Real women get groceries delivered
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
beth b - Apr 22, 2004 9:03:12 pm PDT #2350 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
deborah grabien - Apr 22, 2004 9:06:30 pm PDT #2351 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You're not a REAL MAN until you've left your wife at home to walk to the grocery store.
And presumably asked for condoms, beer and suppositories, followed by a Tim Allen-like belch...
Micole - Apr 23, 2004 10:14:29 am PDT #2352 of 10002
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
I just got an Amazon.ca order, which is making me very happy. It includes an A.S. Byatt collection I did not realize was actually coming out in the U.S. this month, until I saw it in a bookstore yesterday. I have mixed feelings about this mistake. Because, you know, money. Also, the American edition is prettier. But it's not black. I feel this is problematic for a book called The Little Black Book of Stories.
msbelle - Apr 23, 2004 5:21:03 pm PDT #2353 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I read The Handmaid's Tale a while ago. Am I mis-remembering that everything she put in the book had already happened somewhere in the world, just not all together?
Susan C - Apr 24, 2004 6:29:49 pm PDT #2354 of 10002
Lurker since 1999-quiet but shallow
Well of Lost Plots, the third book in the Fforde series, was my favorite by far.
Love the title. For me, the surprise of the premise of Lost in a Good Book makes it my favorite though WoLP is a lot of fun. The middle one was very disappointing.
I read The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B (historical fiction by sandra Gulliand) on the recent (and final) college tour. It is very popular with book groups in our town and I really enjoyed it. Best part: there are two more which I hope will be as entertaining.
BTW, anyone know anything about the University of Tulsa? It seems to be the front runner for my daughter.
Katie M - Apr 24, 2004 6:33:11 pm PDT #2355 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
BTW, anyone know anything about the University of Tulsa? It seems to be the front runner for my daughter.
*blinks*
*looks up again*
Oh, Susan *C*, not Susan *W*. Okay. 'Cause otherwise, man, talk about trying to set a child's college plans early...
(And, er, no, I don't know anything about the University of Tulsa, I'm afraid.)
Susan C - Apr 24, 2004 6:49:37 pm PDT #2356 of 10002
Lurker since 1999-quiet but shallow
Hee-that's ok, Katie M. There are just so damn many Susans out here. At our little bookstore 4 out of 20 employees are named some varient of Susan. At the previous one, it was Ann(a) : Rosanna, Joannah, Anna and Anne. Almost had to change my name to Susannah.
Deena - Apr 25, 2004 6:29:26 am PDT #2357 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Susan, I attended the University of Tulsa for a semester in an abortive attempt to get a PhD. From what I remember of it, the campus is beautiful, the classes were far harder than anything I'd ever experienced before in my life, the instructors were from all over the world and very well educated in their various fields, the advisors were helpful and supportive, financial aid a little less so but not bad, and they had a rugby team. It's my understanding it's a very well regarded school.
Susan C - Apr 25, 2004 2:53:44 pm PDT #2358 of 10002
Lurker since 1999-quiet but shallow
Thanks, Deena! She filled out the rest of her forms today so we'll be seeing a lot of Tulsa over the next 4 years.
On topic, I saw that Jonathan Kellerman has a new Alex Delaware book. I really enjoyed the first 4 or 5 in that series but some of the later ones were too dark and bitter for me. Anyone know about this new one? I need a good mystery/thriller fix.
Susan W. - Apr 25, 2004 9:18:07 pm PDT #2359 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
The Susan-confusion thing becomes even funnier when you know that my husband grew up in Tulsa. No one in his family went to UT, though. He went to Colorado and everyone else went to Oklahoma.
Football is a very popular topic at family gatherings.