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[dherblay]

After much searching, I finally found something to do in London that isn't at all fun. rahael and I were eating breakfast this morning -- cereal with blueberries and bananas -- when I felt something in my mouth that might have been an unripened blueberry, were blueberries just a tad more metallic. I fished around and pulled out a small silver-pewter

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[lynnmonster]

So sorry about the filling! I *hate* having dental work done -- it must be much more complicated on vacation abroad.

But your canoeing trip sounds wonderful! Although I cannot fathom why you would want to dance on Jane Austen's grave.

P.S. -- Sekrit message from beastlydead: he really, really wants to get in touch with you. Something about PKD... I wasn't entirely clear on what. But I think he's writing about him and wants your input! So he inveigled me into promising to prod you to email him...

[nzraya]

And in case you don't happen to recall beastlydead's email, it's his full first name plus last name (all one word) at earthlink, which, as you are no doubt aware, is a dot-net rather than a dot-com.

Trip sounds idyllic, except for the dentist bit. Especially considering how famous the English are for their bad teeth. Although I fancy the latter can be traced to a paucity of orthodontists, rather than an inferior supply of dentists.

Love to you and Rah, and greetings from Jen and Mark, whom I saw at Reunion.

[lynnmonster]

LOL!

[nzraya]

I haven't been to a dentist in ... oh, it must be ... nine years. ~gulp~

And am getting rather nervous about it ...

[dherblay]

My understanding is that the English came much later to fluoridation than the Americans. Now that they've started treating the water supply, though, the English simply aren't living up to their stereotypes.

To reiterate: I emailed Ben!

[nzraya]

To reiterate:
I submitted my comment before your reply to Lynn was posted. :P

And also, I wish y'all would link to things by people I know when you stumble across them. I don't just go around trolling though the VLS on the off-chance you know! As for Rousseau's grave: if I recall correctly, there were quite a few people (read: everyone who ever met him) who were interested in dancing on it, or otherwise desecrating it as ostentatiously as possible, back in the 18th century when he shuffled off, &c., which probably accounts for the extra care taken to make his grave unsusceptible of desecration.

Good luck with the tooth doctor!

[dherblay]

When I was in the Cathedral of Santa Croce in Florence, atop the tomb of Macchiavelli, I made it my life's work to dance upon the final resting places of as many authors of the Core works as I could. I was frustrated in the Pantheon in Paris, as they keep Jean Jacques Rousseau (whom I was most looking forward to jigging above) not only above ground but behind a sturdy barrier. In any case, I forestalled dancing on top of Jane because many of my LJ friends love her so.

I emailed beastlydead already and have been patiently awaiting his response. I caught his piece on Dick in the VLS (I was reading someone's bookblog and clicked on a link promissing an article on Philip K. Dick, only to find that the article was written by someone who used to make fun of me for reading him), so I can't imagine he still has any questions that might inform the writing of that. Pass along some email address of mine (the LJ one will work just as well), and tell him it's his turn!

[lynnmonster]

Pass along some email address of mine (the LJ one will work just as well), and tell him it's his turn!

Yessir!

And I get the gravetop thing now. Although you'll have to class me in with the rest of the Jane-lovers, so I'm sort of glad you passed on that one!