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I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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 - Mar 25, 2009 5:38:19 am PDT #8634 of 28431
Art Crawl!!!
Fay - Mar 25, 2009 7:14:25 am PDT #8635 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I like the idea that the other characters might be called Angelnard, and Drusillanard, and Buffynard. It could be a whole new cunning form of C&D-proof fanfic. Really, really, REALLY bad C&D-proof fanfic.
Strix - Mar 25, 2009 8:44:42 am PDT #8636 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Spikenard is an herb. Well, a plant; I'm pretty sure it's a herb, although I do not know what properties I has. I think it's just smelley; it's not like an interesting poison or anything.
Now that my internet is (knock wood) working better, I gotta read that thing.
Strix - Mar 25, 2009 8:55:32 am PDT #8637 of 28431
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh. Oh, I read it. It's the worst "Song of Solomon" on mushrooms mated with the sad, raped memory of Walt Whitman ever. Gah.
And I gotta wonder what kind of breasts this guy saw to use cheese as a metaphoric descriptor. Arrrrrooo?
Toddson - Mar 25, 2009 9:33:04 am PDT #8638 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
nom nom nom
meara - Mar 25, 2009 11:44:33 am PDT #8639 of 28431
OK, I enjoy reading YA novels from the library, but WTF, YA section: why have both of the books I got yesterday and read had discussion questions at the end? So annoying. Makes me feel like I"m supposed to be reading for class or something. LAME. I am reading fiction for fun, not for edification! Cut it out! I don't want questions at the end about the character's motivations and crap! BOO. If I really WERE reading this book for class....well, I think my teacher should have better books to choose, first off. And secondly, if my teacher DID choose this book, s/he could come up with his/her own questions.
(I also especially hate this in books that are suddenly popular and reprinted for book club discussion groups. Like, WTF? Suddenly I can't just enjoy the book and talk about it with friends if I so choose, I need a bunch of questions at the end suggested for me?)
Emily - Mar 25, 2009 11:56:29 am PDT #8640 of 28431
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
More importantly, why did I post it HERE?
Sorry, everybody. Too many windows open.
Um, how about that.... actually, has anyone else read anything by Alaa Al Aswany?
Typo Boy - Mar 25, 2009 11:54:12 am PDT #8641 of 28431
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It's the worst "Song of Solomon" on mushrooms mated with the sad, raped memory of Walt Whitman ever. Gah.
And I gotta wonder what kind of breasts this guy saw to use cheese as a metaphoric descriptor. Arrrrrooo?
Maybe it was inspired by this and he did not realize it was supposed to be humor: [link]
Volans - Apr 03, 2009 5:22:57 am PDT #8642 of 28431
move out and draw fire
So I've been working on my new garden, and plant names are making me think about a Tolkien garden:
- Sea Holly “Blue Hobbit“ [link]
- Periscaria “Red Dragon“ [link]
- Rockcress “Treasure“ [link]
- Kobold is German for “goblin.” [link]
- And there’s the “dwarf” variety of anything
- but Gaillardia “Dwarf Goblin” is even better [link]
- dELFinium might be pushing it, but trollius and spiderwort seem good
- Orange Gnome beats putting in a garden gnome
Kathy A - Apr 03, 2009 10:32:06 am PDT #8643 of 28431
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Salon's got an interesting interview with Bart Ehrman that's worth the read.