In the "Oh, Color Me So Very Surprised" Department:
BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit accusing members of the Bush administration of leaking her identity, the Associated Press is reporting.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 19, 2007 10:12:55 am PDT #8877 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 10:39:25 am PDT #8878 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have had more stupid work interactions today than I usually do when I'm there. WTF? I think I'm going to get back in bed again.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 19, 2007 10:47:04 am PDT #8879 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday SA!
Anyone else familiar with the Voynich manuscript?
Yes. Though I was very surprised at one point to discover it wasn't a Necronomicon-esque semi-hoax on the part of Colin Wilson.
In other news, at least Nick Nolte is friendly when collapsing into a stupor: [link]
Allyson - Jul 19, 2007 10:55:45 am PDT #8880 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Help me out with something puzzling me.
The NYT review of HP includes this statement:
With each installment, the “Potter” series (redacted for spoiler) — a copy of which was purchased at a New York City store yesterday, though the book is embargoed for release until 12:01 a.m. on Saturday —
Some folks on LJ are reading this to mean that the NYT reviewer went out and purchased a copy of the book, illegally to do the review.
I think it was just a poorly edited statement of fact, because, seriously, the NY fucking T didn't get an ARC for Harry fucking Potter? Seriously?
Ginger - Jul 19, 2007 10:55:56 am PDT #8881 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Punctuation question: Is the name of a band in italics, inside of quotes or just naked?
sarameg - Jul 19, 2007 10:59:41 am PDT #8882 of 10001
I was wondering about that line too, paperdol. The B'more reviewer got her copy from a relative who received one of the DeepDiscount books.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 10:59:50 am PDT #8883 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think it was just a poorly edited statement of fact, because, seriously, the NY fucking T didn't get an ARC for Harry fucking Potter? Seriously?
I dunno. Stephen King was saying (in his Entertainment Weekly column) that he didn't get and AR, and he's written the last several EW reviews for HP in the books section (and generally been a mega-cheerleader for the series).
juliana - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:05 am PDT #8884 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I was under the impression that no one got an ARC for HP7. The articles I read about the lengths Scholastic went to to preserve the security kind of implied it, at least.
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:21 am PDT #8885 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Punctuation question: Is the name of a band in italics, inside of quotes or just naked?
Naked and capitalized.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:02:36 am PDT #8886 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I don't think they had ARCs for Harry Potter, at least not since #3. I remember from HBP that the Times, Salon, and every other media source had to wait until they got the book at midnight of the release date to read and review it.