For many years now, Russ and Craig have had many wide-ranging conversations with folks from all over the gaming world.

This is one of those conversations.

D6G, the lost chapter.

Hey, so do you have any of the Valentine's Day donut left over?

Because I like the little heart-shaped donut. I'm still fascinated by how they... It doesn't taste any different. He just likes the shape of the donut. I like how it looks. See, to me, it reminds me that it's bad for your heart. Well, maybe. But is there any... Is it too soon for the St. Patrick's Day donut? What would the St. Patrick's Day donut be?

I don't know, mint.

Maybe a little mint in there? Like a minty green? Yeah, you got to get green and you don't want like rot green or mold green. McDonald's did research with NASA to develop a new straw to properly slurp a shamrock shake. Did you see this? No. Yes. So the shamrock shake, the new one, is so thick that they realize that their traditional

McDonald's straw would not be functional.

Which is bizarre, because that is a wide straw.

It is.

But they've done research, which by the way is another article about wide soda tastes

better at McDonald's and it's to do things like the straw being extra wide and the way they mix the carbon. But anyway, long story short. They've invented a new straw. It's only available certain days, very limited quantities, but it's got this weird curve at the end with a double entrance thing to slurping and allow more air to get the proper pressure ratio for proper shamrock shake consumption. Really? Yeah, it's the thing. All right. Speaking of strange things, have you been reading any good books like Craig's? I have, it's been a while here in Dunkinthonis. We talked about sort of the, I know we've done some lost chapters on books you must read or sort of good fantasy books that we recommend or good sci-fi books. Yeah, it's been a while. I don't know if we've updated the list, you know, any time recently. And I feel like, you know, we've been doing some reading since last we spoke about this. And it probably might, you know, while we're waiting for our mint donuts, which the more I say that, the more it sounds not as good as it didn't. Yeah, I don't, I don't think I, I don't think I ordered a mint donut. I don't believe. Kind of want one. Maybe just a coffee today. So I kind of think, so what have you been reading lately, Craig? I'm going to bring up my list here on Audible and see if I can look at some of the more recent books that I've read here.

Oh, indeed, indeed.

Well, I mean, as I've been mentioning ongoing in achievements, the latest books of the expanse, not to be confused with the abyss, are really where my focus and attention has been because I just think these latest two

books I like I I mean I loved the first three books and and then it kind of it kind of went I mean I still

loved it you're still with the same characters. They're still awesome.

There's nothing that rings untrue about that, that, that fourth book.

I believe it's the fourth book.

But these two next, these two latest books, which add a whole new story arc.

And still all the other cool stuff is going on.

But these two things are really, these two books, like really like change everything up,

churn them up, if you will, if you're up on the, up on the lingo or the short stories.

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