Podcasts about unadventurous tales

To thank Al for all the great book suggestions they have given us during their time on Keep It Fictional, we all consumed some vampire media for today's episode. Books mentioned on this episode: My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine, The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Molly Meyers LaBadie and Nicole Fowles. This week we talk to Hannah Simpson, one of the library's Communications Specialists. We discuss the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Articles of Interest, as well as our summer book group at the Ostrander branch.  Recommendations include Take Ivy by Teruyoshi Hayashida, The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, and our least favorite page-to-screen adaptations.  Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/  This episode originally aired on April 28, 2023

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://forthenovellovers.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/the-utterly-uninteresting-and-unadventurous-tales-of-fred-the-vampire-accountant-by-drew-hayes/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I talk about the Fred the Vampire Accountant #1 by Drew Hayes. A collection of 5 short Stories in 1 book.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22081680-the-utterly-uninteresting-and-unadventurous-tales-of-fred-the-vampire-a Thanks to David Hilowitz for the intro/outro music. If you have any questions or comments send them to LibromancyPod@gmail.com.  Please Like and Subscribe wherever you get your podcast from.

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Josh Comeau about coding with your voice, accessibility, bootcamps, animation, and more! Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Guests Josh Comeau Show Notes 01:48 - What is your background? 04:33 - Coding with your voice 08:32 - How do you code for a living if you can only do it for a few minutes a day? 21:56 - How has it impacted your productivity? 22:46 - Is it easier with a typed language like Typescript? 26:05 - What about accessibility? 27:14 - How good is the eye tracker? 29:30 - What got you into animation? 35:29 - Favorite app for animations? 40:12 - Being a teacher 41:44 - Is it worth going to a bootcamp? 44:57 - Interactivity in teaching Links joshwcomeau.com @concordia_btcmp @gatsbyjs @khanacademy @unsplash Talon Using Python to Code by Voice Neuralink Tobii 5 Moleskine Apps VLC VSCode freeCodeCamp Syntax 246: Bootcamps, Getting a Job, and Income Share Agreements with Heather Payne https://joshwcomeau.com/css/full-bleed/ Nintendo Switch Navigator.vibrate Voice Driven Development ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Josh: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant Scott: The Neighborhood Listen Wes: Every Tool’s a Hammer by Adam Savage Shameless Plugs Josh: CSS for Javascript Developers | An online course that teaches the fundamentals of CSS for React/Vue devs Scott: Animating Svelte - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes In this episode Isaac and Reid discuss “The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant” by Drew Hayes, a collection of short stories where we meet Fred, a vampire who maintained all of his normal, boring, human characteristics. Fred meets a vast cast of characters … Continue reading Ep046 Fred the Vampire Accountant →

In this week's That's Lit shorty, Brindolyn recommends the whimsically distracting book "The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant" by Drew Hayes. B listened to the audio book, which is narrated by the wickedly talented Kirby Heyborne. Check it out!Read along and let us know what you think on Twitter at @ThatsLitPodcast, on Instagram at @ThatsLitPodcast and on Facebook or email us at thatslitpodcast@gmail.com. You can find Brindolyn on Twitter at @Brindolyn and on Instagram at @Brindolyn. And you can find Karson on Twitter at @kgaylet.

This episode focus on suggestions for character concepts that might be different from your usual tropes, with boring or "unwanted" histories or ideals. [Better Backgrounds](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/better-background-episode-58-372bd15a77f9e8/) [Avoiding Character Cliches](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/avoiding-character-cliches-episode-2-35aab600eb0406/) ### The family man (2:00) An adult with a family that comes into play in a positive way during the game. ### Unrelated history (3:55) A character that already had a profession, that had nothing to do with their current class. [The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant](https://www.amazon.com/Utterly-Uninteresting-Unadventurous-Vampire-Accountant-ebook/dp/B00M6AM6Q8) [Our interview with Drew Hayes](https://dwarves.podiant.co/e/interview-with-drew-hayes-episode-56-3715e204f5063c/) ### A young apprentice (7:40) Don't know how to use some of your powers. ### Midrange minion (9:55) Your character is part of an organisation. They desperately want to climb up the ladder but must distinguish themselves. ### Villainous past (13:00) Your character was once on the wrong side of the law. But they have seen the error of their ways and switched sides. ### A very famous person (14:15) Traveling in disguise or... not travelling in disguise. ### A creation of/related to someone else (15:40) Uber-familiar, Crystal manifestation. Not necesearally dumb, but very much dependant emotionally on the other character. ### Someone who is mainly defined by what they desire, not what they can do (18:50) Not a ‘fighter', but a ‘freedom fighter'. ### Someone who's plain but has a secret inner world (20:20) [Aggretsuko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggretsuko). Conflict between the inner and the outer worlds. ### A completely average person (22:05) [Unknown Armies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Armies) can start with everyone playing (semi) regular people. ### Summary (25:00) ### Taking the Load off (27:10) We did a live stream RPG this week to support the Make-a-Wish foundation for Children's Cancer Awareness Month. We've raised 205 USD for the cause; [watch it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgnrDz8R38&t=31s), and you can still donate! We played [The Ward](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222793/The-Ward-Acute-Care-Edition?affiliate_id=29668), a PbtA hack that was designed for medical drama gameplay in the style of ER or Grey's Anatomy. ----- Email us at show@dwarfcast.net with questions, topic suggestions, and comments on this episode, and check out [our Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/dwarfpodcast) [We have a Patreon page](https://www.patreon.com/dwarfcast), in case you'd like to support us in a monetary fashion. Also, most links to [DriveThruRPG are affiliate](http://drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=29668), which means we get a bit of money if you buy through them, with no added cost to you. Intro and outro based on On the Shoulders of Dwarves by the Cliches Duo. On the Shoulders of Dwarves is shared under [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

On the 84rd episode of the Two Woke Nerds Podcast, Gerald Goodridge and Raymond Summerlin talk about their expectations for the live action Aladdin and Glass, what Ryan Coogler's return means to Black Panther 2, and where the MCU on TV heads after Netflix's Iron Fist was cancelled.They then take a look at 2018's Venom, what it got right, what it got wrong, and where the Venom universe heads moving forward. As always they close it out with your grandmother's favorite segment, Don't Sleep On It! Raymond vents his frustrations about Bad Times at the El Royale, while Gerald recommends another audiobook, The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, Vampire Accountant.Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or TuneIn. Please rate and review wherever you find us, and hit us up on Twitter @GHGoodridge and @RMSummerlinwith any thoughts or suggestions and you can email the show at twowokenerdspod@gmail.com.Intro and Outro: Road Trip (Ryan Little) / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Have you ever read a book and said to yourself, “Self, I would love to talk to the guy who wrote this stuff.” Well, in this episode I get that chance. I first found a copy of The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant in a books store a few years […]