oh, and also
slacktivist has an lj feed now, so I remember to read them regularly, and I wish to remark that his analysis/sporking of the Left Behind series, or rather just the first one thus far, from a liberal Christian POV, is fantastic and well-worth reading. I mention it now as the most recent installment makes me giggle, or rather, this bit did:
The anchor switches to other news --
Major League Baseball teams in spring training face the daunting task of replacing the dozens of players lost in the cosmic disappearances ...
-- and Rayford, bored by anything not involving Major Characters, switches off the TV.
That's frustrating. I would have liked to have heard more about baseball's efforts to carry on after The Event. The majority of players apparently have decided, like Rayford, not to let the disappearance of their young children deter them from getting back to work. And since the Antichrist is already in New York, I would bet that the Damn Yankees -- their roster unaffected by the disappearances -- would be inviting him to throw out the first pitch.
Hee.
The comments are fun too, though they sometimes get wanky. A couple of installments ago there was a series of variations on the theme of how one of the major characters (named Buck) acquired his nickname. ("They call you that because you'll do ANYTHING for a dollar.")
The anchor switches to other news --
Major League Baseball teams in spring training face the daunting task of replacing the dozens of players lost in the cosmic disappearances ...
-- and Rayford, bored by anything not involving Major Characters, switches off the TV.
That's frustrating. I would have liked to have heard more about baseball's efforts to carry on after The Event. The majority of players apparently have decided, like Rayford, not to let the disappearance of their young children deter them from getting back to work. And since the Antichrist is already in New York, I would bet that the Damn Yankees -- their roster unaffected by the disappearances -- would be inviting him to throw out the first pitch.
Hee.
The comments are fun too, though they sometimes get wanky. A couple of installments ago there was a series of variations on the theme of how one of the major characters (named Buck) acquired his nickname. ("They call you that because you'll do ANYTHING for a dollar.")