Don't magpies get distracted by new shiny things?
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Jan 05, 2012 5:59:45 pm PST #14685 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - Jan 05, 2012 6:02:39 pm PST #14686 of 30001
Because books.
Magpies are more collectors, though. They're nature's hoarders.
Liese S. - Jan 05, 2012 6:03:16 pm PST #14687 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Flibbertigibbet is n awesome word.
And, dcp, it's amazing. It's so smooth, and it's got 80% letoff so it feels like I could stand there forever. It's super adjustable in both draw length and weight, so I can play around with it while I'm getting set up.
Eta: thanks, Jen!
JenP - Jan 05, 2012 6:04:43 pm PST #14688 of 30001
I kind of thought so, sumi, but then my definitions were "chatters noisily," and "collects indiscriminately," so I wasn't happy with it in the context I was using it. Though, getting distracted by the next shiny new thing could lead to indiscriminate collecting, so...
That's really what I was going for, though, you nailed it -- distracted by shiny things.
Atropa - Jan 05, 2012 6:10:45 pm PST #14689 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Magpies are more collectors, though. They're nature's hoarders.
SHUT UP WE ARE NOT ooooh shiny thing to go with the rest of my shiny things!
t maybe I over-identify with magpies, okay?
sumi - Jan 05, 2012 6:12:01 pm PST #14690 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
It's the black and white color scheme, isn't it?
Atropa - Jan 05, 2012 6:15:22 pm PST #14691 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
That's part of it, yes.
Ginger - Jan 05, 2012 6:23:16 pm PST #14692 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Plus, anytime you say, "The whole purpose of literature is to elevate," I want to smack you.
The purpose of literature is to entertain. If it does something more, it's a bonus. If Homer intended to elevate, he would have left out Achilles and come up with a better reason for the Trojan War.
Also, it would be difficult to name a classical author as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. They're dead.
beth b - Jan 05, 2012 6:29:10 pm PST #14693 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I had to skip to the end
1) overdrive is a subsciption service -- We pay a certin amount of dollars and get a certain amount of books -- the publishers , as you know , treat ebooks like physical books - so we would have to specify x copies.
2) if you are having problems - get a staff member to check them in AND get a receipt - errors are made , there is you proof. If you have problems getting this done take it up the chain - libraries are bureaucratic so there are channels.
now to go back to where I was reading....
Consuela - Jan 05, 2012 6:48:11 pm PST #14694 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And he came over to say hi to us and was just lovely. Our food snob friends we were with were VERY impressed.
Yay, lisah! He did shoot me an email, said that "A friend of yours from Baltimore came in." And yeah, he or the other co-owner is in the restaurant every night, and they do try to visit with many of the customers.
Did you get the chicken? I did--best chicken I've had in the last decade, just amazing.
And it's a lovely space: they've done a wonderful job with it. I hope it continues to succeed. We're so proud and happy for him, because this is something he's wanted to do for the last 15 years. It's great that it finally got off the ground.