Since that was pretty much what went through my teen-aged brain the first time I saw Lost Boys, I think this paragraph was destined to be my favorite.
She growls?! You made her so she growls?!
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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."
Atropa - Sep 06, 2009 9:38:13 pm PDT #9960 of 28385
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
StuntHusband - Sep 07, 2009 2:22:10 am PDT #9961 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Since that was pretty much what went through my teen-aged brain the first time I saw Lost Boys, I think this paragraph was destined to be my favorite.
My reaction was stereotypically gay - "THAT'S the best they can do, wardrobe-wise? I'll stick with Lestat, thanks."
Barb - Sep 07, 2009 3:09:43 am PDT #9962 of 28385
“Not dead yet!”
"THAT'S the best they can do, wardrobe-wise? I'll stick with Lestat, thanks."
For the mid-80s, Jamie Gertz's wardrobe wasn't too terrible-- sort of that gypsy chic thing going on. I seem to recall she had several full skirts I loved.
StuntHusband - Sep 07, 2009 4:27:23 am PDT #9963 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
This isn't literary, this is me bitching about spellcheck again.
From SPACE.com:
"Some pessimists predicted the Milky Way was doomed to a grizzly death by dismemberment if enough of these galaxies collide with it."
Those are not intergalactic BEARS. Those are small GALAXIES, so it should be a "grisly death". So very bothersome!
And yes I'm awake early; I get to work a normal day today.
Volans - Sep 07, 2009 4:36:14 am PDT #9964 of 28385
move out and draw fire
I'm sorry, the image of the Milky Way being ripped apart by huge bears is made of awesome.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 07, 2009 5:10:52 am PDT #9965 of 28385
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Maybe Ursa major is going to rip apart the galaxy?
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2009 5:17:36 am PDT #9966 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There needs to be contextcheck, in addition to spellcheck. Because even though "grizzly" was the wrong word, it *was* spelled correctly, so spellcheck just went blithely on without flagging it.
Contextcheck would be an excellent Turing test.
sumi - Sep 07, 2009 5:20:20 am PDT #9967 of 28385
Art Crawl!!!
Ursa major with a little back up from Ursa minor?
StuntHusband - Sep 07, 2009 5:48:29 am PDT #9968 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
There needs to be contextcheck, in addition to spellcheck.
A contextcheck would be FABULOUS, and would have totally bitchslapped the spellcheck, muttering, "Wanker."
Amy - Sep 07, 2009 5:55:35 am PDT #9969 of 28385
Because books.
I think the new Word has something like it now -- some words show up with a blue line underneath them, and they're usage related. Like "bare" instead of "bear," etc. But it still gets it wrong about 85% of the time, just like the grammar check.