Oh, and on-thread, I'm drinking coffee to add to the anxiety in my body due to the script I haven't written for the piece I haven't cut for the deadline I'm ignoring. At least you are consistant :) Consistent. Addicted. I'm gonna go with consistent :D And, I am awake in the middle of the night due ...

And the limited edition signed wool jumper goes to ussusimiel! CONGRATULATIONS from everyone here at the farm.

Now where the bloody hell is that deer?.............

Just finishing, The Claw of the Conciliator , book 2 in The Book of the New Sun . Wondering whether to take a break before the next two and read China Mieville's The City & The City . But worried if I do, I'll do a Danlo!... I've never read the last two...need to get on it... I enjoyed it a lot,...

Thanks. Wasn't sure if it was a heaviness or a 'fragile, to be protected' issue.
No doubt to the 'friendly-disgust' of many here, I'm a manga virgin!

He's a rigger. It's always easy to spot him in the credits as he has "Scratch" plugged right in between his first and last name. Next time you watch it, watch for him. Will do. I have them recorded on DVR so I can pause credits and soak up the celebrity connection ;) Oh, and on-thread, I'...

In which case, these are for you...




And no, they're not my slippers!

Regeration , the Eye in the Door , and the Ghost Road , by Pat Barker. A trilogy set in Craiglockhart hospital, during WWI. I love these books. They're all about men yet they're written by a woman, brilliant! Just wanted to chip in that I absolutely love this trilogy too. I remember discovering it ...

LOL! Good idea, but if I'm going to hire big burly men, ("or women" <- said in my best Python voice), I'd rather they move the boxes of heavy books! And excuse my Manga-ignorance, but why are they the worst to move? Anyway, moving is definitely the best motivation for book-culling. Althoug...

.... I used to have the same dream as DotD: a house with a library that has floor-to-ceiling bookcases on three sides (the 4th side would be windows, for lots of natural light), a comfy easy chair or two, a simple Queen Anne-style writing desk for taking notes, etc. But then I got tired of paying t...

I LOVE Shaun the Sheep!! Me too! (Obviously.) Sometimes, at the strangest moments, his theme song pops into my head; like when I'm swimming and I imagine his fluffy hair boing'ing out after he's dried it with his hairdryer. And then I laugh. And then I cough because I'm underwater. It's one of my k...

Baaaaaaaaa

Humbug

From sheep back to Deer....?

Thank-you Master Av. I thought I tried that but obviously screwed something up somewhere. I am now unscrewed.
Baaaaaaaa......

Nah, it's cool. 8) Woke up a minute before the alarm today with a charley horse. I unkinked it pretty fast, but jeez, what a way to start a Wednesday.... I had no idea what a charley horse was. I wondered if you were a farm girl or a vet or something, then I wiki'd the following. Now if only you'd ...

Thanks Sgt, I haven't read it and it sounds like it's right down my alley. Most of my non-fiction reading is science/pysch etc. Along the lines of fictionalized accounts of historical/scientific figures, I really enjoyed When Nietzsche Wept , by Irvin Yalom.* Set shortly before the birth of psychoan...

The Sorrows of an American , by Siri Hustvedt. And What I Loved , also be Siri. Actually pretty much anything by Ms Hustvedt is okay by me. Fun Home , by Alsion Bechdel. (There's probably a 'Graphic Novel Recommendation' thread somewhere, but I'm still finding my way around, so it's going here!) Fo...

Ananda wrote:Have you ever worried that Shaun is out to get you? Welcome from someone also new to the forum!

What, him AND Interpol? Damn.
Hi Aliantha.
And on topic.....
eating muesli, drinking coffee and SO close to swapping laptop for book next to laptop.

I LOVE Shaun the Sheep!! Me too! (Obviously.) Sometimes, at the strangest moments, his theme song pops into my head; like when I'm swimming and I imagine his fluffy hair boing'ing out after he's dried it with his hairdryer. And then I laugh. And then I cough because I'm underwater. Hello deer of th...

Still trying to find my way around these forums, thinking I should really go to bed and read, thinking it's ironic I joined a forum to talk about books and I've stopped reading because I keep wandering off into some dusty old thread nook.

Oh and Zorm, the above is for Edward Cullen as well!

You'll be happy to hear I fell for that.

I'm really enjoying the New Sun so far, though progressing more slowly than usual.
(Something to do with trawling through mountains of interesting discourse on this cool place I found on the net.)