(loving Anne with a muchness)

I've never seen Titanic, and probably never will. For one thing, even the visual of Jack and Rosie had me shuddering; she looked like she was baring her boobs for a 12-year-old. But that's a whole 'nother story.

I just don't get why he felt he needed to stick fictitious lovers in that thing. What, the defining tragedy of the first half of the twentieth century wasn't interesting enough? There weren't enough real stories?

Feh.

(loving Anne with a muchness)

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Deb, I have yet to get comments to you on the parts of "Matty" that I have read, and I have a nasty feeling that the file is on the dead computer. I would, however, be willing to beta whatever you do have, especially now that I actually have two or three minutes to rub together.

You want me to send you the current doc? Be warned, it's 70,000 words.

Titanic is a fantastic tour of this very cool ship they built. The plot, not so much.

Wrod. It was interesting when I was visiting St. John, New Brunswick, hearing more about the American Revolution from the descendants of those who were British sympathizers and who wound up fleeing to a place where they'd feel more welcome.

Heh - I remember when I visited Nova Scotia, we toured an old fort in Halifax where a lot of the interpretive information was about Loyalists fleeing the US for Canada. It was definitely one of those "hey, wait! But we were the good guys!" moments.

When I was in high school, one summer we spent a week or so visiting my Army brother, who was then stationed at Fort Dix in NJ. We did various touristy day trips, including Gettysburg. (Which is a fascinating place, BTW.) I vividly recall standing with my Dad at whichever Union position repulsed Pickett's Charge, and saying something along the lines of "So they were here, and we attacked from there." Right afterward, I overheard another family, where the father said the exact opposite of what I had just said.

(Not that I've ever thought of the Southerners as the good guys, not remotely. However, as the Alabama-bred great-great-granddaughter of a Confederate soldier, I can't help viewing Civil War battlefields from a Southern POV.)

I'm going to post my fencing piece for all y'all to read, but I'm going to delete it after a little while, so as to avoid any pre-publishing debacle.

t now deleted; let me know if anyone wants to read it....

That's really good, Teppy. Congrats again.

I'm not quoting because of the pre-publication thing, but the line abotu being built for reading? Cracked me up.

Certainly not built for a sport that was the precursor to ballet, that most graceful of physical exertions.

Seriously? I didn't know that! Neat.

Verra Nice, Miss Tep.

Wonderful, Teppy!