The red looks good, and I think the shirt works well too. I don't like the tie, but I'm not sure what would work. The knit texture looks good, so maybe try a solid color knit tie?

I can be a hobby dilettante, so there's a lot I could list.

Technology and personal computers is probably the biggest one. I used to work in IT and as a hobby had a few computers at home running different flavors of linux for different purposes. I was a big technology enthusiast in general. These days I maintain a basic level of knowledge and awareness because I feel like I have to. I would happily give it all up if I could.

I also follow Magic the Gathering developments despite not buying cards in decades and it's been about a year since I played Arena (the free online version of MTG). The rules and card interactions are still really interesting, but I just can't be bothered to play. I've thought more than once about applying to be a judge for MTG tournaments.

I have read the original trilogy. They're very different from Annihilation and it can be a little jarring. I really enjoyed them, and would easily recommend the whole series.

I feel like I need to reread the trilogy to try the fourth book.

Martian Time-Slip by Philip K Dick - PKD is always pretty weird, but I found this one especially so. Time travel experiments by unlikable characters that involves abusing schizophrenic and autistic children.

Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie - First of the Imperial Radch series. Told from the perspective of an intelligence that's truly different than ours (even though it is ostensibly human). It made a lot of waves for having genderless characters, but that only scratches the surface of how strangely the narrator relates to the humans they're dealing with.

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer - First of the Southern Reach series. A group of 4 unnamed individuals go to investigate a reality distorting phenomenon and reality gets heavily distorted. This one declares right up front that it's going to get strange and does exactly that.

Hate to nitpick a joke, but they've swapped Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

At first glance I would have said two, the handle and the donut hole. After reading and considering your answer, I'm pretty confident you're right. The space between the tunnel formed by the donut hole and the mug itself forms an odd hole, but there it is.

Kudos, that's a fun little puzzle.

MTG is absolutely an antisemite and not someone we need to give more airtime too. Don't care if she's railing against people I don't like.

That's a good sentiment to have for things that need to be built for society as a whole. You don't need to extend the same courtesy to for profit endeavors that don't provide a general benefit.

This is not standing up to support building a homeless shelter in your neighborhood, because it has to go somewhere. It's more like supporting a McDonald's. There's plenty of them already, and they have plenty of other options for building more.

No, they won't look right with anything formal. They're fine for "office casual" or something, but if the host has asked for formal attire this isn't it.

If you like these, try for a more conventional tassel loafer. The problem is really the sole, and stitching.

These being Docs, that puts the price around $150 to $200. That's good news, you'll have a lot of options in the same price range. Start shopping early, especially if you have to do mail order. A wedding can be a long day, especially if you're dancing at the reception afterwards. It may take you a little while to find something that works for you.

Interesting that even in the chain of events depicted in the comments it's started and ended by Republicans and the poster assigns all the blame to Democrats.

This is why it's common in the black community to get a receipt whenever you buy anything. You can't prove where you are at all times, but you can prove that you were at a particular time and place. Might save you from being railroaded for a crime you didn't commit.

It's not wrong, but I don't know how helpful it is. I think it could be helpful for identifying complimentary colors, but it's missing some context about which articles of clothing are which colors.

For example, it lists pink as a matching color for light blue. IMO, light blue pants with a pink shirt works fine, but a light blue shirt wouldn't work so well with pink pants. In general you'd want your pants a darker color or cooler tone than your shirt.