He writes this series of thrillers/mysteries about an ex-Army MP named Jack Reacher who finds himself in the craziest situations, but somehow it works. In the one I'm reading now, the Secret Service hired him (sort of) to help figure out who's trying to kill the Vice President-elect.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 4:40:05 pm PDT #1518 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:47:01 pm PDT #1519 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sounds entertaining! I wish all of my crazy situations would somehow workout.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:47:44 pm PDT #1520 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Instead though? My crazy situations end up with me doing gobs of laundry, buying a chest deep freeze, and having a hospital grade breast pump from an anonymous person on an IV stand in my living room.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 4:47:48 pm PDT #1521 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Totally entertaining. (Edit: NOT your current situations.) And somehow he always gets to have a fling in the midst of it all
DavidS - Jun 06, 2007 4:48:18 pm PDT #1522 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's really about a couple different authors, who learned that -- GASP! -- didn't make them super rich, and actually entails work and stress.
Hey! That's my experience!
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 4:51:50 pm PDT #1523 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My current situation is occasionally very entertaining. Like yesterday when I was locked in my classroom to the breast pump and a kid who felt she absolutely HAD to get back in, forced a janitor to let her in (which he shouldn't do) and interrupted me.
I was pissed and embarrassed at the time. Now I'm just sort of vaguely amused.
My mom knit two stuffed animals for the kids. They are so cute I can't stand it (a kitten and a bunny).
meara - Jun 06, 2007 4:54:18 pm PDT #1524 of 10001
I want to read the new Lee Child too! I got hooked on his books during my trip around the world, when I wanted to buy cheap thriller-type books in used bookstores, and then get rid of htem on my next stop. I read almost all of his then. But the new one is in hardback, and I cna't justify the cost.
YAY Vortex housing! Whoot!
Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 5:00:34 pm PDT #1525 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm still reading old ones, but I finally got the one with Neagley, who I understand plays a big role in the new one, so that's good.
I was pissed and embarrassed at the time. Now I'm just sort of vaguely amused.
See, if you were Jack Reacher, you totally would have headbutted at least one of them and broken several of their bones.
Kat - Jun 06, 2007 5:02:34 pm PDT #1526 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But also, if I were Jack Reacher, I wouldn't be attached to a breast pump. Probably.
megan walker - Jun 06, 2007 5:03:59 pm PDT #1527 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Quick editing question (as my style guides are still en route):
Is it "to work full time" or "to work full-time"?