HE READ A BOOK AND IT ATE HIS BRAIN. WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO?

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The new Culture novel, Surface Detail, is really good. Unfortunately, Iain Banks thinks solid gold will float on liquid mercury at room temperature. This is not a clever writerly feint. HE USES GOLD BEING ONE ELEMENT BEFORE MERCURY AS HIS ACTUAL EXPLANATION YOU FAIL PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY FOREVER SIMULTANEOUSLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA But apart from that, it's great.

I am attempting to work but actually singing Freda the Bing Bong Song a lot. THIS IS THE LIFE. Specifically, Freda's.