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.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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."
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.
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.
Katie M - Dec 13, 2004 12:13:45 pm PST #6579 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
Oh, yeah, absolutely, though I couldn't point you at any myself.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2004 12:19:44 pm PST #6580 of 10002
Thanks! I've been sort of lazily looking. The friend is spending his retirement plotting out a novel and writing bits and pieces. A good part of it takes place along the Trail. He has no intention of actually finishing it, he just likes doing the research and and convoluting the plot. It's a fun puzzle to him ( I vaguely recall it is partly a deliberate exercise to keep his mind working- he was diagnosed with Alzheimers proabably a decade ago.)