No, no, I got that, Java. I meant, the reponse you got. Sorry.
But it was funny. Perfect description of what happened to my beloved City.
Brenda, Borders hates me. Smack them for me, please?
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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."
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 6:50:00 pm PDT #2677 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
brenda m - May 04, 2004 6:53:41 pm PDT #2678 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Will do.
(I look you up in the bookfindy-computer periodically, on the theory that they might actually look at that data someday. Yes, my mind works that way.)
Also, i tend to do very well at the library for a little while...and then have a catastrophic failure to return several books for months, and finally return them, and avoid the library forever for fear of the fees.
That is so me. Wait, I'm in a new city now. I can start the process all over again. Whoo!
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 6:56:12 pm PDT #2679 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Thank you, ma'am.
Seriously, Borders has an attitude issue with me. They probably know I'm a lefty - their politics (home office) lean decidedly right.
brenda m - May 04, 2004 6:59:06 pm PDT #2680 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Really? That doesn't surpise me for some reason. But it's the bookstore around the corner where I can kill time on my lunch, so I'm in there rather a lot. Fortunately, I'm cheap, so I rarely buy very much.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:00:59 pm PDT #2681 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
They actually banned a comedienne - I forget which one - from reading or signing her book or speaking in one of the DC area branches, because she was "disrespectful of President Bush."
brenda m - May 04, 2004 7:07:11 pm PDT #2682 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow. That's just. Wow.
Arianna Huffington was at my local one last week, but I haven't noticed otherwise who their speakers are or of what stripe.
deborah grabien - May 04, 2004 7:12:38 pm PDT #2683 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yep, we listened to the radio interview with this standup, and she was just in shock. They ushered her out of the building and Corporate HQ sent her a frigid little note saying she wasn't welcome, because she had been disrespectful of Bush.
Boy, they'd love me. Disrespectful? Of El Commandante Fuckwit? Naaaah.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:29:16 pm PDT #2684 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Goddamnit! Borders is the only big bookstore near me, and now I have to boycott it.
sigh
grumblegrumblestupidlibraryistoofarawayand
besidesIliketheprettiesinmyhousegrumblegrumble
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2004 7:33:18 pm PDT #2685 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's so weird. I thought Borders was based in Ann Arbor, and we're a pretty liberal town, I believe.
Pix - May 04, 2004 7:34:53 pm PDT #2686 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Polter, one of these days, remind me to tell you the story of why Ann Arbor was simultaneously the site of the Worst Vacation and Worst Date Evah for me. It will make you laugh.
Not here though. Wrong thread.