Woo! Glad you liked it, guys; Amy's a wily one, but I penned her in with my mad interviewing skillz.
(i don't think we're keeping it a SEKRIT, sophia -- i just prefer to err on the side of semi-caution?)
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Strix - Oct 05, 2011 9:21:33 am PDT #16516 of 28290
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ginger - Oct 05, 2011 10:21:05 am PDT #16517 of 28290
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Gotta love a all-out pan, in this case of a "update" to How to Win Friends and Influence People [link]
Carnegie’s great virtue, beyond the simplicity of his core ideas, was his unadorned prose....
That homespun virtue has been obliterated here. This new adaptation seems to have been composed using refrigerator magnets stamped with corporate lingo: “transactional proficiency,” “tangible interface,” “relational longevity,” “continuum of opportunities,” “interpersonal futility,” and “our faith persuasion.” ...
The following sentence is so inept that it may actually be an ancient curse and to read it more than three times aloud is to summon the cannibal undead: “Today’s biggest enemy of lasting influence is the sector of both personal and corporate musing that concerns itself with the art of creating impressions without consulting the science of need ascertainment.”
smonster - Oct 05, 2011 5:53:24 pm PDT #16518 of 28290
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
“Today’s biggest enemy of lasting influence is the sector of both personal and corporate musing that concerns itself with the art of creating impressions without consulting the science of need ascertainment.”
Deer loward, that's the ourobouros of business speak.
Liese S. - Oct 05, 2011 9:14:28 pm PDT #16519 of 28290
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Kat! I got the book, thank you! And thanks, t, too! It's great timing, because I have the Persuasion reread, and then the SO is gone all next week (boo, but for recording, so I guess it's a good cause) so I can be all Hunger Games trilogy all week.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 06, 2011 4:32:21 am PDT #16520 of 28290
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
“Today’s biggest enemy of lasting influence is the sector of both personal and corporate musing that concerns itself with the art of creating impressions without consulting the science of need ascertainment.”
I almost won't to throw that out (up?) at a meeting and see if anyone blinks. Almost.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2011 6:22:17 am PDT #16521 of 28290
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Garth Williams' illustrations for Farmer Boy at auction: [link]
Kathy A - Oct 06, 2011 6:28:55 am PDT #16522 of 28290
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, man, do I want a Garth Williams Little-House-series original! If I ever win the lottery, that's on the top of my list.
Consuela - Oct 06, 2011 7:38:06 am PDT #16523 of 28290
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Fox is adapting The Magicians for television: [link]
Polter-Cow - Oct 06, 2011 7:49:02 am PDT #16524 of 28290
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, interesting. And Miller and Stentz have good television pedigree (Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe).
DavidS - Oct 06, 2011 8:43:47 am PDT #16525 of 28290
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fox is adapting The Magicians for television: [link]
::covers JZ's eyes::
Cool. I knew somebody would snap it up and I hoped it would be a series instead of a movie. I was reading the sequel in the bookstore and it's very engaging.