See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.

Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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 - Nov 05, 2008 10:59:09 am PST #7871 of 28414
Art Crawl!!!

Found this tidbit over at the sciffy site:

An original drawing of A.A. Milne's popular children's characters Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Piglet fetched 31,200 pounds ($50,000) at auction on Nov. 4 in London, the Reuters news service reported.


Fay - Nov 05, 2008 10:16:42 pm PST #7872 of 28414
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

OMG, I love E H Shepherd's illustrations!

The one with Piglet and the little rag of the balloon made me cry. I mean, last time I saw it, a few years ago, it made me cry. Gah. It's like Larkin's poem As Bad As A Mile for crystaiising that particular sense of piteous failure in a few quick strokes of the pen.


Toddson - Nov 06, 2008 4:00:13 am PST #7873 of 28414
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Speaking of a few quick strokes of the pen (couldn't resist), have you seen this?


Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:10:10 am PST #7874 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've somehow missed whether there's a name for a male Mary Sue. I'm thinking of the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.


Toddson - Nov 06, 2008 4:13:33 am PST #7875 of 28414
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Marty Sue


Barb - Nov 06, 2008 4:14:57 am PST #7876 of 28414
“Not dead yet!”

Alpha male. (in current romance parlance... sorry, couldn't help myself.)


Jessica - Nov 06, 2008 4:15:43 am PST #7877 of 28414
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Jack?


amych - Nov 06, 2008 4:17:32 am PST #7878 of 28414
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Jack?

Snerk.


Ginger - Nov 06, 2008 4:20:18 am PST #7879 of 28414
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Jack definitely is one, whatever one is.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2008 4:40:02 am PST #7880 of 28414
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I've somehow missed whether there's a name for a male Mary Sue. I'm thinking of the sort of character who's a doctor who lands a commercial airplane in an emergency; finds food and water in the wilderness; makes an electric generator with spare parts; is true to his one true love while being hit on by everyone woman he meets; and has steely gray eyes and a determined chin.

MacGyver.