Boy, I am sure glad I left my house at 8pm to get here for an 8:45 rehearsal that the director decided to start late. The concert will be great, but this guy is an asshole.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.
Dana - Mar 04, 2014 4:49:09 pm PST #21491 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2014 5:48:04 pm PST #21492 of 30000
brillig
the Mary Stewarts, and I'm not revisiting them so my memories of them stay rosey. I don't want to know if they're awful by today's standards.
They're not. At least, I don't think so. I suppose there's some issues with man/woman relationships and British superiority, but I've been pleased with the ones I've re-read. I was pleased to discover that Airs Above The Ground is just as good as I remembered.
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 6:04:17 pm PST #21493 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of the Suck Fairy, I'm saddened by how poorly a lot of Andre Norton has aged. They're just... thin, by comparison with modern YA. No characterization to speak of, really. The plots are good, and the world-building, but the characters are 2D if you're lucky.
I had maple-roasted brussel sprouts and a piece of grilled salmon for dinner. The sprouts were way better than the salmon, I must admit.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:27:12 pm PST #21494 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That sounds so good, Consuela. Yum! I've been trying to eat a bit better. Yesterday I made tofu and beet greens, and today I braised cabbage, leeks and fennel and ate it over quinoa.
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 7:37:42 pm PST #21495 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 7:37:43 pm PST #21496 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
braised cabbage, leeks and fennel and ate it over quinoa
Well, that sounds awesome.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:38:19 pm PST #21497 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Probably the books I loved most as a child was the Narnia series. Not at all sure what book to pick for college. Ulysses? I read it through more than once in college, and only once for class. And then grad school? No way to pick just one book. Mrs. Dalloway? Nightwood? A Room of Ones Own? Pride and Prejudice had a very particular role to play in my grad school incarnation and I adore it. And then parenthood so far would be the Harry Potter series.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:38:52 pm PST #21498 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It was delicious, Consuela.
le nubian - Mar 04, 2014 7:44:48 pm PST #21499 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Question for the hive:
I need to buy a food processor and a blender. A key thing is that I HATE
HATE
chopping. And I want many of the parts to be dishwasher safe.
Any suggestions?
Strix - Mar 05, 2014 3:18:39 am PST #21500 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think the books I read the most as a kid were the Dragonriders of Pern books. (Truefax: Not only did I use sections of them for Forensics, I would make up little tunes and sing the songs Menolly made up as I washed dishes. NEEERRDD.)
As far as declaring faves for teen and college, there's no way. I have too, too many books I've literally read to pieces. Literally literally.