S. E. Baran

Sophie-a young girl raised on Earth-discovers she's a member of an alien empire & thrust back among her people, struggles to learn their language & mannerisms, cope w others who would harm her, avoid being taken by a hostile species & keep the Empire from falling into all-out war

80% through an 883 page book and I'm considering DNFing it. Seems like a shame this late in the game.

I didn't pay the cheese tax and my dog is now planning a revolution.

Overheard in the hospital. Man 1 to Man 2: You go ahead. I don't know what I'm doing and it seems like you do. Man 2: (laughs) not really. I was relieved when it turned out to be two maintenance guys. I was wondering about my level of care for a moment.

It seems like nurses sometimes forget that we can hear through the curtains. I agree though, that patient across the way seems like a pain in the ass. I've listened to her all night long.

School starts Wednesday (year round district) and all the boys in the district seem to be at sports clips with shaggy heads and leaving clean cut and handsome.

Had yet another bird fly into one of our windows and die this week. We've tried to prevent this but cant figure out what's drawing them in. There are at least three windows in three very different parts of the house that they hit. Anyone have ideas to stop them?

Hey @ChuckECheese, have you seen this? My nephew has type 1 diabetes. What's the corporate stance because I need to know if we can ever take him to one of your locations. tiktok.com/t/ZT8d8YR4D/

Added this to my collection just now.

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Son: Daddy? Dad: yes? Son: I love you. Dad: aw. I love you too. Son: Mommy? Me: yes? Son: I'm hungry. Can I have some food please? Me: ...

Just threw out a bunch of food because the freezer didn't close all the way last night and the motor burned out. We made a costco run last weekend so it was stocked

Parenting: being handed trash over and over when the bin is right there.

#kidlitpit #YA #SF Sophie discovers she is a member of an alien empire & is thrust back with her people. She must learn their language & customs, deal w/ people who resent her due to her lineage, avoid capture by a hostile species, & keep the Empire from falling into all-out war.

Telling nipple jokes takes on a whole new meaning when you don't have them anymore.

Reading Fall by @nealstephenson and this pops up on my feed. Thanks for the not-so-exestential dread.

All before breakfast. j/k on the last part. Working on my twitter pitch.

Watched Independence Day with my 10yo last night. About 20 mins into it, he says, "This is such a 90s movie."