Comments | byelka58: 50 Books: 18-30.

byelka58

50 Books: 18-30.

Aug 21, 2007 18:15

I did some quality dog-sitting this weekend, meaning I sat around in the owner's air-conditioning and read her books for about 48 hours. That's hardly worth the $75 she paid me, or so I was thinking until the dog bit my finger. Suddenly I felt pretty good about taking the money, though it remains exorbitant. I suspect that in another few days he ( Read more... )

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gabbiana August 23 2007, 03:57:31 UTC

Did the dog bite enter a knuckle? Because you could get an infection in the joint space ("septic arthritis," if you will) and that would be very bad. And YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR SOMETHING.

I forget, actually, whether it is *you* who avoids doctors, or whether that is simply something you do for your pets. Please advise.

(Has the dog had all its shots? Have *you* had a tetanus shot in the last ten years? Does the wound appear infected -- rubor, tumor, calor, dolor ( ... )

byelka58 August 24 2007, 12:12:02 UTC

The dog missed the knuckle (of my left middle finger) by about 8mm, which is as far as you can really be from a knuckle and still be on a finger. Well, okay, that isn't necessarily true for me, but I bet it's true for you, with your elfin phylanges. In any case, I've had 2 or 3 tetanus shots in the last 10 years, exactly because I never go to the doctor, which means no one can ever find my immunization records, and so I can never prove I'm up to date and always have to get another shot ( ... )

byelka58 August 27 2007, 12:16:22 UTC

Okay, onto the bullet points.

I... don't have any stereotypes about Norwegians that aren't actually stereotypes about Lutherans. Granted, the latter are known for being rather self-effacing, but I'm not sure that explains everything.

The Venice book didn't amaze me, but as a person who has lived in Italy, you will likely feel differently. I myself radiate warm fuzzies for all countries where I've been or which I've studied, thus my fondness for, e.g., The Bourne Supremacy.

Moving on.

You could, yes. The town is called Empire Falls because it's situated by a whitewater patch in the river; of course, it's there because the author put it there, so we're back where we began. And the motor for the book is gradual economic decline and personal stagnation, which is a fall of sorts. There's even, if I'm remembering correctly, an aborted history degree in this one.

Take the setting (and part of the protagonist) of Gaudy Night, and then mix in some of the flair of the antagonists from Whose Body? and Thrones, Dominations, and you'll ( ... )