My accomplishment for the day was reading Divergent. Done. That was a surprisingly quick read. I don't have the second one yet. What should I read next and what should I save for jury duty? I've got stuff by Matt Ruff, Max Barry, Christopher Moore, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and the first Game of Thrones book in the TBR pile.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
aurelia - Feb 01, 2014 5:37:21 pm PST #18762 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Kat - Feb 01, 2014 5:37:57 pm PST #18763 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yeah, -t, it was fancy. And their branding slog, "we see the inner you", made me laugh.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2014 5:38:59 pm PST #18764 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Literally! Hee.
-t - Feb 01, 2014 5:56:54 pm PST #18765 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's hilarious!
I think I probably vote Christopher Moore, aurelia, depending on which book you have to hand. With the caveat that saving books for later is not a skill I have ever developed, so I am not even considering that aspect.
brenda m - Feb 01, 2014 5:57:41 pm PST #18766 of 30000
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
TJ's in NYC solves that problem by simply not having parking lots.
Same in downtown Chicago.
They've got a lot. A confusing, badly designed, and hard to find lot. Still better than South Loop.
Steph L. - Feb 01, 2014 5:58:01 pm PST #18767 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Isn't their target demographic supposed to be one that eschews automobiles anyway?
Not in Cincinnati. There is nothing about this area that discourages cars.
sarameg - Feb 01, 2014 6:06:15 pm PST #18768 of 30000
The TJ's I go to really has an adequate amount of space but is full of TERRIBLE drivers. But it was like that before the TJ's was there.
Towson? Or Columbia (plenty of lotspace, costco gas station NIGHTMARE?) I liked the Pikesville one, shared a lot with a B&N, I parked over by it, no drama.
Liese S. - Feb 01, 2014 8:32:58 pm PST #18769 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Even the desert TJs', where space is not at a premium, have reasonably crappy parking lots. For us. But still.
Consuela - Feb 01, 2014 9:05:12 pm PST #18770 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
When I lived in Towson (technically Loch Raven Blvd just within the Baltimore line), we had no TJ's.
TJs around here tend to have very tight parking lots, but I go on weekdays when I can, and I can usually find a spot. I used to hit the TJs in Lafayette on the way back from visiting my folks, and that was awesome: lots of parking, and the aisles in the shop itself were so wide! Heavenly.
Hmm. I seem to have left my phone in my sister's car. I hope I did, anyway...
Burrell - Feb 01, 2014 9:14:44 pm PST #18771 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
We can and do bike to TJs, but that only works when we're picking up just a couple items.
Plus there is the final indignity that you have to pay a small fortune to park.
Don't get me started. bah!