Buffistas

And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'

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."

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Steph L. - Jun 15, 2011 6:32:52 pm PDT #15289 of 28287

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Maybe they mean "if you would, send me stuff"? And left out the please?

Hmmm. That usage sounds too formal for them. Possibly they mean, that, although I think they mean "If you would send me stuff, that would be great." Because it sounds like a nicer way of saying "Send me stuff now, you slacker."

erin_obscure - Jun 15, 2011 7:58:20 pm PDT #15290 of 28287

Occasionally I’m callous and strange

everything i know about grammar i learned in Latin. No, really. Then during the single week in high school when we diagrammed sentences, i totes aced the diagramming, since only the Latin students knew the difference between an object and a preposition. It was sad.

Atropa - Jun 15, 2011 8:09:26 pm PDT #15291 of 28287

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I love diagramming sentences. It makes English mathy!

Oh! That explains why I hate diagramming sentences. It's all so clear, now.

Hil R. - Jun 16, 2011 12:57:51 am PDT #15292 of 28287

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

J.K. Rowling started the website Pottermore.com. All it says so far is "Coming soon ..." [link]

hippocampus - Jun 16, 2011 3:00:04 am PDT #15293 of 28287

not your mom's socks.

Happy Bloomsday!

What? Sentence diagraming and Joyce? Peanut butter and jelly.

Finished Feed. Damn.

Sue - Jun 16, 2011 6:15:52 am PDT #15294 of 28287

hip deep in pie

I don't think I've ever diagrammed a sentence. My grammar skills are crap.

smonster - Jun 16, 2011 6:26:58 am PDT #15295 of 28287

We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I didn't mind diagramming sentences, but Universal Grammar diagramming makes the baby Jesus cry. Well, it did me.

-t - Jun 16, 2011 6:43:16 am PDT #15296 of 28287

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Diagramming sentences was one of the things I missed in switching tracks between 6th and 7th grade (along with Earth Science and probably a bunch of stuff I don't even know about), but it was being taught when I was in school and I picked up a little bit when later English teachers would throw a little diagramming around.

sj - Jun 16, 2011 6:44:16 am PDT #15297 of 28287

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I don't remember ever diagramming sentences in school.

Consuela - Jun 16, 2011 7:11:02 am PDT #15298 of 28287

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

J.K. Rowling started the website Pottermore.com

Yeah, that's interesting.

I have to admit that although I have some issues about JKR's writing, both line-by-line and structurally, she really did create a fascinating world and a compelling epic story that ended pretty much as she'd originally planned--and that she actually finished, which is key. She didn't try to drag it out (like Robert Jordan), or let it get so out of hand that she may well die before finishing it (like Jordan, but also like Martin).

I wouldn't mind seeing her try her hand at something else, but I'm interested to see what new she has planned for the wizarding world.

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