I love all the stuff I can get with my library card! I always forget about the downloadable music.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'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."
Steph L. - May 17, 2017 3:36:24 pm PDT #24592 of 28686
That which does not kill you should RUN
EpicTangent - May 17, 2017 3:36:52 pm PDT #24593 of 28686
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
And the SF Public Library resident requirement is just the state. I never would have thought to check!
And Oakland
Hey, I live in that state! (Not that there's anything wrong with San Diego libraries, but more is better!
Steph L. - May 17, 2017 5:17:44 pm PDT #24594 of 28686
That which does not kill you should RUN
Tim stole my library copy of the graphic novel of A Wrinkle in Time and is reading it (he never read the book, even as a kid). I'm so proud.
Also, it's a fantastic adaptation. Highly recommended.
Steph L. - May 17, 2017 5:25:11 pm PDT #24595 of 28686
That which does not kill you should RUN
Heh. He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
SuziQ - May 17, 2017 5:44:15 pm PDT #24596 of 28686
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My bff's son turned 12 yesterday and I bought him a few of the graphic novel compilations of Guardians of the Galaxy (2013). He is not a big reader and I always like to get kids books - so I thought this might perk his interest since he is a big fan of the movies.
Jessica - May 18, 2017 5:10:02 am PDT #24597 of 28686
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
Should you go check to make sure he's still there?
Calli - May 18, 2017 5:14:49 am PDT #24598 of 28686
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks for the link, Sophia. I've passed it along to my niece.
juliana - May 18, 2017 7:49:43 am PDT #24599 of 28686
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
From what I understand, a lot of the European version of Mongol history is wildly inaccurate. I haven't studied it in depth, but I find that plausible (even trying very hard to set aside my deep-seated Mongols! My people! bias)
Correct. Much like the European/American version of Vikings-as-ravening-berserkers, or the mental picture of Medieval peasants wallowing in their own filth. I blame the Victorians (mostly because it's fun to say).
(M is most probably descended from Mongols, as well, so I get the My people! reaction.)
Toddson - May 19, 2017 7:13:28 am PDT #24600 of 28686
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re Vikings, I remember several years ago someone teaching a college-level course in medieval Scandanavian history (yes, Vikings) found that at least one of her students had done a search and found a site by Viking recreators (not the SCA) and had used that as their primary source for a report ... it did not turn out very well, since they were not as accurate as one would wish.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2017 7:19:12 am PDT #24601 of 28686
brillig
Should have gone with the SCA, we regularly publish pamphlets with full documentation. One of them at least was used as someone's Ph.D. dissertation.