Hey, you know what would motivate you? A Book Club!
And PC wins today's "Flirting with Disaster" award. I suppose I should check in on Lightbulbs and see how it's going.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2004 12:09:42 pm PDT #4860 of 10002
brillig
Wolfram - Jul 08, 2004 12:11:16 pm PDT #4861 of 10002
Visilurking
Hey, you know what would motivate you? A Book Club!
That's truly a novel idea.
Hayden - Jul 08, 2004 12:15:06 pm PDT #4862 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's a downright villanellous pun.
Wolfram - Jul 08, 2004 12:18:00 pm PDT #4863 of 10002
Visilurking
Do you think I have to run for cover?
Hayden - Jul 08, 2004 12:19:52 pm PDT #4864 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, I doubt there will be any binding action against you.
Tam - Jul 08, 2004 12:34:47 pm PDT #4865 of 10002
"...Singing their heads off, protected by the holy ghosts, flying in from the ocean, driving with their eyes closed." - Patty Griffin "Florida"
Could someone do a quick summary of Lightbulbs? I tried to read it today and couldn't tell if there were more "yeas" or "nays".
Connie Neil - Jul 08, 2004 12:45:36 pm PDT #4866 of 10002
brillig
It's hard to gague trends from Lightbulbs, because yhou can't tell who's lurking and thinking and who's talking.
Daisy Jane - Jul 08, 2004 12:47:59 pm PDT #4867 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Or who's just throwing things out there to consider without giving a real sense of which way they go.
joe boucher - Jul 08, 2004 12:53:47 pm PDT #4868 of 10002
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Combining the recent topics of books and reading stuff on the internet... I have many books by my favorite contemporary poet, Albert Goldbarth, including his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Saving Lives. The first poem in it, "Library", is delightful and apropos of having many many books. This page has a link to Goldbarth's addendum to the poem, plus links to contributions (it will make sense once you see it) from other poets and the site's readers. I also recommend his book of essays Great Topics of the World, especially the wonderfully-titled, "The History of the Universe Is Important to This Story."
Katerina Bee - Jul 08, 2004 1:03:51 pm PDT #4869 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I need all those books right there where I can look at them and feel the weight of their words and knowledge and stories and wisdom.
It's like we're crows and books are shiny things.
Now we need to have a Buffista Literary Contest: who will come home from vacation this year with the most books? The winner gets Monstro the Bookshelf's relative, Big Grandaddy Bookshelf, which will fit, conveniently, into one of them-there wormholes of twisty extra dimensional space. Guaranteed to fit in your living quarters. Comes complete with tachyon ionizer remote control doohickey for instant access to your treasured trove of good stuff. Note: Giles the Librarian action figure sold separately.