I loved that book Beverly.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - May 30, 2024 11:44:17 am PDT #834 of 3480
Always Anti-fascist!
Atropa - May 30, 2024 11:49:37 am PDT #835 of 3480
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What book would you force on random people if you could?
Either The Night Circus or Every Heart a Doorway.
If the Wayward Children series ( Every Heart a Doorway is the first of it) had existed when I was a child/preteen, I would have felt Very Seen. As it is, there are specific books from the series that still make me feel Very Seen.
Atropa - May 30, 2024 11:52:03 am PDT #836 of 3480
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
ION: I ended up with a new manager late last year; she's someone I've worked with before, and a great person. But I am a little worried that because of her somewhat narrow focus on only the specific pillar she's in, I'm going to have to put a LOT more work in on my "Give Jilli a Promotion!" doc. Because my focus and team management extends to five separate software pillars, and she (and her manager) don't quite grasp what's involved with that.
Steph L. - May 30, 2024 11:55:26 am PDT #837 of 3480
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
What book would you force on random people if you could?
I wouldn't, only because I hate when people who I already know foist a book on me unasked-for and say "Read this!!"* So I really wouldn't read a book that a random person forced on me. Therefore, if I wouldn't take a book from a stranger, I wouldn't give a book to a stranger. (I realize I am taking this very literally and possibly too seriously, but hey. If we're talking Give Book To A Stranger Whose Tastes I Don't Know At All, my answer is nah.)
*(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I see you.)
Atropa - May 30, 2024 12:04:51 pm PDT #838 of 3480
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
. *(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I see you.)
I didn't need that repressed memory unlocked, Tep.
JenP - May 30, 2024 12:09:06 pm PDT #839 of 3480
(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I see you.)
Ha!
Steph L. - May 30, 2024 12:15:39 pm PDT #840 of 3480
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I didn't need that repressed memory unlocked, Tep.
I wish I could go back in time and tell 21-year-old me "If a dude harangues you to read this so you can 'understand him,' just go find someone else," because WOW, was that dude (and that book) a waste of time and energy.
meara - May 30, 2024 12:19:44 pm PDT #841 of 3480
Lol yes I feel like most books I’d want people to read would not get read. Though the Murderbot suggestion earlier was good for that. And if I had a way to force them to read something I might be picking a nonfiction book that would open minds (not sure what but some kind of history book maybe?)
Toddson - May 30, 2024 12:58:44 pm PDT #842 of 3480
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
If he's trying to make you read THAT you probably already understand him ... and don't think it's worth the time.
erikaj - May 30, 2024 1:06:59 pm PDT #843 of 3480
Always Anti-fascist!
guys(and mostly it is guys) who love that book really are obsessed by it. I haven't read it...maybe I'd like it, my own taste being rather dudely in its way. But I don't think I want to be an *evangelist* for any book I didn't write myself anymore.(Even if getting David Simon as a follower wins me social media in a way ten people understand). Basically, a guy that doesn't like *anyone* picked me. Well, not *picked me*, picked me, Lippman could make it look like an accident and get another award, but if the Internet had Ms. Congeniality, I think I could have picked up 2021's virtual statuette. Even if I've stopped putting dashes in my expletives.