#tornadoesinthesky

[wilwheaton]

Hi, Wil! I’m working my way through a backlog of podcasts and I finally got around to the Bunny Ears podcast you did with Macaulay Culkin! I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your openness about your mental health. You and Hardwick have always been some of my favorite people and have helped me come to terms with my own mental health issues and that it’s okay to not be okay sometimes. Thank you so much for all that you’ve done and continue to do!

You’re so kind.

If anyone else would like to listen to us talk about our respective abusive childhoods, and how we overcame a lot of challenges to live our best lives, you can do that here: https://bunnyears.com/macaulay-culkin-wil-wheaton-bunny-ears-podcast/

[dreamslessordinary]

tsarinajissa replied to your post “Tumblr friends who knit! Do you have any recommendations for yarn for...”

And I think lion brand had some of the fun wrap in a ball kits in decent cotton blends

tornadoesinthesky replied to your post “Tumblr friends who knit! Do you have any recommendations for yarn for...”

My wife says get a brand called “Caron Simply Soft”. It’s acrylic and very soft and warm. She made a queen size blanket out of it and it’s delightful.

tsarinajissa replied to your post “Tumblr friends who knit! Do you have any recommendations for yarn for...”

I remember the cloudborn pima cotton felt nice and soft!

tsarinajissa replied to your post “Tumblr friends who knit! Do you have any recommendations for yarn for...”

My sister was in the same boat, so I'll ask her for some. She tried a lot of bamboo, silk, and cotton over the years

Thank you for the recommendations! 

[dreamslessordinary]

codenamezinc replied to your photo “I know I said that the balcony was my favorite spot, but this corner,...”

That bookcase is so aesthetically pleasing 

Thank you! Working at Barnes and Noble for years means that I have bought way too many of their leatherbound books from their collectible editions series. They definitely make for an aesthetically pleasing shelf!

tornadoesinthesky replied to your photo “I know I said that the balcony was my favorite spot, but this corner,...”

Is that Andúril?

It is! Our friend who officiated our wedding ( @serial-bookseller ) gave it to us as a wedding gift! It has our names engraved on it, and it’s my favorite wedding present!

[wilwheaton]

Hi, Wil! Just thought you'd like to know that I decided to use that free Audible credit on John Scalzi's The Collapsing Empire! I've been itching to dive into his writing and I've always enjoyed your silky-smooth narration since I first heard you read Ready Player One. Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll likely check out all of the other ones as well!

Oh that’s so awesome! I hope you love that story like I do.

[wilwheaton]

Hi, Wil! The Audible gods have granted me a free credit and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for a good book I can listen to?

OMG YES.

If you care about Punk at all, get John Doe’s UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN. It’s an oral history of LA punk from 1977 to 1981, and each essay is read by the person who wrote it. It’s the sequel to Decline of Western Civilization that we always wanted, but never got.

If you don’t care about Punk, and like history, I recommend The Brothers, about the Dulles brothers, and how they wreaked havoc and misery all over the world, using their power in American government.

If you want some fiction, you may like my reading of The Collapsing Empire or Redshirts.

I hope this helps point you in some useful directions.