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Died on this day in 1364 aged 44 King John II of France (my toy,wikipedia). Grandfather of Joan of Navarre who married Henry IV. Created the Franc (to pay off a ransom)

Born on this day in 1818 to Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gucksburg and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, King Christian IX of Denmark (my toy,wikipedia). Father of Alexandra who married Edward VII. Married his second cousin and then married their children into royal families across Europe making him an ancestor of most current European monarch (I'm not sure what % of monarchs in 1818 would share that distinction... and interesting question, but one I don't have time to turn into SQL right now).

An SQL question - can I write a thing that makes SORT BY sort in some custom order? Or do I need to give the things numbers (bit of a hack?). I want to sort by title and have it come out starting Emperor, then King, then Duke, etc. rather than alphabetically.

Reading Wednesday

Do I need tags? maybe I need tags? question deferred to another day when I'm less busy.

Finished:
What makes this book so great.
Nice series of essays about books, not really lit-crit so much as 'squeee'. Fun. Some of the books sound great, some sound like I would only have liked them had I read them when 15... might read some of them (certainly should get around to some Delany).

The Seams Between the Stars. Kameron Hurley. a Bel Dame Apocrypha short story. A different perspective. I liked it.

Current:
I picked up The Other Half of the Sky again (I've had it on the go for a while). It is a collection of short stories. I am bad at reading collections of short stories by different authors. Too bitty (have I maybe mentioned that I really like really long form fantasy? like Wheel of Time? maybe? I do like short stories too, but I hate changing context all the time). The stories are nice though, I expect to keep reading a few at a time until I get through it.

Lagoon; Nnedi Okorafo. I have read about 10 pages, I have no opinion yet.

To Read:
Unsure? I bought Flex (by ferrett) because I read his blog. I hope it is good. I also bought some Sanderson novellas, because I sort of compulsively by everything he writes. I think I should probably get ahold of Nova (Delany) and some Cherryh (I'll probably start at the beginning in publication order) at some point.

Sad Puppies, to read or not to read?

Er, am I really going to read everything by John C Wright? I think probably not. I will give the shorts a go. But really, judging from last year I'm going to be less OMG THIS IS EVIL and more "uh, this is kinda dull". I'll certainly read the Goblin Emperor at some point and expect to have an opinion on whether it was better than Ancillary Sword or not; other than that my Hugo Voting might best be summed up with "fuck puppies" because right now I'm just mostly REALLY CROSS.