Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.

'Life of the Party'


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."


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 11:48:43 am PST #1814 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

Reposted here - where I meant to:

Somebody just asked on WX if The Song of Fire and Ice is appropriate for a 16 year old.

What do you guys think?


Laga - Jan 08, 2007 11:56:12 am PST #1815 of 28172
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

OK I'll bite:

"Who is that woman and why is she carrying two bells on a plate?"

And what are those if they aren't bells?


DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 11:57:08 am PST #1816 of 28172
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And what are those if they aren't bells?

Her breasts, of course. Don't you know your bizarro saints?


Kathy A - Jan 08, 2007 11:57:08 am PST #1817 of 28172
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Hil, I've got that documentary on VHS, if you'd like to borrow it. (Profile addy is good.)


Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2007 12:12:55 pm PST #1818 of 28172
brillig

Her breasts, of course. Don't you know your bizarro saints?

The poor thing was tortured to death, but everyone either didn't want to think of the ickyness of her carrying them around on the platter so it was assumed they were bells, and that's how she became the patron of bellmakers.

Can't think of her name, though.

There's also a patron of mad dogs. The Lord wanted to make him patron of young girls, but he said, "All they'll do is annoy me with prayers for husbands! I'd rather be patron of mad dogs!"


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:14:29 pm PST #1819 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

Not St. Agnes?


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:17:33 pm PST #1820 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

(No, it's not -- just googled. If I were at home, I'd look at my Art History books. Why can't I remember that woman's name?)


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:20:41 pm PST #1821 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

Saint Agatha. I couldn't find any good medieval images though.

Well, there's this one.


DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 12:22:38 pm PST #1822 of 28172
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, there's this one.

Ouch!


Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2007 12:24:42 pm PST #1823 of 28172
brillig

Yeah, the ones where she's beaming rapturously and carrying them around are much less disturbing than the event itself.