Daily post

Sleep: 5pm to 9pm, 1am to 6:30am

Weather: cloudy, 73F, 46% humidity, high 79F

Daily BPAL: NEMESIS

Daily Tarot: Knight of Swords: A dashing, brave young man. Though he may be domineering, he has a clean heart and is full of courage. The card may also mean the coming or going of misfortune.

MyMiniCity: Increase Population
Increase Transportation
Increase Industry
Increase Security

Reading:
Myths of the Norsemen: from the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber
Letters by Pliny
City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina by Jenni Bergal, et al
The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
Jailbait Zombie (Felix Gomez #4) by Mario Acevedo

Quote of the Day

From the incomparable yuki_onna, who often writes these gems that make parts of my world suddenly turn on their axes and make *sense*.

On the nature of quests:

This was how it was done: you bare your belly to a great beast and endure trials and it all works itself out. There is treasure or a sword. Or a woman. And that thing is yours not because you defeated anything, or because your flesh was hard and unyielding, but because you were worthy of it, worthy all along. The trials and the beast were just a way of telling the world you wanted it, and the world asking in her hard way, hard as bones and hollow mountains, if you really and truly did.

--Catherynne M. Valente, Palimpsest