are active on our different channels, different platforms that we have, especially gilded and people here on Twitch. Right? So they've been sharing information during day time.  Right? Why would I go to somebody's censored platforms to get my news? I get stuff on gilded. People are getting, by the way, thank you for sharing all that information. I see stuff on our gilded server that I don't see on other platforms. Right? So find some private forums you can go to that you want to share information. And that should be your main place that you're sharing and looking up information.  They're true, I haven't been to the front page of censored to for like, gazillion years, or Twitter, or whatever.


We have a very special guest made his way up to our our big luxurious studio here and that is uh the great paul o'neill i'll be doing the game with him tonight with david calling on pix 11 you're gonna have to put on the headphones to listen to peter he might he might ask you a question i know is that right oh yeah you never know paul i'm doing good yeah yeah now i know that you listened to uh the joe tori interview i was you could listen to him for hours tell these stories but you lived them and we've had on horre this week we've had on david wells as well i've talked to you a lot about it you played on five championship teams in your life is that the best team ever the 98 team oh by far i mean this on paper it was great and everybody had a great year so it's just uh in in my mind it was the closest to the perfect team that i was ever a part of did you know this in spring training did you know right away or did you only know when you started this is steamroll yeah you start to realize it when you start to steamroll because again a lot of teams are really good on paper and then you know injuries set in and guys don't have the years they're supposed to have but all of a sudden this uh this season started and then once we got going uh it was i've never seen a team will go into a city looking to to win two out of three or three out of three i mean it's just like you would win two out of three and then you would expect to sweep and you would go on to the next series it was really an amazing thing now john florida did the game with yesterday he told the story he said they came into a game and you guys were 11 and one against tampa bay that year he said they'd come into the game pedal to the metal they take a lead and then they kind of coast for an ending or two and then if you thought about coming back they would just destroy you did you feel that that's the way it played well we were so good at with the ability to come out get a lead you had a bullpen but you know i don't think that we ever just uh took an aim for granted you come out score a couple runs i think we were a great team it continued to attack on runs until teams were kind of defeated and you'd start looking through tomorrow everybody has talked about that i've spoken to the one and four start and and although joe said he wasn't sure i mean it seemed like his job was on the line and then you guys had a meeting and he said that you played a big role in the meeting you got up and talked what did you say what was that meeting about well i mean we had had some issues with seattle over the years and uh it just came about i think i got drilled the night before and nothing happened yeah yeah and nothing had happened and it's just those things kind of really uh they mean more when you're you're going through tough times i mean if the team's going well uh you know you just move on to the next day but it was kind of a you know kind of a wake-up call obviously to have a wake-up call early in the season like that it is strange but it seemed to bring things together and you know if you look at one day that our season kind of turned around that might have been it and you know andy i read a story in the post today by ken david often andy pettit said you know the team was kind of mad at me because i didn't retaliate that's kind of maybe not andy's way and then joe said it was an awkward meeting because i had to tell people you've got to protect paul you got to protect players that get hit and what's been going on the last couple of days how difficult is that to balance all right we've got to protect our guys but you don't want to head on either yeah i mean it it definitely a bigger part of the game years ago it is much different today andy pettit actually came up and apologized to me but you know he was a close friend of mine and i think you said it right i he wasn't comfortable pitching that way um also was very young then he was young and you know there are guys that use that uh you know roger clements was a better pitcher when he used intimidation it was a part of his game and um but you know what you you you talk about it you you know about it it it happens in the game but you know you hate to see for instance you know what has happened to the Yankees i mean they're a different team now erin judge was hit by a pitch was an intentional no but you know it changed the way this team is and that's what you want to get away from when you're trying to you know resaliate all right now let's just deviate a minute from the 98 team because i want to ask you what happened in miami where the kid from the kunya gets drilled i've always found it's so weird paul this is the one sport where somebody's doing well well let's hit him yeah instead of let's try to get him out what were your thoughts when you saw what that the pitcher did yeah i was never uh a big fan of of being hit because i'm doing well uh because there are times where i'm doing bad that you know that i can't walk out and punch the pitcher you know it's it's like all right so you're doing you're you're throwing a great game Pedro i'm going to come out and get you you know the it's so one-sided uh but it was there is a difference in trying to get somebody off the plate trying to let somebody realize hey you're not just going to sing a single handily kill us but just to go out and smoke somebody for no reason it just uh you know you're paid to hit homeruns you're paid to have good at bats and pitchers are paid to get you out get you out yeah it's almost like i hate i hate the the aspect of anybody getting hit but if i guess if a batter showed up a pitcher or style i i guess maybe that there's some kind of thought okay maybe that's the only way he could get back at him but because the kid keeps hitting homeruns yeah i mean either you you pitch around you make better pitches uh or you know you you try to intimidate i'm just not a big fan of of intentionally hitting people because you see too many people get injured and also i mean let's be honest paul i know it's a sport supposed to be fun but it's a big business and that baseball thrown 99 miles an hour is a deadly weapon if it gets away if it gets up and in yeah and you know if you look at sports uh there's there is if you look at every sport i mean football there's an intimidation factor there's guys that you know that that hit harder than other guys hockey there's always a guy that will take care of somebody basketball you know there's the bill lamb ears there that's part of the sport but to intentionally injure somebody and again there are guys now that throw so hard that you know if you tell somebody to hit somebody in the hip it might hit them in the side of the neck and that's the the key is people aren't pinpoint control anymore so with paul o'neill here on the michael k show tomorrow the 98 team the 20th anniversary of that great team will be honored on the field uh one 25 and 50 was the final number after you won the 11 games in the postseason but it was 114 during the regular season and i was talking to tory about this in the middle of september you guys just hit the skids and i think on this date in 1998 you guys are on pace to win 121 games it's hard to regret a team where you want to championship but do you regret leaving those those wins in the middle of september well i mean not really because the the ultimate goal is to win the world series and you know that the world series was one so the accomplishment was there but when you look back if there was something to drive you towards a certain number or something it might have been different but again you're you're also looking for that postseason and trying to get everybody a perfect amount of playing time and that perfect amount of rest and we weren't at a point where we were being chased by anybody if we were a game up or a game back at that time with the same team at the with the same numbers we probably would have won a lot more games it's amazing when you look at that team there were guys on the bench that that knew their role and there were guys on the bench paul one of them went to the hall of fame tim reigns and and chili davis was hurt a lot of the year and then when darryl got sick at the end chili davis kind of just plugged and played and was unbelievable i mean that was a perfectly constructed team and it was because those guys at that point of their career didn't have the ego that you know i should be out there this or that or and it just uh it wasn't just the the perfect fit on the field it was a perfect fit in the clubhouse too i mean there there there were people that were uh you know intense and there were people that you know joked and there it just you you put the whole mix together and it was kind of like the perfect storm now there was one bit of sweat i thought in the postseason and that was when you guys were down two games to one to the indians did you feel it and did you feel that the only way to validate 114 was to win at all absolutely i think that you know if you do not win the world series then you know you had a good year but you didn't you didn't win the world series and that's the ultimate goal um yeah i do remember that game and i think that 97 put the fear of losing and how quick it can happen uh in everybody's mind so i i do remember that game and i remember it well and i remember doing an interview with you and then we wrote it all the way out so uh um you know not that i'm superstitious but it it it definitely was uh the the game that duke pitched in cleveland was kind of that do or die time now just to amplify what paul's thought you know paul has become a great broadcast i don't think at that point he ever thought he was going to be in the media did not like doing interviews and we did an interview before game four and they won and then paul every i did an interview for i was the radio broadcast yesterday i did a free game interview every game and he sought me out every single game and you guys know let's get this over with and the funny part was it so they won every single game after two one and then it's three oh against san diego game four is happening and i can't find you and then i i was going to interview somebody else and i went up to this and you want to do this and you want oh okay i mean you just knew that you had to so i was a big part of this you know that's a true story yeah i mean you were you the good luck charm it was your interview went for your looks brother that's true well that is a fact i was going to ask you paul how did how did the 98 team think of michael k do they care for him very much you know believe it or not players uh you know and there's not a lot said about michael that that's bad i i i gotta give you that there's there's a lot of joking all right you know you got that's why you got thick skin you can take it but you know you get around the club enough that they feel comfortable enough to to jab you a little bit um of all your championships the one with the reds the four with the angies is that the one that's the most special because it's historic or is it like picking a favorite child uh you know every single one of them has a different story but you know and looking back now being that was the best team uh yeah that that's probably as special as any of them no doubt about it you know the one with the mats obviously because it was new york in new york was really special to me but uh to look back and if you picked one you would pick that one because you think you could take that team and repeat with it because it was that good it's so funny uh everybody takes ownership of the team that they were on we had willy randolph on yesterday he said i think the 77 78 yankies were better we've had strawberry on and he played for the 86 mats and the 98 yankies and he said the 86 mats would have beaten them wow but i mean you were on that team and i've never seen a better team in 32 years of covering sports well i was on the 90 reds and we were we had a good bullpen but that we were better than the 98 yankies i'll tell you that i just like i said it's just in that time it was like that one time that one instant that where everybody played well and you stayed away from injuries other i think marianne started the season on the dl but you know he had a fabulous year as usual but seldom do you have that many good players have great years and that's just what made that year special i mean walls had a great year yeah uh duke when he came up cony had a great you had a great i think at 317 yeah it was just like i said i mean you go up and down the lineup and everybody on the back of their cars had good years all right now what was more pressure though because i remember you saying you told me in 2000 you had to win the series against the mats there was no joy there but in 98 you almost had to win that one to validate 114 so where did you feel more pressure well i think that again every year brings on its own special thing uh i think we felt pressure uh in game one because we were losing you know and you always want to get off to a good start and kevin brown was pitching they they pulled him out we end up winning once you saw that series turn after game one you almost figured what was going to happen we we kind of steamrolled after that but you know you get to 2000 and again you're losing game one and you're just like there's so much you really have everything to lose and nothing to gain we're supposed to win we are the Yankees mr steinbrenner expects us to win but in my mind i truly felt like we're a better team and not always in short series to the best team win but you know when you feel like you're a better team chances are you going to win now you know fans are going to be pumped up to see this team on the field again i wonder is it just a fan thing are you excited to see your teammates oh absolutely because uh there'll be somebody you're like wow i forgot he was on the 98 team and but yeah there'll be stories and immediately it brings back all the memories of uh and that's what we got left like well it's not like you can go out and do it anymore so you you have great memories and that's what you live for you like i said you had that one moment and that one moment as that group where it all came together and it just the people in new york are so good at not forgetting and not getting rid of championships and i can almost imagine i mean there's a roster of 25 and there are guys that come and go so and maybe about this 31 32 guys that's what you guys have in common and nobody could ever take that they can't take that title away from you yeah that's uh the one cool thing about finishing off with a world series is uh you know it you can't take it away and and that's the thing now where you know it is boston the greatest team machine that are the yankees earlier in the year until this season is over and until you see who wins the world series you can't even compare any of the current teams to the teams that have won in the past all right now let's shift it to the to this year or this this team right now we're doing the game together with with kony so obviously been watching these games and then we also did a lot of the games when they were 17 or two and we looked at each other wow what's different paul i mean this team i can't say they look lackluster because when you don't score you always look lackluster what's going on in your opinion well i think that your true team leader is out of the lineup right now i think you're a judge uh everybody walks kind of a straight line and he doesn't have to say anything but he being part of the lineup is a huge part i think that sanchez obviously he's one of those guys that's a good player that's not having a good year uh the pitching numbers have been not really good as of late and um to me you get to the playoffs it's a different season now you win the wildcard you're in the same boat and then the pressure goes to boston can they validate their season but uh you know you you you you can't judge a team when they're i've always said and always heard you know you're never as good as they say you are you're really never as bad right now they don't look good but you know if the playoffs started tomorrow and everybody was healthy and judge was back in the lineup i still think that this team has an opportunity to win the added danger though is that you you put yourself in a one game situation a starter is a bad game and your season's over they could win 101 games and go home after one day yeah but you you know you don't look at that way you look at it as a postseason and uh there are times whether it's in a short series or one game series you have must win and obviously going into that that one game thing is a must win but it it also gives you confidence going into the next round that you're you're on your way now you say you know you have the title you you don't play anymore so you can't do it again but i know gene michael tried to pull you out of retirement they need outfielders right now paul can you give them a couple of games i can't see anymore man i might be on a rudder sway i just can't see can't sir even glasses wouldn't help no no i know you got to get upstairs and prepare so i'll let you go thanks for coming by all right man all right the three and a half hours with you later i know walley dave it'll be a buffer


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I know you're wondering right now. First, order number one, we made one, 27, 87. Order number two, we made one, 67, 14. We hot light scorching. As we did those two orders, we went to the drop off warehouse. We delivered 29 pre-cooked meals to keep it real, to keep it sealed. And we made $200 from that. And on our way to drop off our first pre-cooked meal, the router manager hit me up and asked me to do another delivery. So, I had to go to the place.  Went in there, picked up the groceries, went to the customer house, right? I get there, she was super nice. She's like, hey, how you doing? Boom. Hey, here you go, $10. Right here, right? It's like, do you have any more deliveries today? Are you really busy? I'm like, yeah, I kind of have like 29 more deliveries in the van. This is like, oh, I was gonna ask you to go two blocks down to the 7-Eleven and give me two cases of six pack of Ice Mountain water. I'm like, she was an older lady too, she was real nice. I'm like, you know what? 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Okay, so I want to say a little bit more about sediment water mixtures. So this sediment mixing with the water changes the characteristic of the water, and when we were talking about turbidites, we talked about how the density of the flow is higher when you have sediment mixed in with the water. I think I'll back to thinking about the Reynolds number. We have the Reynolds number as the flow speed times the flow depth times the density over the viscosity of the flow. So when your density is higher, your Reynolds number is higher and the flow is more turbulent. So almost always sediment water mixtures are more turbulent if they have a certain amount of sediment in them, and because the Reynolds number is higher because density is higher. However, we can also have changes in viscosity. So this density makes the Reynolds number higher and more turbulent, but sometimes the viscosity of the fluid increases if you mix sediment and water. So the viscosity increases if there are a lot of clay minerals and clay grain sizes. So that has to do with the cohesiveness of clay minerals. Remember, with our Holstrom diagram, we have our grain size and our flow speed, and we have this characteristic here where we have the clay grain sizes are hard to erode. That cohesive behavior here is equivalent. It also produces an increase in viscosity. So if you have a lot of clay in these sediment water mixtures, then the flows are less turbulent because the viscosity, an increase in viscosity, reduces the Reynolds number. And if you have enough clay in the flow, sometimes the mud flows can actually be laminar. So if you mobilize a huge amount of mud that's behaving as sort of a discus fluid as opposed to as glass or something like that, you end up with this very thick flow. And it's one of the reasons mud flows are sometimes very damaging to people's houses is because they don't go and flow around the house because they have so much internal friction and they're behaving as a highly viscous flow. They'll just push the whole house over. So the sediment water mixtures are really interesting in terms of how the laminar and turbulent behavior varies depending on how much sediment is present and what the grain size of that sediment actually is. And then there's a second thing that's really important for sediment water mixtures, and that's that the grains, usually when we've been talking about grains, we've been talking about them in isolation, say we have a grain on a bed. But in sediment water mixtures, the grains are really densely packed, so you have water between them here. And usually when we've been talking about sediment transport, we've talked about say the Bernoulli effect picking up the grain. But one of the things that happens in these really dense flows is that the grains will collide with each other. So if this grain is moving up and it collides with this one, it'll push, this grain will move up and it'll collide with this one and it might end up moving that way or maybe it collides with this one. So the grains can actually be transported much more easily because they're colliding against each other, and the energy that the grains have are being transmitted to other grains instead of to the friction in the water and the flow. And so when you have these sediment water mixtures, you get a lot of these grain-grain interactions. And one of the things that happens in this particular case is that it's very difficult to sort out the grain sizes. And so usually what happens is that the grains that get deposited are the ones that interact and hit the bottom of the flow, and it's not so much determined by grain size, it's just their location in the flow. So grains closer to the bottom are deposited from flows like this, particularly as they start to slow down. And that's irrespective of size. So if we think back to the Boma A facies, which is that bottom one that is massive, that is what's happening to get that deposit. The initial part of the termidite has so much sediment in it when it's depositing the Boma, the A part that those grains are colliding, and you're not sorting them very well. It's true that the larger grains are still closer to the bottom of the flow, so there are more of them. More of them do get deposited, but it's not very well sorted. And the collisions of the grains stop the bed forms from being created. The bed forms need rolling and saltating grains to create the ripples or even the upper planar lamination. When you have too many grain collisions, it disrupts those bed forms. So basically the Boma A facies suggests a dense sediment water mixture. Thanks for watching.