::sighs and bangs head on keyboard::
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Barb - Dec 08, 2008 5:51:41 am PST #4845 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Strega - Dec 08, 2008 6:02:24 am PST #4846 of 10002
I wonder if the dark gothic shape-shifter, when confronted by a kick-ass heroine, shifts the shape of its own ass so that it cannot be kicked.
That would thwart her!
Dana - Dec 08, 2008 6:03:40 am PST #4847 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
This morning started with the discovery that the dog ate (or at least shredded) one of my earplugs.
Then I tripped over the vast amounts of crap in my room and hit the ground.
It's going to be a banner day.
Amy - Dec 08, 2008 6:05:32 am PST #4848 of 10002
Because books.
Bwah! (That was to Strega, not to Dana's day.)
It's like anything, though. Fans of Fall Out Boy, for example, always want more. So record companies sign bands that sound like them to fulfill the demand.
Diehard paranormal romance readers want to read ... well, paranormal romance. So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff. But as long as readers keep buying it, so will editors.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2008 6:06:35 am PST #4849 of 10002
hwæt
Barb, if you're looking for story ideas, you can go here: They Fight Crime!
Barb - Dec 08, 2008 6:24:52 am PST #4850 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
So editors look for stuff that's a twist on vampires or werewolves, and you get some ... interesting stuff.
Like were-dinos.
::bangs head some more, goes off to look at Tom's link::
Barb - Dec 08, 2008 6:27:14 am PST #4851 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
That's it! It gave me the perfect idea!
He's a lonely pirate werewolf on a mission from God. She's an orphaned Buddhist hooker with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!
Gudanov - Dec 08, 2008 6:27:30 am PST #4852 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Like were-dinos.
Make it were-dino vampires and I think you are on to something.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2008 7:25:54 am PST #4853 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today celebrate the 40th anniversary of Douglas Englebart's Mother of All Computer Demos.
I wonder if the dark gothic shape-shifter, when confronted by a kick-ass heroine, shifts the shape of its own ass so that it cannot be kicked.
Heh!
sumi - Dec 08, 2008 7:49:24 am PST #4854 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Loved this guest column from the NYT "Typing without a clue."