Non Sequiter is great. Don't get the Get Fuzzy love.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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."
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.
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.)
Consuela - Dec 13, 2004 1:23:41 pm PST #6581 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
See, I found A Walk in the Woods endearingly self-deprecating. He was willing to be charmed, and found himself charmed. There is less charm in Lost Continent, although not none. He loves Savannah and Charleston. (Well, who wouldn't?)
meara - Dec 13, 2004 4:30:20 pm PST #6582 of 10002
Ooh. Appalachian Trail books. Tempting.
Yep, Amazon actually emailed back and said "It must've been lost, we'll send you another by 2 day shipping". Which is awesome--especially because the trip I was buying them for has been postponed anyway, so I won't be missing reading material! Of course, I'm not *quite* counting my blessings--until the books actually get here.