Still alive and well in New York City, subject of the following lovely passage (and many others) in Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale
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http://www.tracyfood.com/2008/04/09/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/

That is all.

Via bagoffarts, coldtortuga, and dmyersta:

( These are the top 106 books most often marked as 'unread' by LibraryThing's users (as of whatever day this meme got started because I sure didn't double-check LibraryThing today). Bold indicates what I've read, italics what I started but couldn't finish, and strike through what I couldn't stand. )

After much drawing things out as long as possible, mostly by getting stuff from the library and all the sporadic availability that implies, I finally finished watching Angel yesterday, when Netflix brought me the last disc of season 5 (I'd been doing pretty well holding out, but so much cliffhanger!) I may have cried like a little girl here and ( Read more... )

Dang! Saudi Arabia just put one in! At half time, it was Tunisia 1, Saudi Arabia 0, and more importantly it was Tunisia's first World Cup goal since their 3-0 victory over Mexico in Argentina 1978, which made them the first African team ever to win a World Cup game. So go them. If I knew how to say "Go Team!" in Arabic, I would. Especially now ( Read more... )

In case there was any doubt in your mind as to whether I'm a giant dork, the fact that I'm spending my day off organizing our bookshelves ought to help with that indecision problem of yours. The object of the game is to eventually dedicate a shelf to books I haven't finished reading yet, so it'll stare at me when I'm on the couch wasting time ( Read more... )

From springbok1 via her friends list:

"Were there monkeys? Terrifying space monkeys?"

When you see this on your Friends page, quote Firefly in your journal.

P.S. We have our tickets to the midnight opening of Serenity on pre-order; are you all ready for Friday's awesomeness? Extra bonus: Mirrormask! (It looks like it won't get to Oregon until October ( Read more... )

Behold my rockingness:
Outcast Genius
73 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 60% Dork For The Record ( Read more... )

Ami and Amie (the masculine and feminine words for "friend", respectively) seem to me to come from the verm aimer, which is "to like/to love". So I can, if I choose to, literally translate "friend" as "beloved (one)" or at least "beliked (one)". Or am I just making shit up with my non-native-speaker weirdness? Similarly, famille (the word for " ( Read more... )

The anal-retentive English teacher who lives in my forebrain is still in fine form, I see:

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 83% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don ( Read more... )