Some but probably not all of you on my f'list know that Terry Pratchett, one of my favorite authors and the source of much glee for me and for my kids, announced fairly recently that he has an early onset form of Alzheimer's. He subsequently gave US $1 million to the Alzheimer’s Research Trust in the UK. Here's a copy of the speech he gave, which ( Read more... )

I finally went and looked at the BPAL Good Omens collection descriptions.

OMFG, I would like the Crowley one, but now I gotta get my WAR on:
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WARShe finished the drink, hefted the sword over one shoulder, and looked around at the puzzled factions, who now encircled her completely. 'Sorry to run out on you, chaps,' she said. 'Would love to ( Read more... )

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I've been reading Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching story, The Wee Free Men, to S lately. We just finished that one last night, and tonight we started the sequel, A Hat Full of Sky. I'm having a great time doing the pictsie voices. Yes, PICTsies: red-haired, tattooed, woad-covered, kilt-wearing, head-butting picts 6 inches high, the fiercest ( Read more... )