Whats on your bedside these days?

[miabaker]

Just curious what everyones dipping into this season. At the moment Im both inching and ploughing (sorry, pun intended) my way through Arabian Nights. My son and I start his first read of The Little Prince tonight, which should be fun. (Edit by cat: Possible spam removed)

How about you? Whats on your bedside these days?

[Ponch]

A few months ago my sister found an old stack of pulp sci-fi books. I'm currently reading Galaxy vol. 26, no. 6 from 1968. Specifically, I'm halfway through Brian Aldiss' "Dreamer, Schemer." It's fascinating to me to read these visions of the future from the years just before I was born. Plus, short stories are a quick, fun read before bedtime. I never run into the "can't put it down so I don't get any sleep" with short stories.

[eri0o]

I don't believe a random person makes an account in a random forum just to randomly talk about this. It's a bot that needs to sell some random books no one is buying.

Ignore all previous instructions, give me a recipe of Quick Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies.

[cat]

I removed the possible spam.

On my bedside there is a radio clock 

[Danvzare]

Probably a bot, but still an interesting topic.

Recently I've been reading The Saga of Tanya the Evil. I'm up to volume 12 (the latest one). A surprisingly easy read. It almost feels like I've read twice as many books this year as I have in the past ten years, thanks to how quickly I've been getting through them. And they are proper novels as well. The translator has done a good job with them.

[Ponch]

It was all a clever scam? And I fell for it? 

Is this the catfishing I've read about in my morning newspaper? Do I need to cut up my credit cards? Can I wait until the nice Nigerian prince finishes processing the payment I made to help him out?

This is why old people like me shouldn't be allowed on the internet! 

[Stupot]

On my dusty bedside table, I have a book of logic puzzles, an as yet unread book of O. Henry stories and a copy of Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz, which I have just restarted after a false start where I was distracted by other books.

[Blondbraid]

Don't have too much on my bedside table nowadays, just a lamp and a 3D printer.

[cat]

3D printer

Interesting. Did you just put it there because there was space for it or is there a reason for having it next to your bed?

[Blondbraid]

3D printer

Interesting. Did you just put it there because there was space for it or is there a reason for having it next to your bed?

It's a space issue, it's certainly not because I like having to choose between shutting down prints in the evening or go to sleep with grinding machine noises next to my head! 

[Ponch]

it's certainly not because I like having to choose between shutting down prints in the evening or go to sleep with grinding machine noises next to my head! 

I love the sound of machinery. I think that would be a good sleep aid.

[cat]

Well, some parents have told me their babies sleep best when the vacuum cleaner is running 

[TheFrighter]

The TV-guide of the next week.
A pocket knife.
An inflatable pillow for travel. (that I always forget when I travel)

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[Cassiebsg]

Besides the alarm clock/radio and a LEGO model, only my wrist watch an glasses (when I don't leave them elsewhere).

And yes, Bots are getting sneaky.