Sample cliched phrases, all taken from from within about a dozen pages before I got tired of keeping track:
::sighs in resignation::
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Barb - Sep 29, 2009 3:06:54 am PDT #10128 of 28379
“Not dead yet!”
Jessica - Sep 29, 2009 4:22:56 am PDT #10129 of 28379
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And there's SO much more! Like
I guess we now know there's one person out there who actually liked the LoEG movie.
Atropa - Sep 29, 2009 10:42:25 am PDT #10130 of 28379
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I actually don't want to spoil it because it's so outrageous, but I did put a post-it there for Jilli.
claps hands in glee
See, going into this knowing it's cracktastic and omgwtfvampires is perfect. I think I will plan a long evening of pink fizzy drinks and a hot bath to accompany reading it.
Barb - Oct 01, 2009 7:40:56 am PDT #10131 of 28379
“Not dead yet!”
The librarians will especially love this, but I think it's just overall coolness, a librarian's response to a parent's challenge of Uncle Bobby's Wedding
Polter-Cow - Oct 01, 2009 7:47:16 am PDT #10132 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was awesome. Thanks for linking, Barb. I'm going to share it myself.
Beverly - Oct 01, 2009 8:09:30 am PDT #10133 of 28379
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I am heartened and uplifted for the whole day Barb, from reading that wonderful letter. Thank you so much for posting the link.
DebetEsse - Oct 01, 2009 8:49:17 am PDT #10134 of 28379
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It's interesting that this is banned books week. I was/am considering challenging the shelving of a book at the local library [link] . I think it is more appropriately shelved with adult political humor. My thinking is that it's, well, mean. It's not that it's supporting ideology with which I disagree, but that the attacks and monster-ization of identifiably real people makes it inappropriate for the Children's section.
But I don't know. I support the right of the book to be available. I support the idea of children learning about different viewpoints. ::sigh::
Barb - Oct 01, 2009 9:31:20 am PDT #10135 of 28379
“Not dead yet!”
You're not saying it needs to be removed, Debet. I see your dilemma, though. On the one hand, I would tend to agree with you about where it needs to go, on the other, especially given the experiences we've had in the schools here in Jacksonville, the kids with parents who will approve of that book have already had those ideas indoctrinated into them and it's not going to be telling them anything they haven't already heard and the kids whose parents fall on the other side of the fence, tend to go to their parents and say, "This is stupid, what's going on?"
So...
erikaj - Oct 01, 2009 9:42:37 am PDT #10136 of 28379
Always Anti-fascist!
You could buy that book I've seen on kos.."Why Mama Is A Democrat" (We like to share,iirc.) But this is also possibly the source of our party's infidelity tradition as well.
Volans - Oct 01, 2009 2:53:35 pm PDT #10137 of 28379
move out and draw fire
But this is also possibly the source of our party's infidelity tradition as well
And here I could've sworn Republican politicians were the ones screwing interns and assuming wide stances.