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5 questions from arliss
1. You've collected and know an awful lot about art and illustrations. What's your favorite time period for both--and it can be different for each.
Turn of the century book illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth, Peter Hurd, Maxfield Parrish and Arthur Rackham. I generally have a late 19th century aesthetic.
2. This one may be painful: You can save ( Read more... ) -
Quotations
From jonquil: When you see this, post a couple of quotations from your own favorite writers. These should be people you read over and over again, not people who had one great idea; go ahead and do it from memory, mistakes and all.
Lois McMaster Bujold "And the Bastard grant us in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of ( Read more... ) -
Strange things that come in my e-mail
From the area Freecycle group:
Offer: cross stitch pattern
This is a cross stitch pattern for the name Virginia. It says "Virginia Pure One" and then has a Bible quote under that. Bought this to make for my sister but am no longer speaking to her so why keep this.
From my alma mater:
NCAA Champion Bowlers Honored at White HousePresident George ( Read more... ) -
Buy a Fire Truck
I got this e-mail from my state representative today:
The State of Georgia has been experiencing possibly the worst fire season in their history. Over 600 square miles has burned since the middle of April. Fuel moisture levels are at historic lows. At least 18" of rain is needed to end this siege and return water levels in the Okefenokee swamp to ( Read more... ) -
Zombie Update
The news reported that the fire-bombing of I-285 had succeeded in driving the zombies back out into the suburbs. I know that sounds bloody minded, but in the suburbs, they can herd the zombies into cul-de-sacs. Unable to figure out how to get back out, they pile up in writhing masses and eventually decay. It's hard luck for the owners of the homes ( Read more... ) -
Some poetry for Memorial Day
from "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon, one of the English WWI poets:
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun ( Read more... ) -
The kind of unnerving admiration meme
We all have things about our friends that make us slightly envious.
Not in a bad way, but in a 'Wow! I wish I had that person's hair/eyes/money/relationship/toenails/whatever.'
So tell me what about me makes you envy me. . . then if you feel like it, post this in your LJ and see what makes me envious of you.
