I had a very difficult time getting through Focault's Pendulum myself, as Eco (being a professor of semiotics and linguistics) likes to write in multiple languages (none of which I spoke) and NOT translate. He's also got a dense, crunchy brain, and writes dense, crunchy novels, so it was tough going, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I have yet to tackle Name of the Rose, and am a little intimidated that he writes big streches of it in Latin. Still, I'll have to tackle that some day.

I have yet to tackle Name of the Rose, and am a little intimidated that he writes big streches of it in Latin.

Are there big stretches ahead of me? Crap! So far, it's just random psalm quotations on every other page. But big stretches are easy to skip, right? He can't actually expect me to translate it all myself in order to follow the story!

Or maybe he can. Rat bastard.

Cindy - nope, I'm just wordless. though I did like how you got him in the shower

I did like how you got him in the shower

That was GENIUS!

Are there big stretches ahead of me? Crap! So far, it's just random psalm quotations on every other page.

Actually, I was responding to your description. I missed an "apparently" in there. You've read more of the book than I have.

I quite enjoyed Name of the Rose. It's a fine detective story that, as an added bonus, also teaches about philosophy and the medieval Church. But first and foremost a detective story.

Worked for me. Though I haven't tried any of Eco's other work.

lisah! When I got home from vacation, I found dvds from you in my mail pile and I forgot to e you. I'm an ass. But thank you! I'm trying to only watch one dvd a week so that the show will last longer.

Cindy, quite the stressful night for your whole family but I'm so very glad Christopher's okay. {{{Cindy & Family}}} Wow.

Cindy, a punch in the nose would be over too quickly. I'd stick with your plan of making him the butt of a family joke for the rest of your life. I'm very glad that whatever it was, it doesn't seem to be causing him pain/harm.

I re-read Name of the Rose regularly. It's the library thing that makes it so cool (to me).

Poor, Cindy. His little "small and white" sentence is still going to be running around in your head like a nightmare refrain from Buffy.

Hell, David, you've known me since *SFNet* days.

Phew, that's a couple lifetimes ago, huh?

Now that y'all mention it, when I do spot a cool looking Indian girl on the Muni I do think of her in terms of P-Cow worthiness. It's not enough that she's pretty and the right age - she's got to have cool style and interesting reading material or I can hear her iPod or she's got geeky hip pins on her backpack.

But thank you! I'm trying to only watch one dvd a week so that the show will last longer.

You're so welcome! I'm glad they got to you safely. I miss not having any new episodes to watch...