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I'm a big rereader in general, but occasionally a book will grab me so hard that I finish it & begin again right away. I've had two of those in the past year:

• Moonbound by Robin Sloan
• Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

I don't think it means that silence will necessarily benefit you materially -- rather that silence is something precious or valuable. Maybe consider the proverb's relation to these similar ones:

Still waters run deep.

Better to close one's mouth and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and prove it.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool's heart blurts out folly.

A wise old owl sat in an oak:
The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?

To me, "breakfast" food is just whatever you eat that breaks your fast after sleeping. I eat a lot of dinner leftovers for breakfast, otherwise something filling like oatmeal with nuts and fruit in it. (Provided I don't just drink my tea and then forget to eat, which is also something that happens.)

Previously: Bullshit Bulletin #1: We've decided to spend a lot less time with our families

Some books I buy to read now. Some books I buy to read at an undefined "later." Browsing my shelves is exciting when I know there are books there that I've yet to really encounter.

I read Dracula for the first time about a year ago. I'm also not a big horror fan in general, but I absolutely loved it and -- even with knowing about Dracula just from popular culture -- found it genuinely creepy. It was also really interesting how Dracula was defeated not just by the heroes' actions in the conventional sense but also by the conventional trappings of modernity. Things like calendars, railway timetables, and bills of sale play a surprisingly outsize role.

That's an incredible post. Thank you for sharing it!

To become a Canadian citizen you'd have to start by emigrating here, then get your Permanent Resident status, and then apply for citizenship.

Here's some general information in immigrating to Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html

That's really cool! Are you an astronomer? Or if not, how do you get telescope access?

1. Canada (I live here)
2. USA (many many family/friend visits since I was a child; also lived there for ~6 years as an adult)
3. England (one week in London, one week in the South Downs)
4. Denmark (three weeks for a family visit)
5. France (a weekend in Paris)
6. Belgium (about 2-3 days in Bruges)
7. The Netherlands (about 2-3 days in Delft)
8. Germany (roughly 6 hours, driving from Belgium to Denmark)

There's family bonding time in that nebula!

Oh! I had one just like that when I was a kid!