I took a course on the Brontes...I'm still impressed by their lack of competitiveness.

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It's a skill, being able to picture clothing on someone who isn't there. I'm notsogood at picking out proper clothing from hangers myself.

A lot of the best deals I've gotten on stuff from work has been clothes that just look weird on the rack. I can generally tell in 5 minutes whether or not it will look good on me using a list of 3 things - material (can't be thick or too structured or crisp), cut of neckline and waist (must cut in at waist, neither higher or lower and some cleavage must show, v-neck is better than scoop, though scoop is good with a drape), and color (nothing with cool orange tones or cool yellow tones, blues and greens are wonderful). Those are for me, but I can apply those three things to pretty much anybody- with different requirements for each.

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Fucking hell. So sorry, Calli. And I think we're thinking of the same one. Now I'm tempted to call my mother and have her tell me the name of the novel (she's the one who owned it).

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Hecubus, go to Boston, huh? You're being paged. Not that you're a fairy, babe.

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Anyone want to google me the perfect hairstyle. I've been looking forever, am having no luck, and am feeling defeated.

See, that's when you start asking locals who's the BEST hairstylist in town, and then going in and requesting a cut that suits you.

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Susan, I hope your travel is easy-peasy. And early happy birthday wishes!

My Regency heresy is that I'm fairly "meh" about Heyer.

I just picked up one of her books to take with me on vacation at the beginning of the month but I never got around to reading it. Austen is my if I can only take one author to the desert island pick. I was pleased to find out recently that my older brother, having finished all the Patrick O'Brian books, has started to read Austen for the first time. I'm so excited for him! Now maybe I'll have to try out this O'Brian character.

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That's ok, juliana. I spent the last week as, "Shirley . . Faith . . . Libby . . . you! The one with the coffee pot! Calli, pour me a cup, wouldya?"

Anyway, it would be neat if it was the same book. Although, paternity questions settled by birthmarks probably isn't a unique plot point. Still, I'm wondering about the title now, too. Mostly I remember feeling like I was getting away with something reading about the sexy bits (I was a youngish teenager) and finding the heroine's name odd for a Saxon.

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See, that's when you start asking locals who's the BEST hairstylist in town, and then going in and requesting a cut that suits you.

The shop I go to is awesome, and even though I'm not too crazy about the last person there who did my hair, usual stylist, and owner!stylist really may be the best (usual stylist is like unto an alchemist with color).

But I have problems communicating what I want, even when I know what I want. Right now, I don't know what I want, and I never seem to be happy when I tell them, "Do whatever you think looks good."

Okay, shutting up with the whinging, now.

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Ok, throw some names out there. Who would you consider "true" Regency writers and who is writing historical-set-in-Regency-theme-park.

Actually, I'm pretty confident I can pick out the latter, but it sounds to me like the def for the former is something more than set- accurately -in-Regency-period.

Can one write a romance set in that period that doesn't go all anachronisty but still counts as historical-set-in-Regency rather than Regency?

Can one come up with more hyphenated terms in a single post?

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You should never, ever say that. Taking your head in your hands. But I like the chutzpah, though.

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