My food is problematic.

River ,'The Message'


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."


DavidS - Aug 03, 2004 2:05:08 pm PDT #5512 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Friday. And you are the sweetest thang for almost guessing it, Darling.

I knew it was close. And my perpetual need to celebrate your Scrappitude needs very little nudge to be set off.


Scrappy - Aug 03, 2004 2:06:41 pm PDT #5513 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

beaming happily at Hec


DavidS - Aug 03, 2004 2:32:13 pm PDT #5514 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

beaming happily at Hec

Signals fireworks to go off. Initiates Scrappy Love Week. Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell and Hugh Jackman enter tapdancing, shirtless and in tight black leather pants, under a special fountain jet lightly misting them in fragrant oils, stage left. As TMBG hums their latest hit, "Scrappy Is Wise" from the next table, a trained team of SWAT pamper specialists descends on Robin, massaging her feet and forearms while giving her a manicure and washing and styling her hair. She is then ushered behind a backlit curtain as BNL croons (a capella) their new hit, "Scrappy Is Hott." Scrappy emerges from behind the screen in her fabulous new Donna Karan suit to the sound of a fanfare. A vintage silver Rolls Royce enters stage right, and Sherry Lansing steps out with The Standard Rich and Famous Contract. The crowd roars as it leaps to its feet in unison, providing the longest ovation in recent human memory.


§ ita § - Aug 03, 2004 2:33:43 pm PDT #5515 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, Hec sure puts on a good show.

Robin! Happy early birthday! Want Clive Owen?


Scrappy - Aug 03, 2004 2:35:50 pm PDT #5516 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

That was the bestest post EVER.

bookmarking and rereading like a maniac


Scrappy - Aug 03, 2004 2:37:40 pm PDT #5517 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Yeah, ita, only he won't be dancing--I have other, um, tasks for him to perform.


Volans - Aug 03, 2004 2:49:59 pm PDT #5518 of 10002
move out and draw fire

Wow, Hec. Nice.

Would a spy novel written by a woman sell? If it was as good as the top-rated male-authored spy stories, would there be a noticeable difference in sales?


Betsy HP - Aug 03, 2004 3:21:42 pm PDT #5519 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

You mean like, say, the late Helen Macinnes?


Volans - Aug 03, 2004 3:33:52 pm PDT #5520 of 10002
move out and draw fire

For example.

Was/Is she as popular as Ludlum or Le Carre?


Betsy HP - Aug 03, 2004 3:40:59 pm PDT #5521 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

She was regularly on the bestseller lists; I don't know relative rankings.