I felt like I was making a good deal of progress yesterday in Middlesex , but I am only on page 150. It is so not gripping me. Anyone have this experience with it?
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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."
msbelle - Jan 13, 2004 4:47:52 am PST #466 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
deborah grabien - Jan 13, 2004 7:47:34 am PST #467 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Ooooh, "Mr. Timothy"! On my TBR list.
Jesse - Jan 13, 2004 9:42:47 am PST #468 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I liked it, wasn't in love with it. But it does have "effulgent" in it, so there's that.
beth b - Jan 13, 2004 10:22:41 am PST #469 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just read the underworld which is the novelization of the movie. It too had the word effulgent in it.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 10:57:30 am PST #470 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But it does have "effulgent" in it, so there's that.
Yeah but then so does every article Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker. Once I noticed it I started checking each piece.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 13, 2004 11:03:19 am PST #471 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah but then so does every article Roger Angell wrote for the New Yorker. Once I noticed it I started checking each piece.
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:04:35 am PST #472 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
really? I had never heard it till William said it.(And I don't mean that in a Bitchy "It didn't count till you, baby" way.)
DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:06:57 am PST #473 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?
Spike's a big closet baseball fan.
really? I had never heard it till William said it
I guess the point in either case is that it's a bit precious as a word. "Brilliant" would probably suffice.
Which is not to say that precious words don't have their own merits. You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:30 am PST #474 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, when your starting phrase is "bulge in 't.' your poem has some other problems, poor guy.
Steph L. - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:40 am PST #475 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.
I think you just like words that end in -esce.