Stoner Vamp ,'Lessons'
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."
That's excellent.
It's cool. Not in a puffed up, "ahh, the wonder of me" Peter Pan way. But just seeing the process by which information is disseminated. It's like a little marked bit of language that I'm conscious of because I coined it. It got disseminated through TV Tropes and TWOP and got out into the world.
You should totally let erinaceous know. It would be cool, from an etymological point of view, to actually have a verbal ground zero to trace it from, like over a ten year or 20 year period.
Yes, you totally should. (Wouldn't erinaceous know anyway?)
Got the book, Dawn! Thanks!!
Has anyone here read Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel? I just finished reading it and thought it was well written and interesting, but I noticed there were strong opinions in both directions on amazon.com.
My coworkers and I read it a few months ago and blogged/podcasted a bit about it here, though none of us had a very positive opinion about it. I think it certainly succeeded in arousing an emotional reaction, but I really didn't like how it was done.
Got the book, Dawn! Thanks!!
Wow that was fast, I mailed it on Friday - Go USPS! Enjoy!
Yes, you totally should. (Wouldn't erinaceous know anyway?)
It is listed on Wordnik, but it doesn't have any cites.
My coworkers and I read it a few months ago and blogged/podcasted a bit about it here, though none of us had a very positive opinion about it. I think it certainly succeeded in arousing an emotional reaction, but I really didn't like how it was done.
I thought it was done very well, but I did figure out pretty early where they were headed with it.
Speaking of erinaceous, she makes a passing Buffy reference in her most recent Sunday Globe column: [link]
On my way to the SF rack I stopped by Classics and ended up grabbing a copy of Moby Dick. I can't recall who recommended it here (there were a few of you) but wow were you right. I think Ishmael is a bit of a bulshitter (especially when he says Linnaeus is wrong and a whale is definitely a fish!) but the way he tells the story is mighty engaging. Even when he stops in the middle of the action to give us his BS taxonomy or to tell a side tale about another ship's encounter with Moby Dick. I'm so happy to be enthralled by this 150-year-old book.
On my way home from checking it out I stopped at the 99cent store where the owner is stereotypically blond and perky. She asked what I was reading and when I told her she said excitedly, "oh that's a great book!"
A couple days ago I stopped in again and told her how much I was enjoying it. I mentioned I was 1/2 way through and still no whale had entered the narrative. She said, "oh don't expect them to show up any time soon."
I have finally gotten to the part with whales but anyway, thanks again buffistas, I'm so glad I didn't dismiss this book for being an antique.