amazon sent me a replacement order no questions asked when I didn't receive one once. Then later the original order *did* arrive, so being a good boy I wrote and told them and they said "ah, keep 'em both". Which was nice.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Angus G - Dec 13, 2004 1:58:50 am PST #6569 of 10002
Roguish Laird
Ginger - Dec 13, 2004 3:53:26 am PST #6570 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Amazon sent me a new book when I reported that the post office had done unspeakable things to the package, and Amazon didn't want the smashed book back.
Beverly - Dec 13, 2004 9:45:30 am PST #6571 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I emailed them to let them know someone in their packing department had put a book I didn't order into my package. I wouldn't ordinarily have bothered, but this was a $40 coffee table picture book. They sent out a mailer for me to ship it back, and thanked me profusely. No discounts or bennies, but the karma made me feel pretty good.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 13, 2004 10:14:36 am PST #6572 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hope I didn't lose Non Sequitur.
Love this. Danae may have replaced Bucky from Get Fuzzy as my favorite ill-tempered comic strip character.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2004 11:35:08 am PST #6573 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Non Sequiter is great. Don't get the Get Fuzzy love.
Consuela - Dec 13, 2004 11:38:39 am PST #6574 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
How can you not love Satchel?
I'm reading Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent: Notes from Small-Town America, and ... I'm not loving it. It's often entertaining, but he's got a nasty wit that he uses on, well, small-town America. Not everyone in rural America is fat, stupid, ignorant, small-minded, or racist. I dunno. I loved "Made in America" and "A Walk in the Woods", but this one? Not as much.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2004 11:51:21 am PST #6575 of 10002
Hey, does A Walk in the Woods paint a good picture of the Appalachian trail & such? I've been looking for good, interesting guides to the area for a friend who is interested and wasn't sure if this was more about author on the trail trail, or trail itself, if you know what I mean....(emphasis, I guess.)
Katie M - Dec 13, 2004 11:52:28 am PST #6576 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
It's more about the author on the trail--it's not something you'd use as a guidebook.
sumi - Dec 13, 2004 11:55:11 am PST #6577 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
But there must be many many good guidebooks for that trail.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2004 12:10:52 pm PST #6578 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ATC.org is a fantastic guide site, and it has links to guidebooks under the ATC Store section.
I found A Walk in the Woods irritating as hell, as I have found all of Bryson's books except for In A Sunburnt Country. When he's writing about anywhere except Australia, he seems to go out of his way to be as unpleasant a human being/tourist as possible, and then bitches and moans about how unaccomodating everyone is being.