Not related to the puppy probem, erika, I'm 1/16th Creek, too. But no Trail of Tears for my branch of the family - my ancestors stayed in Florida, hiding out, blending in, or purposefully forgotten.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
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."
WindSparrow - Aug 23, 2015 7:51:00 pm PDT #23502 of 28326
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Gris - Aug 24, 2015 3:20:19 am PDT #23503 of 28326
Hey. New board.
I think I know this guy. [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2015 6:47:42 am PDT #23504 of 28326
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I feel like the Wired writer needs to be given the A Clockwork Orange treatment with that scene in The Jane Austen Book Club where Hugh Dancy is informing Maria Bello about all the great SF writers who were women.
smonster - Aug 24, 2015 8:46:26 am PDT #23505 of 28326
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My mother's book club decided they needed a name; since they don't tend to like depressing tales, they very nearly chose "The Happy Endings Book Club."
Fortunately their newest member (not my mother, she was clueless) was able to educate them on why that was a poor choice.
-t - Aug 24, 2015 8:57:28 am PDT #23506 of 28326
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OTOH, mash them up with that book club that invited the football player to join them and you have a hilarious sitcom waiting to happen.
Polter-Cow - Aug 24, 2015 9:59:47 am PDT #23507 of 28326
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think I know this guy. [link])
Man that guy sounds pretty cool.
Toddson - Aug 24, 2015 12:51:35 pm PDT #23508 of 28326
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think I come out as 1/8 Cherokee (one great-grandmother was from the reservation in North Carolina). Since I'm culturally about as white as you can get, I've never done anything about it. Genetically ... I seem to be missing most immunities to European diseases.
erikaj - Aug 24, 2015 1:35:29 pm PDT #23509 of 28326
Always Anti-fascist!
Actually, dycalculia is not my friend...my brother and I are an eighth.
Pix - Aug 24, 2015 5:14:10 pm PDT #23510 of 28326
The status is NOT quo.
Just read The Fifth Season, I.e., the new Jemisin and it is excellent. Want next book NOW.
So funny -- I adore Jemisin, but this book did nothing for me. Beautifully written, but I didn’t care about it for some reason.
Calli - Aug 25, 2015 1:52:53 am PDT #23511 of 28326
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
When my dad did a DNA thing, I believe it suggested he had an unexpectedly high percentage of Sami background. [link] Aside from preferring cooler climes, this hasn't really affected my life--I'm just another white Midwestern cat lady.
Did I mention The Invention of Wings here? My book group read it this month. It was good. I especially admired how Kidd structured it between her two main character's viewpoints.