Connie N., I just had a meeting with the boss of your company. He so rocked; he asked intelligent questions! Can you get them to send you to the Looniversity to relabel our books for 2 years? Please try.
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
flea - Feb 09, 2005 6:47:52 am PST #7032 of 10002
information libertarian
askye - Feb 09, 2005 6:51:10 am PST #7033 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Has anyone read The Danish Girl?
Connie Neil - Feb 09, 2005 7:27:40 am PST #7034 of 10002
brillig
Can you get them to send you to the Looniversity to relabel our books for 2 years
Oh, that's where he is! My world has just imploded. I feel like I've got a secret spy out there. Boss is an interesting guy, probably the truest Christian I know, and I'm glad he's getting over the provinciality. I don't know why so many people in the company don't like him. He's just a very honest man. Scares some folks, I guess.
I'd love to come visit for two years, but I suspect my husband would object. I'm thinking it'll be a job for a couple of strong-but-dumbs and one intelligent supervisor.
brenda m - Feb 11, 2005 8:42:17 am PST #7035 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Well, she's got me beat: [link]
Ginger - Feb 11, 2005 8:59:45 am PST #7036 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm at about 225 linear feet and out of room, which means there's some piling going on. Since I have no system to speak of, except to roughly group nonfiction, science fiction, mysteries and children's books, I have no idea how many books there are. A friend gave me that organizing system, in what I can only view as an excess of optimism.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2005 9:09:14 am PST #7037 of 10002
brillig
an interior designer and book lover who designs libraries for clients and who believes that guest rooms, hallways, even bathrooms (nonsteamy ones, that is) can be ideal domains for books.
Take that, Clean Sweep! Books on shelves! Hah!
Of course, the other clutter in the house--armor, various boxes, stuff, keeps me from getting to a lot of my book shelves, otherwise I'd be editing. I have little trouble getting rid of books, because I generally take them to a used book store that gives me credit towards more books.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2005 9:13:03 am PST #7038 of 10002
brillig
She doesn't
stack rows behind rows (keeps books from breathing and triggers looking-for-Goethe-in-a-haystack syndrome).
Hah. Hubby keeps telling me to do that.
I write in my books, too. I figure I'm going to keep them till they're falling apart, so I might as well maximize their usefulness.
sumi - Feb 12, 2005 4:53:04 am PST #7039 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I just read in my Wizard News update that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is going to be 608 pages long. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was 870 pages and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was 734 pages long -- so she seems to be bucking her previous "getting longer with each book" trend.
Anne W. - Feb 12, 2005 6:57:31 am PST #7040 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That's good news, sumi. Any word on whether or not she's working with an editor.
I have a question for y'all. What is the origin of the phrase "Here be dragons?" I'm not even sure if that's the correct phrasing. I'm trying to recall if it's from a specific book or poem, or if it's just one of those things that's been around forever.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2005 7:04:09 am PST #7041 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.