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Wait... why did he phrase Social Security withholding as a negative?

Sigh. Let me accelerate the playback speed of this audio book because I'm not a fan of this author.

The Baron Harkonnen is 💩

How many people are plotting against the Duke/Lady Jessica/Paul? I am fearful of when I get to the 50% mark.

He's so condescending to the middle and lower class. Not a fan of it.

Ok. I do not like the author's anecdotes about his "rich dad." Why are you talking down on the lower and middle class who do the 9-5? You can give advice on how to better manage money without being pompous. Taking delight from the fact they pay taxes, but I don't... yea cause you have knowledge about loopholes in tax laws that primarily the wealthy know. 😒

I really, really, really dislike a character. 😠

Got to Part 2: Ughhhh! Damn it! I knew it! I hate that I knew something was off. Damn it! *throws book/kindle/phone*

One part of the story I correctly guessed based on the context clues. Now, to see if my suspicions about other things pan out. 🤔

I figured out the case of The Man With the Twisted Lip! 🥳

But a part of me wonders if I knew this story already because of the TV series or movies. Or did I read it along with the Speckledband and Hound of Baskervilles in high school... and forgot that I did? 🤔

Imagine my surprise while reading the Five Pips story to see mention of the Confederacy and Lee. Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, all the way in England, knew how the majority of those who fought for the Confederacy felt about the enslaved Black people.