In a display of childishness and timewasting taken to unprecedented heights, alchemilla and trianne and I engaged in the following contest today (well, they did, and I watched, because my powers had deserted me). Please keep in mind that we are all women of a certain age, public servants, and did this on taxpayer time.

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Away on course, and am taking a quick opportunity to pimp Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora, which I have just devoured and passed on to josanpq, who is also devouring it in record time. This is an intricately realized fantasy with compelling characters, a blend of darkness, skullduggery, intrigue and humour. What's really impressive is the world ( Read more... )

Elijah cancels ORC. *ruefully anticipates upcoming wank and flees in self-preservation*

Hollywood destroys yet another favourite novel. WTF??? The Dark is Rising is American now ( Read more... )

I took frodosweetstuff's lead and checked out my celebrity compatibility here.

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And my seemingly endless inability to complete a single task without error amazed even ME. I just don't know how much longer I can play the game. And that bottle of red wine is looking mighty fine right now...

In an attempt to keep from sliding into incipient alcoholism... I gacked this from pretty much everyone, including alchemilla:

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I watched Everything is Illuminated on a giant home theatre screen with friends Friday night who kept asking why they'd never heard of the movie when it was "one of the best they'd seen all year" and ended the evening listening to them sing the praises of Liev, Elijah and Eugene.

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Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results

Me in a nutshell.

Have checked email, put away old calendar, kicked self for leaving new calendar at home, made coffee, gotten caught up with coworkers, checked lilithlotr's distracting link, finally responsed to comments from before the holidays and lovingly unpacked josanpq's survival kit (after shaking the "To be opened only to prevent HOMICIDE or when the drugs don't work" ( Read more... )

lilithlotr! I just found your package under a pile of mail! I think it's been here for weeks and I never knew!

*cancels all plans and parks self in front of TV*

In other news, is it bad if I want this:


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And laughing.

I have work to do, dammit.

Make sure you check the links.