It didn't bother me at all or stand out. Later I thought about it and wondered if she didn't have parents or teachers read books to her when she was little. Both my parents and my teachers read YA novels to us all through elementary school.
Either that or she expected audiobooks to be radio plays

He was already in the second stage in the first 3 minutes

Hmm, Trojans and Knights. Teams with human mascots playing dirty against the teams with animal mascots.
Some sort of metaphor there but it's 1am & brain 🪶

On the bright side, I think your body is on Portland time at least. I arrived in Portland last night (ok, by car from Seattle). The timing of your skeets seem to match my sleep schedule.
Wishing your food findings to be soon and that it includes skyr

We were there at 6:30 pm a couple of years ago and almost all of it was closed.

It was nice to be at a meeting where I didn't have to take notes or remember anything that was said.

Hells yeah! Max rules!!
I've been occasionally listening to the ReLiving Single podcast too

I had one young manager say something about my "exit interview."
No, people getting laid off don't get one. Can you imagine?

"So now that we've suddenly fired you because we don't like the law in your state that makes sure you have a liveable wage, what do you think of us & your time here?"