I took a photo for yesterday but didn't post it, so today I have two (okay, actually three) photos, plus a very annoying unsolved mystery
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A YA novel called Fangirl (as I have several fanficcers among my students and thought they might like it, plus was curious myself how well the author nailed fan culture) and one of Robin Hobbs' novels. (She's an author I won't buy due to her stance on fanfic, but thankfully the library has quite a few of her books!)
I'm laughing at the library sign. It would definitely be controversial in some areas! When Dad was thinking about getting a teaching job in another county, after the interview, Mom and he stopped by the library and the librarian? clerk? flat-out told them she wished the scifi/fantasy section didn't exist.
Yep, I saw it as two potentially can-of-worms interpretations. 1) They go together because the particular flavors of Christianity that tend to Christian fiction have about as much a root in reality as novels about sorcerers and Elves. 2) They are placed together to irritate the fundagelicals, with the church ladies glowering those who grew up wanting to study as a witch at Hogwarts.
There's Catholic Christian fiction… the one I picked up was a fantasy novel that my school library had (and that was the only "sneaky" book the library had). It was… The worldbuilding was interesting until the ending, when it became quite clear that this was Catholic Fiction, not merely influenced like Tolkien's stuff.
I have to admit to being shocked that Kentucky was #13 given the presence of the creationism museum and life-size Noah's ark "theme park" that's run by the same people. (I think my rabbi gets a kick out of the latter; he keeps bringing it up for some reason. Let's just say my movement of Judaism doesn't take most (or all, depending on who you ask) of Genesis literally and leave it at that.)
Indeed! We could get nailed with up to a foot tonight into tomorrow (and that's in the valley where I live; who knows what monstrosity Jay Peak will receive! The plowed piles of snow in the parking lot are already towering over the cars parked there.)
Bravo for interlibrary loan privileges, that totally rocks! As for the DVD, I wonder if it didn't get pushed into a package or a convenient pouch opening? I tend to do that often, just sticking something into my laptop carrier or whatever without thought.
I also admit to the ooops of finding a paid bill stuck between the back and seat cushion of my car. I had re-paid it and incurred a late fee and had checked my car carefully, but this just hit the shadows perfectly and wasn't visible without a serious 'hand down every seat opening' search.
In any case, I hope you find it soon.
Congratulations on the snow. We're getting snow now - should have about six inches here by this time tomorrow. NOT what I want to get holiday shoppers through my shop doors. Maybe I should close for the day and go skiing instead of selling holiday gifts and craft supplies.
We checked all those places, though. We both had our school backpacks, but both were closed and in the backseat (with the DVD in the front); nonetheless we searched both. We both bought lunch at school, so that was all that was in our hands going into the house. My purse is too small to hold a DVD. (I looked in it anyway, such was my franticness!)
It will probably turn up in a few weeks/months and the mystery will be solved, like the last drive-ya-nuts unsolved mystery of how our chickens' eggs kept getting under the lawnmower was eventually solved.
I hope the snow doesn't put a damper on your sales. I know how critical every one of these pre-holiday weekends can be!
Thanks for the kind thoughts about holiday sales. We're hoping that we won't be too impacted, but know that people will choose a mall over an independent store during bad weather because so much more can be accomplished at one stop.
I hope you find the DVD soon. My older cousin (she's a lawyer - maybe she knows what she's talking about - LOL) told me a tale when I was growing up. When something goes missing that you know must be in one very specific place, it's because the black hole got hungry. But, that's also the time you'll find something else that you know you had lost, and it will be in a place you checked 1000 times before. To eat one thing, the hole must spit out another.
Here's hoping the black hole wants to eat something silly like holiday cookies and spits the DVD out for you and Bobby soon.
I take it Subarus are good in winter weather? (I'll need to get around to car shopping some day, and that will probably be the main thing I look for! My sister has a Yaris I kind of like, but I wouldn't want to drive it up my street in winter.)
I think your theory about the DVD makes complete sense. Or it's just hiding until just after you tell the video store owner and pay for it...
I bet some religious members of my family would love to see Christian fiction and sci fi/fantasy right next to each other! I think the book some distant cousin of mine had published might have even been something like Christian and fantasy, though I might be completely misremembering. (Of course, some of them draw the line at stuff like Harry Potter or anything too "ungodly.") I can see how some might read a bit too much into seeing the sections placed right next to each other, though.
Before we moved here, Bobby did extensive research into the best cars for winter weather, and Subarus were tops. Some people jokingly call them the official State Car of Vermont! :)
I would not recommend a Yaris for winter weather. We bought a cheap little used pickup truck in Maryland to get Bobby to and from the mountain when it snowed because the Yaris was useless. Otherwise, though, it has been a wonderful car, so if you don't have to drive in winter weather often, I would recommend it. We've had no problems with it, it gets great gas mileage, and it's amazing how much you can stuff into such a tiny car!
I once accidentally picked up a Christian fantasy novel in the fantasy section of a Carroll County library (a much more fanatically religious place than Vermont). It was ... interesting.
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Oh you'd better behave then ;) What did you borrow there?
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There's not too much of a risk of either in Vermont as Vermont is one of the least religious states in the U.S. (Kentucky is 13th to our 48th!)
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I have to admit to being shocked that Kentucky was #13 given the presence of the creationism museum and life-size Noah's ark "theme park" that's run by the same people. (I think my rabbi gets a kick out of the latter; he keeps bringing it up for some reason. Let's just say my movement of Judaism doesn't take most (or all, depending on who you ask) of Genesis literally and leave it at that.)
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Vermont's going to be low on this list, though, however you slice it!
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I also admit to the ooops of finding a paid bill stuck between the back and seat cushion of my car. I had re-paid it and incurred a late fee and had checked my car carefully, but this just hit the shadows perfectly and wasn't visible without a serious 'hand down every seat opening' search.
In any case, I hope you find it soon.
Congratulations on the snow. We're getting snow now - should have about six inches here by this time tomorrow. NOT what I want to get holiday shoppers through my shop doors. Maybe I should close for the day and go skiing instead of selling holiday gifts and craft supplies.
- Erulisse (one L)
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It will probably turn up in a few weeks/months and the mystery will be solved, like the last drive-ya-nuts unsolved mystery of how our chickens' eggs kept getting under the lawnmower was eventually solved.
I hope the snow doesn't put a damper on your sales. I know how critical every one of these pre-holiday weekends can be!
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I hope you find the DVD soon. My older cousin (she's a lawyer - maybe she knows what she's talking about - LOL) told me a tale when I was growing up. When something goes missing that you know must be in one very specific place, it's because the black hole got hungry. But, that's also the time you'll find something else that you know you had lost, and it will be in a place you checked 1000 times before. To eat one thing, the hole must spit out another.
Here's hoping the black hole wants to eat something silly like holiday cookies and spits the DVD out for you and Bobby soon.
- Erulisse (one L)
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I think your theory about the DVD makes complete sense. Or it's just hiding until just after you tell the video store owner and pay for it...
I bet some religious members of my family would love to see Christian fiction and sci fi/fantasy right next to each other! I think the book some distant cousin of mine had published might have even been something like Christian and fantasy, though I might be completely misremembering. (Of course, some of them draw the line at stuff like Harry Potter or anything too "ungodly.") I can see how some might read a bit too much into seeing the sections placed right next to each other, though.
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I would not recommend a Yaris for winter weather. We bought a cheap little used pickup truck in Maryland to get Bobby to and from the mountain when it snowed because the Yaris was useless. Otherwise, though, it has been a wonderful car, so if you don't have to drive in winter weather often, I would recommend it. We've had no problems with it, it gets great gas mileage, and it's amazing how much you can stuff into such a tiny car!
I once accidentally picked up a Christian fantasy novel in the fantasy section of a Carroll County library (a much more fanatically religious place than Vermont). It was ... interesting.
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