heh ... at jury duty the other day one juror called for a panel had the last name "Ant" and I immediately thought "Adam?"
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'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."
Toddson - Aug 07, 2009 6:42:49 am PDT #9802 of 28385
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Hil R. - Aug 08, 2009 1:28:38 pm PDT #9803 of 28385
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just finished reading Julie and Julia. It made me want a Project. Not necessarily cooking, but some sort of Project like that.
Fay - Aug 09, 2009 2:33:25 am PDT #9804 of 28385
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Another rather good Twilight themed t-shirt (also not "...and then Buffy staked Edward. The end." Which remains my very favourite.)
Edward before he was sparkly...
askye - Aug 09, 2009 5:15:24 am PDT #9805 of 28385
Thrive to spite them
Sophia I'm a bad library patron and I've run up large fines before.
The library forgave one of the fine the first time it was really big, they offered to do it. Then I discovered that when I got a library card (after not having gone for so long) they misspelled my last name in the computer and after almost a year when I used my ID to check out I discovered there was a fine that was years and years old. That one they didn't forgive but I was able to pay it off gradually. I think every time I checked out books I made a small payment on it.
That one was books that I hadn't returned and since lost. Probably 5 books and the fine was like $90.
Fay - Aug 09, 2009 9:08:13 am PDT #9806 of 28385
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
And THAT, right there, is why I do not use libraries. Much as I approve of them.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 09, 2009 9:09:36 am PDT #9807 of 28385
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank yo askye. I haven't returned yet, but I will on Monday or Tuesday.
Steph L. - Aug 09, 2009 9:32:45 am PDT #9808 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Buffistas, as a group, would make a fascinating sociological study for librarians.
Amy - Aug 09, 2009 9:37:35 am PDT #9809 of 28385
Because books.
I can do the library when I get in the groove. Right now, I'm all caught up with fines, and I'm going regularly because I'm taking Sara for the program once a week, and being able to renew online is making a HUGE difference.
The problem for me is when I slip up and keep something late. I'll always return my books, but at that point, like, in the dead of night, in the book drop. And then I don't want to pay the fine, or I can't afford to pay the fine, and it becomes a Whole Big Thing.
Anne W. - Aug 09, 2009 9:42:27 am PDT #9810 of 28385
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The best thing ever is when my library started sending email alerts when things were coming due. That's saved my bacon more than once.
They also have an online request system. Part of the fun of going to the library for me is browing and finding something I've never heard of. That said, if I want to read a best-seller but don't want to buy it, the hold request is a thing of beauty. Thanks to that, I didn't have to spend any money to find out that I disliked "Twilight."
askye - Aug 09, 2009 11:20:16 am PDT #9811 of 28385
Thrive to spite them
My library sends email alerts 3 days before they are due.
The library would have waived the long dormant fine except they'd already waived a fine that was almost the same amount so I couldn't get 2 waivers. Really it was my fault, I kept books and then lost them and never returned them so I was just paying the costs for replacing.
The library also has a policy that if you lose a book and pay for it and then find it within a year you can get your money back. Which happened to me a few months ago.
I go to the library every Sunday now. The parking is free and the crowd isn't too bad and I always know the day a book is due (even if I can't remember which Sunday). And Interlibrary Loan is free, I need to hit that up.
I saw the library had the latest Laurell K Hamilton AND the graphic novel, I wasn't even tempted to look at the summary of the book. I was there to pick up Patricia Briggs's latest about Mercy, I don't know if the series has a name. I like Mercy, it's nice that 1) she's not hung up/ashamed/freaked out about her abilities and 2) she's not hung up on/freaked out about sex. And I like her version of werewolves and vampires and fae.