Saturday Shopping
The wife and I went out to visit a few local businesses. One of which was a "Retro Emporium" which has lots of nostalgic games and toys. We primarily go there these days to look through their vinyls, but while there I spotted two D&D items they had which I didn't own for my collection.
So, obviously, I picked them up. They also had an NES system running Duck Hunt and it is so nostalgic for me to use. Also, I've still got it. Fastest gun this side of the Mississippi.
Our other stop on this outing was our local library as I had requested a book: Strike, by Sarah E. Bond. I've been meaning to pick it up but I couldn't find it for a DRM free ebook, so rather than purchase the Kindle version I opted to borrow the physical copy. Feels good to support our local library system.
It was pleasantly busy with people, I'm sure some were there escaping the warmer weather, but I hadn't been inside the local branch in some time and I was concerned it was going to be empty
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Reading Sarah Bond's book, Strike, that I mentioned in the previous blog post is already an enjoyable academic read.
One word that jumped out to me as a word I didn't know: confraternity
I understood it based on the Latin origins: con (with) + fraternity (brotherhood) - and in the context of the book I was able to also understand it from contexts, but still - I enjoy finding new words.
confraternity, n.
- a society devoted especially to a religious or charitable cause
- fraternal union
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