Her father says she's too young to make decisions about right and wrong for herself, and if he says that it's right to read a novel on a Sunday, then it is, and she can't contradict him.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
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Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 9:30:46 am PDT #3602 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ginger - Mar 15, 2009 9:33:26 am PDT #3603 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I can tell you one book you shouldn't read on Sunday or those other days ending in Y: another Elsie book. At least not unless you're writing Elsie fanfic in which her father dies a painful death.
Calli - Mar 15, 2009 9:45:17 am PDT #3604 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Elsie fanfic in which her father dies a painful death.
Oh, yes. Elsie suffers a psychotic break, where she believes herself to be Jael and her father to be Sisera. "Have a nice glass of milk, Father dear."
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 11:02:12 am PDT #3605 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I wish when I dreamed about working out that I could burn the calories... On the other hand, sometimes I dream about my teeth falling out.
Scrappy - Mar 15, 2009 11:31:34 am PDT #3606 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I, for one, am enjoying the Hil take on these books. I don't have to read them and they are just so awful in a hilarious way.
Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 11:35:42 am PDT #3607 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, Elsie just convinced a dying slave to believe in Jesus. The woman was reluctant, because,
"You don't mean _dat_, Miss Elsie! You don't mean dat God will save poor ole Dinah, an' gib her hebben, an' all for nuffin?" she inquired, raising herself on her elbow in her eagerness.
Hil R. - Mar 15, 2009 12:02:37 pm PDT #3608 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just noticed -- the slaves in this book keep referring to themselves in the third person like that. It's odd, and just about all of them do it.
sj - Mar 15, 2009 12:03:57 pm PDT #3609 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The baby was so adorable today, and his silly parents think I'm doing them a favor. Want one!
Laga - Mar 15, 2009 12:28:27 pm PDT #3610 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I, for one, am enjoying the Hil take on these books. I don't have to read them and they are just so awful in a hilarious way.
seconded
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2009 12:37:25 pm PDT #3611 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
According to Wikipedia, O Henry wrote an Elsie parody story.