Yes, this is generally the way stepsiblings work....

[conuly]

I read a book a few years ago and I can’t remember the title. I do however, remember the plot. It started off with these two stepsisters driving to a dock. A girl’s dad had gotten remarried to her stepsisters mom.

(I must confess, I always wonder about the mindset of posters to /r/whatsthatbook who start off their posts - or even title them! - with variations on "I can't remember the title of this book". No shit, really? Here? You don't say.)

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We're back on the topic of how honorific bird names aren't great, honestly. How about the over-the-top adjective name.

When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide

The Inspiration For Disney's Robin Hood Wasn't Actually Robin Hood (Comments are surprisingly not bad)

Soothsaying Crossword

Monopoly, the Longest Game Ever, Takes Even Longer With Monopoly: Longest Game Ever Edition (Why!?)

i don’t know why but i’m really amused by the winner of some ‘new kanji’ contest:

Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees (Maybe, but cold fusion is still 20 years away, just like the completion of the second avenue line.)

These Coded Wine Glasses Were Used for Treasonous Toasts (A variation on this is referenced in Hardinge's Fly By Night

You Don’t Get Colds from Being Cold

How do you sign ‘Black Lives Matter’ in ASL? For Black Deaf Angelenos, it’s complicated. (The LA Times apparently does not believe in capitalizing either "Black" or "Deaf". I fixed that in this headline.)

The Secret Sisterhood of Offshore Oil Workers

White Drug Crime? What’s That?

The family with no fingerprints

Raise your mittens: Outdoor learning continues into winter

They spent 12 years solving a puzzle. It yielded the first COVID-19 vaccines.

Only one covid-19 treatment is designed to keep people out of the hospital. Many overburdened hospitals are not offering it.

World Faces Covid-19 “Vaccine Apartheid”

Increase in coronavirus admissions prompts a Los Angeles hospital to use chapel, gift shop for new patients

UCSF doctor describes rare psychotic episodes occurring in COVID-19 patients worldwide (More)

Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switch reviews

Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects' alibis

A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.

Comments

[thewayne]

I didn't know about that subreddit, thanks! There's a couple of short stories that I'd like to track down.

[conuly]

Just be sure to follow the rules, namely: one book (or series of books) per post, titles that describe the book you're looking for, and flair it as solved when it's solved.

[thewayne]

Definitely!

[greghousesgf]

I had to laugh at a typo in the article about the Disney Robin Hood movie. The AristoCATS was a cartoon about kitties. The AristoCRATS is an entirely different movie. One that would have given Walt a stroke....