Excellent review!
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2007 10:05:34 am PDT #832 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Pix - Jul 29, 2007 10:07:37 am PDT #833 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Great review! I love that she sees how Allyson bucks the stereotypes.
However, I am put out by the fact that she calls the Nilly essay "the weakest." Clearly she has no magic in her heart. I will give her props for then following the criticism with a huge compliment to A's engaging writing voice, however.
She confused the Bronze and here which makes me giggle
Also this.
amych - Jul 29, 2007 10:44:42 am PDT #834 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Congrats, Not!Kristen!
In other VP news, I just got word that my Amazon pre-order has shipped -- I suspect that the next big batch of copies will be getting into people's hands this week.
megan walker - Jul 29, 2007 11:59:09 am PDT #835 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In other mailing news, I just got word that my passport application (which was mailed July 11) has already been processed and my passport has been mailed to me!
Fluke? Or is the passport office finally getting its act together?
Of course, I conclude nothing until my passport is in my hot little hands. And with my name spelled correctly this time!
Tom Scola - Jul 29, 2007 12:02:21 pm PDT #836 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
In other mailing news, I just got word that my passport application (which was mailed July 11) has already been processed and my passport has been mailed to me!
Huh? I mailed my renewal application in May, and I still haven't heard or received anything. (The check cleared, though). Did you request expedited service?
Liese S. - Jul 29, 2007 12:05:51 pm PDT #837 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That was a superfabulous review; one by someone who really read and grokked the book. I love how much of it is quoted or paraphrased, the reveiwer must have really liked your words.
Also, the post bits of "Nilly" made me all weepy, but of course, because we were here! I was telling the SO it was like the little kids' "My Book About Me" for Buffistas.
megan walker - Jul 29, 2007 12:15:45 pm PDT #838 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Did you request expedited service?
No. I can only hypothesize that the fact that my name on the application didn't exactly match my passport flagged it somehow.
They cashed my check on July 20. And I just got an automatic email saying it had been mailed.
sumi - Jul 29, 2007 12:18:51 pm PDT #839 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Cats are only selectively deaf.
Susan W. - Jul 29, 2007 1:13:28 pm PDT #840 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Kat - Jul 29, 2007 1:30:37 pm PDT #841 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
She's beautifu, Susan
Brian May is not just a rockstar, but he's about to be a phd holding one! [link]
Brian May is completing his doctorate in astrophysics, more than 30 years after he abandoned his studies to form the rock group Queen.
The 60-year-old guitarist and songwriter said he plans to submit his thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," to supervisors at Imperial College London within the next two weeks.