This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'


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."


Consuela - Oct 16, 2012 6:05:45 pm PDT #19934 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Not at all. Just sayin'


Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 7:18:39 pm PDT #19935 of 28344
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I miss Betsy.


DavidS - Oct 16, 2012 7:21:25 pm PDT #19936 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I miss Betsy.

So say we all.


hippocampus - Oct 17, 2012 3:08:35 am PDT #19937 of 28344
not your mom's socks.

My pal Natalie has some things to say about book reviews - thought I'd boost the signal: [link]


sumi - Oct 17, 2012 4:10:36 am PDT #19938 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!

Did you guys hear that they think they've found Richard III's skeleton?


Ouise - Oct 17, 2012 8:06:47 am PDT #19939 of 28344
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

I'm reading Reflections, a book of essays on writing by Diana Wynne Jones and am loving it. It's making me want to re-read everything of hers.


DavidS - Oct 17, 2012 9:54:14 am PDT #19940 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I read Diana's website a while back and it has a longish memoir about her childhood during WWII when she and her sisters were evacuated during the blitz. Really fascinating. Among other things, her neighbors out in the country included Beatrix Potter and T.H. White, both of whom were apparently quite grumpy.


sumi - Oct 18, 2012 9:16:41 am PDT #19941 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!

Bloody and spoilery Song of Ice and Fire cartoon A-Z.


Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:45:18 am PDT #19942 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm about halfway through Blood Canticle, and it HAS to have been written as a comedy, right? Because it's hilarious. Sure, I side-eye the book pretty hard every time Lestat says "Dude" or "Yo", but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.


Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:09:29 am PDT #19943 of 28344
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.

I blame you entirely for the fact that I am going to eventually read this. Blame.