Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!

Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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."


erikaj - Jan 26, 2005 11:44:37 am PST #6949 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Disquieting in its resonance. Though I don't really believe...well, maybe that's a thought best expressed somewhere else.


Strix - Jan 26, 2005 12:00:24 pm PST #6950 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Now I"m curious, Erika.


erikaj - Jan 26, 2005 12:18:31 pm PST #6951 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

I don't really believe Bush is for real. I think that is the appearance of conviction. But how does heathen me know? Apart from that, color me Roman.


Strix - Jan 26, 2005 12:21:24 pm PST #6952 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I think the conviction is real. BUT I don't think he's ever thought about religion at all; I think he seized it as an absolute idea, a my way or the highway approach.


dcp - Jan 26, 2005 1:16:05 pm PST #6953 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

St. Brighid looks a lot like the Celtic goddess who preceded her.

There was a very well done bit about this in The Book of Kells by R. A. MacAvoy


erikaj - Jan 26, 2005 1:18:53 pm PST #6954 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

OK, Erin, you said it better. I'm not sure if I should say "Thank you," or "Stop it!"


Jim - Jan 27, 2005 3:51:56 am PST #6955 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

There's also interestin stuff about this in Melvyn Bragg's Credo , which I've just finished and throughly recommend to anyone who liked The Book Of Kells - it's about St's Wilfred, Cuthbert and Bega in 7th Centrury Northumberland. And yes, it is by that Melvyn Bragg.


Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 2:10:48 pm PST #6956 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Has anybody read The Family Trade by Charles Stoss? Amazon says I want it.


Calli - Jan 28, 2005 11:02:59 am PST #6957 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Shakespeare fits in literary, right? As does Gorey, of course. So here are The Gashlyspeare Tinies.

A sample:

A is for Antigonus, lunch for a bear

B is for Banquo (but not for his heir)


Daisy Jane - Jan 28, 2005 11:46:04 am PST #6958 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Love it!!! Thanks Calli. I want illustrations now!