Lucas Blogs About Books

  Hmm, it's sort of book-shaped. Lucas, did you play video games all weekend instead of getting anything ready to post today? Maybe, why do you ask? You seem to have deployed the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs . Oh, yeah, see I picked up Hades on Friday and I've been spending a lot of free time trying to escape from the Underworld. Sorry. I guess the Dionysian impulse won out over the Apollonian. You're the worst, Lucas. ‾\_(ツ)_/‾.

Oh no! The inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs ? You haven't had to deploy that since November . Yeah, once again real life has interfered with my blogging. There'll be a real post next Monday.

  For real? You just had used the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs last month for your birthday! I know, I've just been really busy at work lately so I wasn't able to get anything ready to post this week. I don't even have a subject for this particular OOPS! But look at this way, it's like you get two weeks off in a row, Hypothetical Reader. That's not how that works. ‾\_(ツ)_/‾. Whatever. I'm really tired. Posting will resume next Monday. But that's Thanksgiving week, please tell me that you have more planned for that than just a one paragraph Thanksgiving message. No comment. You're the worst, Lucas.

Hold the phone! Is this going to be an annual thing ? Why not, Hypothetical Reader? People love annual events commemorating someone's birth: Christmas, Lincoln's Birthday, Martin Luther King Day. But those are all people who are widely admired. Fair enough. Wanna talk about Art Brut? Do you mean art brut like Outsider Art ? No, I mean, Art Brut, the indie rock group fronted by Eddie Argos . I'm going to regret this, but could you describe their sound? Sure. Art Brut has a kind of mid-2000s British dance punk-ish sound with spoke-sung semi-ironic lyrics. Honestly, that sounds even worse than Neutral Milk Hotel. Oh, yeah, they're definitely not as good as Neutral Milk Hotel. But the lyrics have a sort of mordant charm. If you say so. I do say so. Anyway, you know how over the course of 10+ years a lot bands will mature and grow their sound and outlook. Yeah. Art Brut steadfastly refuses to do that. The songs off of their most recent album sound like they could have come o...

Oh, dear, this is the third time you've used the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs this year. I know, and I'm not even bragging about any of my worldly possessions. Honestly, I haven't felt as motivated to read lately. and all this week I've felt pretty wiped out after work. Consequently, I haven't felt as motivated to get anything ready for today. So, you're going with the too lazy to update defense? If you actually existed, I'd be staring daggers at you, Hypothetical Reader. Anyway, I'll be back with the next entry in Whan That Month next Monday.

So . . . I may have been distracted from my blog writing lately. Lucas, are you deploying the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs because you spent the last week building Lego instead of working on your blog? Yes. I've been playing with Legos inst— Lego. I beg your pardon? The plural of Lego is Lego. Whatever. Look, my for realsies job is considered essential, and last week was a little stressful, so I picked up some Lego for fun. For example, check out this 4x4: Fig. 1 Yep, that's a photographer dressed as a tree. Well, that is pretty cool. and is that an ice cream truck? Yep! Fig. 2 It has a sliding window! And is that — is that a Monster Burger Truck? It is a Monster Burger Truck. Fig. 3 You can stow the stair case inside the truck! But I feel like you're ignoring the elephant on the table. The big pirate fort? Fig. 4 The big pirate fort! Yeah, that's called the Pirates of Barracuda Bay, it's pretty nea...

Oops! Whaddayamean, "oops?" I forgot to prepare content for today. So no Simplified Series or Oddaptations ? Sorry to let you down. It's just my birthday was this week and I was traveling to visit family and even though I try to keep up a buffer of finished content, I find myself with nothing to post today, so it looks like I'll have to deploy the inOpportune cOntent rePlacement proceSs. Or OOPS for short. That may well be the most ill-conceived acronym ever constructed. So what exactly is your process for inopportune content replacement? I'mma blog about my other interests. So, on a blog entitled "Lucas Blogs About Books" your plan for shoring up gaps in coverage is to blog about things besides books?  Yup! So, today we'll have a brief discussion about bicycles! Bicycles? Bicycles!  So, I don't own a car. My primary means of transportation are bicycle, bus, and rides from friends and family. One sticks ou...