fucking hilarious that people in Los Angeles saw that gorgeous 6"3 man with broad shoulders who's 100% lean muscle and moves with the grace of a greek god and immediately accepted that he was a useless, boring nerd who spent his days reading books. what, did they think he was doing push-ups in the hacienda or just had really, really good genes?

Rancho La Brea: A Record of Pleistocene Life in California, by Chester Stock, 1930, revised by John M. Harris, 2001

Bought new at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum! A short chapter on many of the species found in the pits, as well as an overview of the pits.

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[The adage goes "Just like my mom made." This is better than real life. Rancho verde.]

Palm Springs as seen in Trials of Apollo: Burning Maze because this is where I live and I spent too much time over-analyzing where Rick placed the characters!

to be clear, I'm being a bit overly literal with my reading. Palm Springs isn't a metropolis, so people in the surrounding area don't say they're 'from Palm Springs' the way people 30 minutes outside Seattle might say they're 'from Seattle' (though I will use both Palm Springs and the city Coachella as a reference point when telling people where I live). when I say I'm from here I mean I'm from the Coachella Valley; Palm Springs sits roughly at one end of the valley, and I live about halfway down to the other end

but both Meg and Apollo refer to themselves as being 'in Palm Springs' when they talk about Aeithales, and since Meg presumably knows the area, and Apollo also talks about Coachella [Festival] in this book, I'm going to assume they know where they actually are, and that they must be in Palm Springs (or nearby unincorporated land)

OK so with all that out of the way: when they first show up, Apollo mentions the 'San Jacinto wilderness' to the west. I didn't remember this until I looked it up but San Jacinto is the Spanish name for Saint Hyacinth, which, brb crying

Apollo also mentions seeing a patchwork of golf courses below, which is what the valley is known for... but those are mostly in Palm Desert, which is about 15 miles southeast of Palm Springs. this is where my placement of things gets confused, because in my brain this should put them south of Palm Springs, not west—in fact, the San Jacinto wilderness area is more southwest of Palm Springs than straight west. however, if they're high enough in the hills along the southern side of Palm Springs, they'd still have a view of the golf courses in the east with a wilderness to their backs, so this still tracks for me (putting Aeithales above the Tahquitz Canyon area)

(Also, just for a fun local history lesson: a part of this area of the valley is broken into a checkerboard of 1 sq mile plots owned by the state vs plots owned by the Aqua Caliento Band of Cahuilla Indians. idk Meg's father's ancestory, so I'm not sure if he would have built Aeithales on Cahuilla land or not, but I'm going to assume not for now. this helps me narrow down where it might be!)

that's just from the introduction, though. much later in the book (p329 in my copy) Apollo mentions the winds shifting, 'filling the Morongo Valley with wildfire smoke' at which point I got real confused, because Morongo Valley is to the north, also about 15 miles (it's the area that connects the Coachella Valley through the northern mountains to Joshua Tree, another secluded desert town people like to escape to). based on previous estimate, they should be able to see that area, I'm just not sure why Rick chose to mention it; they shouldn't be driving that way at all. unless he meant Moreno Valley, which was mentioned earlier (they drove 'by' it to get to LA), or the Morongo reservation, which is usually just referred to as 'the pass' (between the mountains, into the Coachella Valley from the west; Apollo mentions going through the pass, in those terms, at one point). I think it makes the most sense that Rick meant the pass

I was also confused about where the ever-present wildfires are. from Aeithales, Apollo mentions a glow on the western horizon, but while driving 'by' Moreno Valley he mentions smoke to the north (I keep putting single quotes around 'by' because, depending on where the fires are, it might make just as much sense to go 'through' Moreno Valley) it's probable that the forests on top of both mountain ranges are on fire, given the situation, but the fact that they're able to get through the pass multiple times under these conditions?? nightmareish

final fun facts about driving times, since they drive so much in this book! depending on when you leave, driving from Palm Springs to Malibu takes around 3 hours, and Malibu to Santa Barbara is another hour and a half. thats a lot of driving while the mountains are all on fire! I wonder how expensive their refueling stops were!

anyway, I'm hazarding a guess that Aeithales is within one of these two red circle areas:

there's a couple hiking trails in both those areas, but they're otherwise unbuilt IRL. I'd be delighted to know where Rick intended for Aeithales to be when he did research for this book!

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Thank you sm for joining my first stream!

I talked a bit about my Stardew Valley rancho playlist, Destiel, Richard Siken's tweets and Neil Gaiman's Bagel recipes, Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary and Stardew Valley!

I'd love to be able to make streams that people can use in the background as sound for doing chores, eating meals or whatever and feel accompanied, without the pressure of having to pick something to watch on TV/listen to. And I'd love for them to not be just gaming streams but mostly for us to talk everything pop culture, literature, history, writing, and even do makeup or eat together.

If you'd like me to make another stream, lmk!

Importance of punctuality in kids' life

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It shows your integrity

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Reliability

Those who heavily depend on others are more likely to have greater faith than others. Students who arrive on time are seen as being very responsible and trustworthy people. Professors give them extra assignments because of their excellent capacity to manage many things at once.

A happy mind

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Being on time is important, and teaching children to be on time can only help them learn it more quickly and use it more successfully in their daily lives. One feels more significant and productive when they are on time. Make sure you arrive on time to school, since arriving late is not a good look. This will not only help you learn more, but it will also help you earn the respect of your instructor and other pupils. The value of being on time at every stage of your life is immeasurable, as are the advantages.

Enhance learning opportunities

Students won't miss out on important learning opportunities if they arrive on time. Being late might mean missing lessons, explanations, or dialogues because teachers typically start classes on time. Students are more likely to actively participate in the learning process and get the most out of their educational experience when teachers are on time.

Conclusion

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