Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: The Years Have Been Jam-Packed
We just had an anniversary.
Last year I got all soppy about it. "It's our anniversary," I said. "We've been writing together an entire year. Isn't that amazing?"
"What?" he said.
I took the little umbrella out of his ear. (We were in Maui.) "It's our anniversary today. We've been writing together for a year. Did you ever think we'd make it this long?"
"I don't think we should set Agnes in Cincinnati," he said. "The South is better."
So this year I e-mailed him (a day late, just to see if he'd remember, he didn't):
"You asked me to collaborate with you two years ago yesterday. Happy anniversary."
He e-mailed back:
"You, too. We've got too much stuff here. The AC and the generator. Maybe it should be one or the other. Plus you want the tv. Let's see. The first thing on her list would be a generator since her power keeps going out because that would really [expletive deleted] up the wedding, right? So I think that's the first thing he gets on Wed. Thursday he can do the AC after they sweat a lot boinking."
Happy anniversary, Bob, you sentimental fool.
140 Comments:
OMG - After starting this whole virgin blog thing an age ago I think I finally got the Cherry first this time!!!
Jenny and Bob - Happy anniversary! Shall we go for another? and another? and still maybe another?
and you know, you really need to keep the blog going beyond the year, so we can have a blog anniversary. It wouldn't be nice if we didn't get to have an anniversary with you too....
My husband and I will be celebrating 18 years of marriage tomorrow! He's playing golf. When I asked him if he remembered if it was our anniversary he said, "Sure I did. I played golf the morning we got married, why wouldn't I do it on our anniversary. Why don't you go get your nails and hair done like you did on the day of our wedding?"
I said, "Because it's sunday, nothings open. But can I have a couple hundred, I'll go shopping."
He says, with a smile, "You hate shopping."
I shrugged. "Give me the money and you'll get lucky."
He said: "I'll get lucky anyway, it's our anniversary."
I said: "So, I can be all mad and whatever."
He laughed, a lot. "That's funny honey. besides, you told me 18 years ago on our wedding night that it would be bad luck if we didn't do it every year on our anniversary, and we haven't missed a year yet." He smirked. "See, I listen to you occasionally."
Yeah, I know, I'm a sucker. The guy might not be the most romanitc man, okay, so not at all, but he's adorable.
Have a nice Anniversary Jenny and Bob - looking forward to the next book with sweaty boinking.
Okay - now I've actually read the blog.....
LMAO.
Now if you'd been naked while you were taking that umbrella out of is ear, that would have had a more lasting impact. You may never have been able to look each other in the eye ever again but hey - you guys prefer email, right?
Happy Anniversary. Heres to many more.
ohnkmoo - I kid you not
sounds like cross between a pig and a cow.
Cheers to a collaboration that provides endless entertainment!
This is why women engrave their wedding date ont eh inside of the ring, he's not supposed to take off. Maybe he'll let you have theAC and the generator to make up for it.
And cake. Lots of cake.
Happy anniversary Jenny and Bob. I hope the communication and collaboration continue for many years to come!
Happy Anniversary Him and Her. Thanks for taking us on part of the ride with you. Where's the cake?
Happy Anniversary Jenny and Bob So glad the two of you got together.
Happy Anniversary JenT and golfing DH. He played golf the moring of your wedding?
Mine just walked around in circles with relatives telling him he looked pale.
Of course our wedding was in the morning so he didn't have time to do much else.
I was afraid if I had it(the ceremony) later in the day, the tranqs I slipped him the night before would wear off and he'd get away.
Awwwwww.
Happy Anniversary!
You guys should know I am now addicted to this blog. I get the shakes until I can log on here. Feeling better now...
Felicitations on the day: To Her who cares and Him who does not.
And we didn't even send a card.
Isn't it sweet that Bob is paying so much attention to prioritizing Shane's actions with regard to what effect they will have on Agnes? Awww.
bw
The two of you fit right into the list of traditional and modern anniversary gifts.
First anniversary, the traditional gift is paper. You're writers. I'm sure you needed reams. Modern gift is a clock -- appropriate symbolism for the ticking deadline.
Second anniversary, the traditional gift is cotton -- what our fearless collaborators need to stuff in their ears so they don't hear the screaming across the miles from, respectively, Ohio or Carolina. Modern gift is China. How appropriate for a wedding-intensive book. Either that or the finally-far-enough-away vacation choice after the Agnes and the Hitman tour ends late next year.
Happy Anniversary, Jenny & Bob!
mwjhwh: Mary writes junk here, what hogwash.
Happy Anniversary! May there be many more...
And to you, Jen-T, with your DH.
We just never give men enough credit for how thoughtful and sensitive they are.
Or, wait. Maybe we do.
Sheryl - my husand wore his wedding ring for all of a week, our honeymoon, which he did not bring his golf clubs on. Now it sits in my jerwerly box, with not much since I'm not a huge fan of jewlery. Anyway, the sucker cost me like 50$, so no biggie.
Robin S - my husband and I were so young when we got married we were too stupid to be affected by it. Besides, all we could think about was going on our honeymoon. Yeah, one track mind even back then.
So what are we going to do for the blog-iversary?
We don't have to do anything. I just wanted to say "blog-iversary."
Happy collab-iversary, you two.
Well, as Bob keeps telling us: it's the actions that count, not the words. He's over there straightening up the patterns, fixing the generator, getting all sweaty...
Yep, that's our Bob, just a sentimental fool.
You see, Jenny, you just have to shift your POV a little.
bw
BCB - um, aren't you supposed to be reading something for someone?
And can someone please explaine to me why it's like 65 degrees here on Owasco Lake? The wind is howling, and i'm sitting out on my front yard in a damn flannel blanket to keep warm. My son is bugging me to take him on the jet ski, like that is gonna happen in this weather. Isn't it still summer?
ice, ice up syracuse, north
JenT - um, aren't you supposed to be writing the ending of it? Cause I don't see it in my inbox.
I am multi-tasking today.
DD18 is home and she wants: mom-cooked food, instructions on how to do laundry (well, that wasn't what she wanted, but that's what she's getting), money, more food, a little extra money, a ride back to school.
Hey Jen, since you're so good at that last part, why don't you hop in the car... I'll be done with that other messy chore by the time you get here. That way I can just hand it to you and won't have to worry about the carnage spilling over onto my "sent" folder.
bw
BCB - Sure, I'll be right down in like what, 15 hours or so. What carnage? You really did take that knife to my baby, didn't you!
And about finishing it - well, maybe in like two hours.
Can I have some cooked food. Just ate a twinkie - that was gross.
vqwfkegd - something yummy
Happy Anniversary Jenny and Bob and many, many more. I cannot wait for Agnes and the Hitman and then the hotel caper. Don't forget the hotel caper. Those should be enough to keep this blog going for a couple of years so we can have a twoth anniversary too. Please! Please on bended knee. I implore you. Like that word? Pretty good, eh? what can I say. I'm Canadian.
green bupwz
Bob used perfect writing, Zaza.
Jen: It's ok, I slapped some duct tape on it to staunch the flow. Just be careful peeling it off.
Drive faster, the cooked food will be ready about 7. It might be lasagne, we're still debating. Did you know that Twinkies used to have banana-flavored filling? The things you learn watching Jeopardy.
I need to go explain the dryer to my honor student. Maybe if I pose it as a physics experiment?
Scope Dope: GET UP OFF THAT KNEE! Geez. We just talked about this. Didn't you agree to be more careful? Kids.
bw
SDCB - not sure begging is going to work with them. We need to hold something hostage, like LaFarve. That might get Bob's attention. Has anyone seen LaFarve lately. I could sick the middle child on him. Or maybe the youngest hockey team again. Although, LaFarve had a fairly decent slapshot. Yeah, I think we need to kidnap Lafarve. No wait, I need to kidnap LaFarve.
Back to trying to be funny. Almost done - about one chapter left.
iopga - something to do with the PGA
Happy, Happy anniversary to ya'all.
Jenny and Bob...She and He.
Happy anniversary JenT.
Golf?
I like to watch golf on the telly, but have never played.
Bob, pay attention...look out for flying keyboards.
tohpkbky...green
to help people keep Bob's kinky YEC
Jen-T: "I could sick the middle child on him"
Now that is a little harsh on a kidnapped innocent bystander, I think.
Louis - Golf is like hockey. My family needs it to breath. Well, all except oldest child (female) she hates golf. Not sure where we went wrong with her. I suppose she makes up for it since she plays on two hockey teams, the boys and the girls. She's also trying out for the JV hockey team this year at school.
CG - Innocent my ass!
Jen-t said: "Just ate a twinkie - that was gross."
Apparently you don't know where to get good Twinkies, and I can cross-reference that subject with the anniversary subject, too. DH and I just got back from Boston (combo 3rd anniversary/vacation) where we found a restaurant favored by the locals, a few blocks from Fenway. They served fried Twinkies for dessert. Gross as it sounds, it was pure heaven! Why anyone would want to take something so already-bad-for-you and make it even worse, I don't know, but there you have it. The ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce didn't hurt/help much, either.
I was back on South Beach until I encountered some NY bagels this morning. Life is good.
ldzrvkxp - what my stomach said after I ate that fried Twinkie
Happy anniversary Jenny and Bob. The perfect partnership!!! What would we do without you guys for entertainment?
I'm toasting you with a Foster's, here's to many more years together.
Jenny, he knew. Guys always do. They just don't want to talk about it. And the way he changes the subject is a dead give away. Mr. non Emotional. Hah! There's a lot being said in those silences.*grin*
Hot sweaty boinking, eh? Hmmm. Don't eat garlic the night before ...
rg
And J-T give that vibrating bed a workout tonight. I'm having another Foster's just for you ... burp ...
rg
Carla - I'm more of a HoHo/ding dong kind of girl. Although I've had fried twinkies before. It must have been in boston. But I don't remember it was a while ago.
Never knew Twinkies used to have banana filling in them.
No, I'm not done yet. Have to take the kids to blockbuster, geez, won't they ever leave me alone?
I can't believe blogger let my comment go through. I saw a blank screen and done and thought I had lost the fifth one I had posted between the two posts.
jen-t sending you anniversary wishes tomorrow. Look for your card. Thanks for forwarding that to bon cheri bomb. She got it. /,D
green efsrt
Everyone, Fiesta starts right there. Party on, Dudettes.
Jen wrote: We need to hold something hostage, like LaFarve. That might get Bob's attention.
I don't know about that. I think we've damaged poor Rene to the point that maybe Bob doesn't want him back. And I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Jenny wouldn't miss him much either.
Maybe when you all are in NJ you could "borrow" Moot or Cerise? How about it, Scope Dope? You up for a little piracy caper? MCB and I have a plan for a quick getaway. Except we seem to have misplaced our plane. Never mind about that, we can always drive.
bw
awww, Bob. that's so sweet. Happy A, you two.
and you too, JJ. go boink away.
twinkies. never really got any of those. i mean, if i'm gonna sin, i'm gonna sin with something amazing, not some packaged little pastry thing.
hey, carla.
Twinkies -- ugh. Tastykakes? Now those are snack cakes. Butterscotch krimpets, Peanut butter Tandytakes.
Unlike back home up in Jersey, the Florida Keys convenience stores do not stock Tastykakes. I could probably find some at Publix. Two years ago for my all-Philly food Super Bowl Party, I ordered a case of Tastykakes from the online site.
Perfect dessert after cheesesteaks and soft pretzels.
Great consolation when the Eagles lost the game.
ukepy: Usually, kittens exclaim pure yowls.
living across a golf course is wasted on me. fell in love with golf after reading Troon McAllister (he writes like Terry Pratchett in a way), but after trying to watch it on TV...yeah, it's just not my thing.
last night i had a very productive time. figured out my first scene for the movie i'm making (my friend- who's made three or four movies- and i- who's made five- are filming it next summer, so i have a year to write it), gave another character a lot of shape and depth, and figured out my heroine's secret goal (she has two, very ambitious lady).
i'm waiting for Bob to post something about this anniversary thing. it should be very good.
OH - Bob post about an anniversary? That would make my day.
BCB - LaFarve is not damanged, just changed. He prefers real breats to enhanced ones and the smaller the cup size the better.
Jen: LOL! And maybe that constitutes damage, in someone's opinion. No, I was bad. I took him out and played with him and he wasn't mine to play with. No integrity whatsoever, but we already knew that. Got a little carried away cause he is just so darn cute. And he seemed awfully willing at the time.
But I figure it's a good thing I'm not going to NJ. I can just incite you all from here. Let me see: Jen, Scope Dope, MCB, Dee, who am I forgetting? That should be enough, actually. You bringing your laptop?
bw
Jen-T, did you ever get someone to explain the 65 degree weather to you? I ask because I want to talk to them next. I do not want it to be 97 dang degrees. That sort of weather should be reserved for RG or Talpianna (who'll probably complain and put a sweater on).
BTW, Tal, I just noticed B & N has a new biography of James Tiptree, Jr. on the shelves. I was hoping you might have read it and thus could tell me whether it was something I should buy now or rather wait for it to come to my local library. (I can't make decisions when it's this hot.)
iguxo i gabble under xeno's oxfords
BCB - of course I'm bringing my laptop - it heats up quicker than my husband. Poor guy, played a crappy round today. Probably won't get past the second round.
And me, my fingers are frozen and I can barely type - but the first draft of the antholgy is done. yeah me! Yes BCB - I sent it.
Mary - sorry about your weather. I think I'll stick with the chilly stuff. That hot stuff does nasty things to my hair.
Well Jen, here's the plan (cue Mission Impossible music - the series)
Dee and I will arrive in NJ. We're bringing an outsider with us to make our presence seem like an innocent weekend getaway. We'll be arriving by car, by Dee is going to give back the plane she and DH borrowed for the Canada trip. They'll deliver it to BCB who will be circling the vicinity awaiting the Moot signal. Its okay, circling involves only one direction and she can handle that. Its the loops and kamikazee dives we must beware of. Which reminds me, if we must use the Moot Signal better put Lori on alert as well.
BCB as things stand now, the CB continent in NJ will consist of Dee and myself, SDCB, CMS, JenT (sans vibrating bed), and RSS in her guise as Robin S.
Sheryl will cause a distraction at which time Dee will scoop Moot into her purse while Robin alerts Lori to send up the Moot signal. Dee will hand off Moot to me. Then JenT will act as decoy (don't forget the duplicate Krispy Kreme bag) by jumping in a car and driving off at high speeds. I shall casually depart the hotel and rendevouz with BCB. Meanwhile Scope will protest that her daughter would never to something so dastardly because she's perfect and besides which they're Canadian. She'll cleverly cast suspicion on Orangehands (she's young she can handle it). BCB in possession of Moot will head for the West whereupon she will hand off Moot to Louis who will appoint one of his junior GAMs to ride cross country on horseback to AZ and pass the package on to Tal who will surreptiously tuck Moot into packages earmarked for Christina in the UK. Then Christina, upon receipt, will pass Moot along to the Tigress. And nobody will ever suspect this dear scholarly lady of being involved in a plot so despicable. That should do it.
Unless they send LaFavre to interrogate any of us. Then we're done for.
zqnlso: Zaza quips "No loot, see officer?"
And remember team, if the push ...
BRYAN DID IT!
MCB sez: CB continent
Ooooh! Are we taking over Australia? Or Europe? Or...don't tell Bob...Atlantis?
BCB and MCB: saw a book today in the travel writing section and thought of you: Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals by Wendy Dale. Read the first few pages and it looked quite amusing. Will be acquiring it for the trip to Maui. Yes, Mary, you can borrow it when I'm DONE. DONE, I tell you. That means I get to FINISH it FIRST!
mary asks: Jen-T, did you ever get someone to explain the 65 degree weather to you? I ask because I want to talk to them next. I do not want it to be 97 dang degrees.
Well for goodness sake, send some of those extra degrees down here, will you? I don't think it's been out of the 60s here in 2 weeks and I'm done with that. If they could just turn up the external thermostat to about 72-78 already. They promised us mid-70s today. I want a refund!
gadivi: probably a cohort of the Tootaloo brothers.
Well fine Miss G-G, BE that way. Hmph. Just for that, I'm hiding the diamond tiara and I refuse to lend you my new copy of Yes Man until I've finished it. So there.
On the subject of DVD commentaries: I've been listening to the Babylon 5 commentaries. Bruce Boxleitner, the actor who plays the hero, was trying to describe his character's big romantic relationship. "These two [lovers] are like..." he paused, seeking the right comparison, "they're like the Arthur and Guinevere of Babylon 5." Um... I don't think you really meant that, Brucie.
jcfpp - jc: "Faugh! Purple Prose!"
Hey GG - lay off the grand taking over Oz plans. Now if you want to visit I hear that August next year with the Cherry herself here will be a good time. And the weather is beautiful too. And I'll be there so we can have a huge CB convention at the Oz national. And it'll be his and hers 3 rd anniversary so we'll have much to celebrate.
xlpzjqu - xtra large pieces zaza, jenny's quoting u
Mary Stella, for some odd reason, blithely inscribed:
mwjhwh: Mary writes junk here, what hogwash.
DEFintely hogwash! Hmph.
woiei - Hawaiian word, usually used when warning a neophyte surfer that they're about to perform a spectacular wipeout
Cut Mission Impossible music, cue Maimi Vice - Elvis has not left the water. He's in. Said he'd be good to me if I made sure he got a little, you know. Between a hot female gater and possible male tootalage, he's good. We can trust him, at least if we don't turn our back on him.
Now, if LaFavre shows up, send him my way. I can handle LaFavre. Remember, I've got that middle child who thinks woman's breasts are for him to personaly gawk at.
Mary: I love Bab 5! I miss Bab 5!
What is everyone reading right now?
I'm currently working on A MONSTROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN by Laurie R. King. Really enjoying this series. I recently finished Kay Hooper's latest SLEEPING WITH FEAR (love the Bishop series!) and the new Kathy Reichs, BREAK NO BONES.
Next up is the new NR do out next week! YIPPEE! Guess where I'll be on my lunch hour? Also waiting in the wings is Edmund Crispin's FEN COUNTRY which our earlier discussions got me interested in rereading. I can't remember but I think it must have been 20 years since the last time and I don't remember these stories anymore. Also Terry Pratchett's SOURCERY is in my stack. As is WINTERS CHILD by Margaret Maron.
mcb we have a serious problem. Who is going to believe me in NJ when I say cmSheryl is a good person and would't do that when I have a swollen face, an eye patch and a big gaping hole in my mouth? I am going to look like Ma Barker. (if you don't know who that is, Google it. She was quite the lady???) /,D I don't think the fact that we are Canadian is going to help at that point. Besides Jenny already has a contract out on us and if we steal Moot or hurt Cerise?
Did you notice that it is the person that won't be anywhere near there that is setting this up? Thanks a lot bcb. What, you're trying to get us killed? And you want Jen to bring her laptop so that you will be the first to know what happened to us. And I thought we were friends. /.(
red nsyukaon
No such yex unless killers are on night(duty).
SDCB: Nevermind the patch and the tooth and such, you cannot help but be gorgeous because of who you are. *smooches*
MCB: well, while i can admire your devious mind (not being near the actual thief) i have to say i think people will be forgetting their duties by the second line.
simple works. you and BCB come in making your usual ruckus, while JJ- Canadians are a suspicious bunch, but they would never think we'd use JJ because all they need is a shark or frog and she'd give us all up in a heartbeat- sneaks them out of the handbag. she immediately mails them...well, make the trail unclear but ultimately tigress works. but first, pictures, because any hostage taker knows we need evidence. tigress will have to send new pictures once a week with a newspaper date in them to prove we still have them. (i suggest getting a jacuzzi and many bottles of alcohol, that'll keep them). though with the technology age i don't see how they know we didn't just manipulate the images...
g-g said "BCB and MCB: saw a book today in the travel writing section and thought of you: Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals by Wendy Dale."
LMAO.
shit. my soy beans are boiling. later.
Holy Guacamole, Batman! Doesn't take much to incite you all, does it? Just a hint, a mere suggestion, and you all have a full fledged plan! I was not a part of this Scope Dope, I was just over here having a nice dinner with DD. Amazing how much food she can consume.
Though I kind of like the part where I end up at Louis' ranch with nothing to do, time on my hands, tracks to cover, with the need to lie (lay?) low for a while...
So. Moot and I are going to travel from NJ to the wild west, just the two of us, alone? Are we going by car, plane, wagon train? I need to pack. What does Moot like to eat, anyone know? Because I think it might be best to avoid public places, such as restaurants and the like. That tail is a dead giveaway.
MCB? Um, hate to ask, but were you planning to give me a map? With a destination clearly marked by a big red "X" maybe?
G-G: I'll add that book to my "must buy now" list. Along with "40 Quick And Easy Legal Defenses That Really Work"
BTW, what did you all do with Bryan? We're getting a bad rep for our handling of the male of the species.
bw
Scope Dope: Don't worry about appearances, we all know they're quite deceptive. Just tell everyone you're a professional hockey player. That covers a lot of injuries. We'll have Jen bring you a stick -- you can get J&B to autograph it. Or use it for defense, whichever seems appropriate.
bw
BCB you are going by bi-plane if Dee will give it back. And don't worry, we're order a load of cherries dumped at the meet site so you'll be able to find it. But OH's idea has some merit ...
G-G, thanks ... another book to add to my collection. How will I explain that to my parents, though?
MCB, I hate to say it, but I think your plan has a few flaws. As usual.
First of all, much as it just about kills me to give up this part of the plan, you can not just dump a load of cherries on Louis' ranch. It will scare the DAHs. Not to mention the fact that they probably have sufficient fire power to stop you, what with DS#3 being a gunsmith and all.
Second, everyone knows that Moot does not like to fly. Geez. You ever tried to pilot an aircraft with an unwilling gator strapped in beside you? Makes those snakes look like a walk in the park.
Third, and geez, how could I have forgotten this one: I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN NJ. I will be over here safe at home, minding my own business, thank you very much. Probably raising bail money, from the sound of it.
And fourth, well, there is no fourth. Yet.
But I really think you should ship Moot off to Minnesota to visit Lori for a while. No one ever goes to MN, there are a ton of mosquitoes to munch on this time of year (yes, they are big enough to provide nourishment) and really, what writer in their right mind would ever suspect, let alone accuse, a librarian of such a heinous crime? She has the perfect cover. They put plastic over them all the time.
bw
BCB said "We're getting a bad rep for our handling of the male of the species."
yeah, we're either trying to figure out how to attack their sons (yes, that way) or calling them Regis look-alikes.
yphghby: yummy pillsbury dough boy...i want cookies now.
oh, if BCB won't be in NJ, then MCB, you're just going to have to cause a ruckus by yourself. i have the utmost confidence you can do this.
Robena, here is a pic of the Richardson's ground squirrel that is a better match for Burt:
http://www.falconphotos.com/catalog.php?item=49&catid=Mammals
According to him, it was taken during a tax audit, and he was saying, "You want my WHAT???"
bcb, you lie like a rug when you said you did no harm to LaFavre (and am I the only one who can spell his name correctly?) when you played with him.
Here he is before:
http://i17.ebayimg.com/02/i/05/ba/39/ae_1.JPG
and after:
http://i2.ebayimg.com/04/i/05/d1/8f/ee_1.JPG
Mary, I've never been that big a fan of Tiptree, so I haven't read the book. But I know "he" (actually she) was an excellent writer with a remarkable and dramatic life.
BOB and JENNY--Happy Anniversary! And many happy returns of the day.
einjf--Eating icing, Jenny normally forks.
Re: the weather--been freezing here too for a couple of weeks. For the last few days it's been in the low sixties and I am wearing trousers and a hooded sweater at ALL times. And I know what's causing it---it's those damn Canadians! Or at least their cold front coming down and freezing the giblets off American men.
Love being the penultimate step of the plan. Just tell me when.
As for what I am reading at the moment--
Still reading Isn's It About Time?: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Get on With Your Life by Andrea Perry (yes, this is the procrastination book I started a couple of weeks ago and I am still making my way through it--very good though).
Halfway through Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Then I have some academic books to read but then I hope to get to read Mansfield Park by Austen
Tal, you know how much I hate to contradict you, ahem, but I was the one who admitted poor dear Rene was probably too damaged by our vile misuse to be redeemed even as a grocery coupon, and JEN was the one who claimed he had been improved by the experience.
Of course, she is not of this world and sometimes sees things a bit differently.
bw
layaso: I'll bet Louis' GAM cowboy sons know how to use this
I wish you guys would send some of your cold whether over to the mid Atlantic states.
What anm I reading???
Just finished Eloisa James "A Fool for Love"
Before that re-read Jo Beverley's "A Rogues Return" She is one of the best historical writers IMO.
Next is Iris Johanson's "Count Down".
My TBR pile has six of Dorothy Dunnett's mystery series. I've read one of them.
And always something to re-read.
Re: riding to Arizona....takes several many days...if that should change your plans...
kdgvvc...green
keyboards don't give, vividly vivacious Crusie
Wow, that mcb is something else. She can be in two places at once. I don't know how she does it. BTW BE Warned. Do not play games with her. She cheats. /,D
red eobsfwa
Everybody, order Bob some fresh water alligators.
green tjfvldek
To Jenny's friends vividly living (the) Dream except 4 killers.
SDCB sez: Everybody, order Bob some fresh water alligators.
Jeez, Scope Dope! What are the shipping charges on those? And those alligators can't be cheap in today's market...
Happy Anniversary to Jenny and Bob. We all want many more years. Do years with Bob count extra like CB years?
All of you going to NJ--I can't believe that you haven't thought to blame any nefarious dealings (?) on the MOB. After all, it is New Jersey. No one would look for innocent women first.
And yes, I want pictures, also.
If you need a rest on your cross country trip, stop here in the eastern half of the Midwest which is Northeast of the rest of it, and NO ONE will ever find you in the cornfields.
Happy Anniversary Jenny and Bob!!!
And happy anniversary to you and your DH, Jen-T!
Oh and anyone who is missing summer weather, feel free to stop by Pittsburgh. Tuesday will be a nice day I hear. Look for the moving truck.
And thanks for the good thoughts, everyone! They (and maybe the liberal applications of ice) must have worked because my knee seems ok. Just twinges a very little bit when I bend it. Still keeping an eye on it, just in case.
What's this about trying to kidnap Moot? Is the goal to hold her hostage so the J&B keep the blog going?
BTW GG ET AL all I meant when mentioning my appearance was that I will hardly be taken for an innocent nun while running around with an eye patch etc. I look really nefarious. Like that word too. /,D
I just love words. Not as much as the kid in my Grade 8 class who had memorized the dictionary and gave his speech on that. Boring. What? I was only a kid.
red xrcke
Xavier rightly checks 4 killers everywhere.
theresa: yep. and glad your knees better.
anybody else complain about cold weather and i'm getting my daggers out again. it is so f-ing hot here. actually, today wasn't too bad, but still.
is everybody reading at least one Terry Pratchett? i just finished about three of his and am on another one: Hogfather. no other books at the time, though i reakly should start on that homework assignment...
scope dope: he memorized the whole dictionary? sheesh, wouldn't mind his memory. i'm only 18 and i'm already losing it.
Oh theresa I like how you think. I had never thought of holding Moot for ransom to keep the blog. Good idea. Guess Jenny and Bob better have good security around Moot. /,D
red mpbtl
Moot prefers Bob taking left (flank).
I can't believe its the second anniversary for Her and Him, it has been a fun time for us CBs eh?
Louis I love the Dorothy Dunnet mysteries "Dolly and the ??" written as Dorothy Halliday I have all but one. Are they being re-issued?
ScopeDopeCB I forgot to tell you the name of the Chocolate Martini it is Bellisima.
If any of y'all need a hideout after "The Moot Caper" Nanaimo would be a good place. I mean who would think of looking for a bunch of desperados here eh??
Bryan I need to know if you are a Gleska Keely?. Your sense of humour makes me think so.
orangehands asked...
is everybody reading at least one Terry Pratchett?
No. Sigh.. All my Terry Pratchett's are in boxes, not to see the light of day until who knows when.
Books in boxes are so sad.
Just got off the phone with my OLDER sister. Over an hour of that and I've lost track of this conversation.
Scope Dope: The plan to kidnap Moot was in lieu of taking LaFavre hostage in an attempt to prolong the blog. Though I'm not sure ANY inducement would work at this point. J&B most likely can't wait to be rid of us, bless their hearts.
Oh, right. Books. Recently read: Suzanne Brockman's The Admiral's Bride and Christina Dodd's Trouble in High Heels (thank you RWA for all those free books). I have two bags stuffed full of books, have no idea what they are.
Also skimmed through three Crusie's: WTT, Tell Me Lies and Fred's book. I got these for DD who decided to read something in Spanish instead. I've read them all before and I never read a book twice. NEVER. This was an aberration.
MOST RECENTLY, like three hours ago, read Jennifer Talty's new anthology contribution. Loved it.
Stopped in the middle of reading Elizabeth Lowell's The Wrong Hostage to do that, BTW. Jen, you're welcome. So back to that next.
Then Laura Lippman's No Good Deeds.
Plus I have four more from the library but I'm not going to tell you what they are because too many people think it is a recommendation when you tell them what you are GOING to read, even though you have no idea whether it's any good because you haven't read it yet.
For a special treat, I'm saving Candy Halliday's Your Bed or Mine? and Virginia Kantra's Home Before Midnight and Emilie Rose's latest Silhouette, help! I can't remember the title (did those other titles from memory, sure hope I got them right). I haven't read them, but I know they'll be good.
And of course, I have not yet read Cut Out or Who Dares Wins. And for some strange reason, I can't seem to find my copy of Dragon Sim, which was here when I left for Atlanta and is now missing. And which I have also NOT READ. So whoever took it had better bring it back.
And that was just this past week.
And I have never read a T. Pratchett, but it is on my list of things to do. Soon.
bw
Nanaino g..
As far as I know the Dorothy Dunnett books are not being re-issued.
Did anyone watch "Nightline" on ABC last night (Friday)...the story about the high frequency device used to disperse crowds...Dorothy Dunnett used a similar device to help get one of the bad guys....book issued in 1973....nothing new under the sun.
Book is "Murder in Focus"
vajryrz...green
various articles, Jenny's, Robert's, YEC really zip
BCB I had to find out you loved my work, here on the blog. You couldn't like email me and let me know. No, you make me sit on pins and needles because you think it's fun to make me perspire, don't you!
So, you liked it, really. Was it funny, does it make sense. I know my writing needs to be cleaned up, still have to polish, but it didn't totally suck!
SDCB don't worry, I'll bring the hockey stuff, I've got your back.
Okay, it's like flipping cold, darnk and windy out here on my front porch. I'll have to catch up with the rest of the posts in the am, if it's not like pouring or something. I think next year DH has to break down and get wireless so we don't have be pathetic and use our neighbors, who by the way, have given us permission, they don't care. They actually laugh at me outside, while they are in their house, all nice and warm. Okay, I'm have cocoa and the going to bed. I unlike some other people am ready for bed!
Read? Who gets time to read? Sigh. By the time I do the Million and one Mummy things and spend 5-6 hours a day writing ( the job that doesn't pay the mortgage - yet) and the job that does pay the mortgage and all the household stuff and blogged of course, I dont even have the energy to crawl in to bed. Should I actually fool myself into thinking I can read I usually fall asleep after about the second page.
I miss it so much...
In my TBR pile is - Moby Dick, Lady Chatterly's Lover, The Da Vinci Code ( yes, there is one person in the world who hasn't read it yet), a Stephanie Laurens. How to Kill Your Husband by Kathy Lette, Ben Eltons latest, several category romances and a Nora.
Only 13 day til we got to Italy and the UK. No kids - I plan on reading. A lot.
iawrwl - I adore writing (and) reading with lovers
Jen complained: it's like flipping cold, darnk and windy out here on my front porch
See? Here is an example of why I love her writing. Creative use of language and increased vocabulary for those of us who have become complacent about that encountered in standard A.English.
This is payback for not reading the email I already sent her, telling her how much I liked it. No, she's too busy basking in the crisp brisk refreshing Canadian air, lounging around up there next to that damn lake in NY (which I am beginning to really resent, BTW), while the rest of us are sweltering through the remnants of summer.
And did I hear her say "perspire?" Right. Next thing you know she'll be "glowing" and calling herself Scarlett. Who ended up wearing curtains and eating dirt, if memory serves. Just keep that in mind, my dear.
DUG: I haven't read DaVinci Code either. Have no plans to do so. Life is too short.
bw
theresa said "Books in boxes are so sad."
there's some poetic truth if i ever heard it.
DUG: haven't read Da Vinci Code either. probably cause i'm a contrary soul and i was told to.
BCB: you have never read a Pratchett? you poor, unfortunate soul. i was once like you...ah, the dark ages.
my mom is now laughing at me because i'm singing the song with the line "you poor, unfortunate soul" (Little Mermaid, Disney, Ursula when she's getting Ariel's voice)
Happy Anniversary Jenny & Bob!
Clandestine CBs: Moot Signal, plastic cover, etc. I'm in. Yes, I am a very innocent looking librarian. Only those who look really close realize I'm actually a gutter-minded insubordinate.
Reading right now: Guards! Guards! by TP, Ricochet by SB, Cut-Out by GAM, Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Witness by Dee Henderson, Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson, and Fen Country by EC.
Gee, wonder where I get many of my suggestions :)
DUG: I haven’t read Da Code either. Started the first chapter twice. *shrugs* Couldn’t get into it. Gave up.
nxhvy: No eXtremely heavy harp yet.
I'm reading Nora Roberts, Northern Lights. Pubbed in 2004. Someone just gave me the hardback. It's 562 pages so will take me some time to get through.
I'm also deep into writing my romantic suspense firing along into the eighth chapter. It's going well and I'm thoroughly enjoying writing this story. Except for the sex scenes. Why do we have to write those again?
I always resist them but know if I'm writing romance I have to do it. My CP's tell me I have to give the readers what they want. They better not want erotica cause I can't write that stuff.
The old nurse in me says "Damn it, there aren't that many ways to describe the act and make it different." I get so tired of the obligatory three scenes in every book, the straight sex scene, the oral sex scene, and the "lets do something really naughty scene." My attitude is usually, "for crying out loud it's just sex, close the freakin door and get on with the story."
I swear, half the time I skim over those scenes in a book. It's not that I don't like sex or I'm a prude or anything but to me the emotions just don't come across on the page. And some of them are downright funny.
I'm really crabby today. Gotta go write this stupid scene ...
rg
DUG, BCB and Lori: add me to the club. One chilly, damp evening when it was too early to go to dinner, I sat on the couch in my hotel in Florence and read/skimmed the first 50 pages of the Da Vinci Code which was on their leave a book/take a book shelf. Didn't care about the characters, didn't care about the plot, didn't care about the hoopla. I banished it back from whence it came. I have no idea what people see in it. *yawn*
Ok, I'll ask.
Does it matter in which order I encounter the greatness that is Terry Pratchett? Speak slowly and use small words please. Cause I'd sure hate to get it wrong, this whole coming out of the dark ages thing.
Sheesh.
Lori: Gutter-minded insubordination? Yes. Exactly. We are soul sisters, I knew it.
RG: You're kidding, right? After Tal sent you such inspiring pictures of Aussie hunks? For shame. If that doesn't work, just picture Louis' sweaty hard working GAM cowboy sons. We'll see whether we can convince him to let one of them come over here and whisper sweet horse things into your ear.
bw
ghsajh: GAM has same answers Jenny has. either that or something about Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for Jersey Homemakers
I still havn't read "The DaVinci Code...read about two chapters...looked thru some of the rest and put it on the shelf. Just could not get into it.
pfiydy red
what I said to The Da Vinci Code
G-G spoke truth: One chilly, damp evening when it was too early to go to dinner, I sat on the couch in my hotel in Florence and read/skimmed the first 50 pages of the Da Vinci Code.../ /...I banished it back from whence it came. I have no idea what people see in it.
Good God. Not even a chilly damp early evening in Florence can improve it. I'm impressed after all. Not many things in life about which one can make this claim.
Still not going to read it.
bw
Congratulations! Many happy returns and many happy novels. And I second or quintuple the wish for more years of booking!
zziiryza = zany zebras instantly initial reeling yellow zebra's arrows
Oh goody - fellow revolters.
Honestly, I go to read it. I pick it up, read the back blurb, open the cover and then I put it down. I know the back blurb off by heart. I cant explain why I cant bring myself to read it, even the first page. I think all the hoopla really puts me off. And then about 50 people have said to me that Angels and Demons is much better so I think every time I pick it up I think, maybe I should just read Angels and Demons first and then I put it down again.
And so it sits, day after day, night after night, on my bedside table. Staring at me. Taunting me. Daring me.
But I'm with whoever said life's too short.
heymf - hey my freedom ( right?)
Well, up until 10 minutes ago I was reading "Yes Man" by Danny Wallace, which is the story of a man who decided that for the better part of a year he would say 'yes' to anyone who presented him with an opportunity. I particularly enjoyed the encounters with a telemarketer ("Why yes! I would like you to give me an estimate on double glazed windows, even though I already have them...") and also his encounter via email with the Nigerian who needed a lot of money and also the man's bank account number.
xfauhyn - someone who is no longer a fauhyn, really Blogger, you might want to challenge me a bit more than that...
Robena: I'm with you on sex scenes. I guess Burt and Dick are more our speed. I mean the poster ones. Very literal sex scenes remind me of the instructions for changing the float in the toilet. I much prefer explicit mush.
People, if you read THE DA VINCI HOAX, you don't need to bother to read THE DA VINCI CODE. (Unpaid propaganda, as co-author Sandra Miesel is an old fannish friend of mine.)
I have been trying to read THE RULE OF FOUR, which is billed as "THE DA VINCI CODE for people with brains;" but I got distracted and am pretty well lost now--or at least the book is. Cats, you know. Anyway, the writing is pretty good.
Have been rereading a couple of J.D. Robb's, Jayne Castle's GHOST HUNTER, and Moira J. Moore's RESENTING THE HERO, followed by the just-out sequel THE HERO STRIKES BACK. Good stuff.
I just got POISON STUDY by Maria Snyder (fantasy) and IN THE THRILL OF THE NIGHT by Candice Hern (the first of a new Merry Widows series, which I won in a drawing on the Word Wenches blog); I've been somewhat depressed lately, and in that situation I generally prefer to reread old favorites.
fvddszp -- a polite expletive in New Jersey
well, if i knew everybody was going to list all the books they had just read or are reading...nah, too lazy. i just have this fifty foot stack in my room and i was supposed to be done with it by Sept 1st. whoops.
DUG: that is me, all over. well, haven't read the back blurb either, but...and well, it's not taunting me, barely think about it any more, it's in the living room book case so i wouldn't have to see it. instead, i have all these other books staring me in the face. daring me.
tal: i picked up The Rule of Four about three times and each time put it back. what is with me? (don't answer that)
and ((((HUGS)))). don't be depressed. and do not get a sing-song book. instead of depression you'll feel suicidal. :)
lori: Ricochet by SB? only SB i can think of is Suzanne Brockmann, and 99.78% sure it's not her.
BCB: LMAO. ok. s-l-o-w-l-y. you still here? r-e-a-d o-n-e o-f h-i-s n-e-w-e-s-t o-n-e-s, b-e-c-a-u-s-e e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e w-r-i-t-e-s b-e-t-t-e-r l-a-t-e-r o-n-- ok, not EVERYONE, but almost everyone-- a-n-d i p-e-r-s-o-n-a-l-l-y l-i-k-e h-i-s n-i-g-h-t w-a-t-c-h b-o-o-k-s b-e-s-t. t-h-o-u-g-h t-h-e o-n-e i s-t-a-r-t-e-d w-i-t-h, S-m-a-l-l G-o-d-s, w-a-s r-e-a-l-l-y g-r-e-a-t. a-n-d G-o-i-n-g P-o-s-t-a-l. a-n-d...y-e-a-h, y-o-u r-e-a-l-l-y c-a-n-'-t g-o w-r-o-n-g.
translation in case it was too slow:
read one of his newest ones, because everyone writes better later on- ok, not EVERYONE, but almost everyone- and i personally like his night watch books best. though the one i started with, Small Gods, was really great. and Going Postal. and...yeah, you really can't go wrong.
aren't i cute, BCB?
haven't read all of his yet, so anyone else have a suggestion?
Happy Anniversary J&B and Jen-T and her hubby!
Mary Stella, since you're from Philly, is it true that the "real" cheesesteak is made with white American cheese. That's what I learned when I worked with a couple guys from there, but everyone else I've talked to says that's wrong. Of course, they're from Jersey or Ohio or someplace not-Philadelphia.
Crimson Stealth Butterfly - is this a new voice? Well, I don't remember seeng you before, so, welcome, just in case. ;+)
I, too, have never read the DaVinci Code and, blasphemy, have never been able to get into Pratchett. I take it back. I read Good Omens, which was Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Didn't like it much, but do like Gaiman writing alone. Pratchett just seems a bit precious to me, while Gaiman is more straightforward. Like the difference between the Cure (Pratchett) and NIN (Gaiman) in music, similar but different.
Hey, Tal, don't be depressed. You've got all us demented CBs to try to amuse you.
cbhbyw (red)
Cherry Bombs have beautiful young wiggles. LOL! No one says they have to make sense.
lpofseip (green)
leap of somthinginaforeignlanguage?
In his defense, he's probably an introvert.
For anyone who has difficulty spotting and identifying this reclusive species:
They're not often seen by daylight. Not by choice, anyway.
Skip the bar scene, hot clubs, city streets, or anywhere there are masses of people. They are just not there, unless they've been dragged there hoof and nail, under duress.
Try the library, or (much more likely), a remote island surrounded by a moat filled with piranhas.
If one has accidentally ventured out by daylight, thank your lucky stars, because it's a rarity:
It's that cute guy (or girl) stumbling about in a bemused fog, looking a bit rumply and preoccupied.
They may or may not be wearing sunglasses.
They may or may not remember exactly where they were going, and instead stop and waft in place before shooting off like an arrow in a completely different direction.
Most introverts find it sort of a trial by fire to get their clothes on the right way round, never mind life's little details like anniversaries.
After all, who cares what you've got on, as long as it's something, and there'll always be another anniversary next year, right? Er...right?
Extroverts, of course, generally find this behavior infuriating, to say the least, on a scale from mildly vexed to speechless with rage.
All the same, they're adorable. Are they not? Oh, yes they are.
We have exhibit #1: The "Huh? Annivers-what? The AC, don't know about that as a plot point, what about if we..."
Tsk. Right?
But then there are also the thoughtful, mind-bogglingly perfect GAM gifts they bestow on you completely out of the blue, as well.
Not because it's an anniversary, per se, more often only because they think you're pretty nifty and it's only just occurred to them.
They might not talk a lot, but, presto, they've actually been listening.
Yes, they're lovely. Even if they've gone out in a blizzard wearing flip-flops because they were too busy thinking about some plot point to remember they live in Minnesota and it's winter.
No use throwing their snow boots down the drive, hoping to wallop some common sense into them via the back of their hard little heads.
They won't even notice the snow. Or the boots. Or the aggravated screams.
They are just...elsewhere.
Introverts unite! (But...quietly...and in your own time...won't tell the extroverts where we are, either...in case they try to (God forbid!) talk to us...)
;)
OH: I follow your reasoning; but the whole Discworld setup is established in the first few books. One problem is that the first one, THE COLOUR OF MAGIC, is mostly parody of well-known SF/fantasy series, so that if you aren't familiar with them, you don't enjoy it as much.
Zaza: I remember looking up Philly cheesesteaks online (I wanted to know if green peppers are required; they're not) and found a site billing itself as "the home of the original Philly cheesesteak;" it said you are supposed to use--Cheez Whiz!
http://www.patskingofsteaks.com/recipe.htm
Wikipedia confirms that they really are the original:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesesteak
bqmzetn -- Be quiet, Mary, Zaza's eating Talpianna now.
qxfmvug -- name of the current golf champion on Io. Pronounced "Susie."
Good morning all. It's still flipping cold, but no longer DARK! Geez, BCB I couldn't even see the damn keyboard. My creative use of language - are you trying to make me pee my pants.
SDCB - thanks for the e-card. Very cute! DH has already left for Golf.
I think I have caught up on the blog. A lot seems to happen when I sleep. here are a few random thoughts
Never read the DaVinci Code, although it is on my list to read. Read Angles and Demons. Right now I'm re-reading (do that a lot) TELL NO ONE by Harlon Coban. It's a great book. Anything by this man is a great book. After that, I'm going to read a few romances.
Sex scenes - I enjoy them, even the excplict ones, but language is key in my humble opinion. I don't want them to read like instructions manuals. I know how, most grown people know how, it's all about the emotion, not so much what the hand or whatever is doing. I've never been overly fond of sweet romances because sex is such a huge part of relationships. Anyone who says it's not a big deal, well, I'd disagree. And because of that reason, when I'm readng a romance, I want the sex. Now if I'm reading a mystery or thriller, don't care so much about the sex, it's an aside, if it's there. But that's not what the book is about. Ya know.
Morning conversation with DH -
Me: Good morning babe, happy anniversary.
DH: (no shower, or food yet) He grunts
Me: Since it's a crappy day, I think me and the kids will come home early from the lake and we can say go out to dinner.
DH: Another grunt then he goes to take a shower.
I now wait until he's done with breakfast.
Me: So, what do you think?
DH: He looks around the kitchen, then at me. "Have you been talking?"
Me: I sighed. I'm coming home early, want to do dinner.
DH: He shrugged, kissed my forehead and left.
20 minutes later he calls and says, "Happy anniversary, babe."
anon wrote: Yes, they're lovely. Even if they've gone out in a blizzard wearing flip-flops because they were too busy thinking about some plot point to remember they live in Minnesota and it's winter../ /..They won't even notice the snow. Or the boots. Or the aggravated screams. They are just...elsewhere.
Hmm. Very, um, lovely description of an introvert, but you have obviously not been in MN during a blizzard. It is not something that escapes notice, introvert or not.
JEN: Happy Anniversary!! Hope you and DH both have a good round -- that his is sub-par and that yours is not. [grin]
I'm off to take DD back to school, after a "quick stop" at the grocery store. Why we need to buy groceries when we spent a fortune on a meal plan is a question for which I do not yet have an answer.
And then, all other obligations satisfied (please), I plan to spend the afternoon writing.
bw
Okay, I've joined the CTUC (Cheer Talpianna Up Campaign) and to do my part in this campaign, I will now tell two jokes. wow, that cleared the room in a hurry
This is supposedly the 2nd funniest joke in America:
Two guys are playing golf of a beautiful morning. A funeral procession comes down the road, and one man takes off his hat and stands respectfully until it passes by. Then he goes back to playing golf.
Second man: "Hey, that was nice of you."
First man: "Well, we were married 35 years."
Not cheered up yet? Okay, here's what is supposedly the funniest joke in Britain:
This man is drinking in a pub when another man staggers up to him and says, "I've slept with your mum!"
The first man ignores him and sips his drink, so the second man says, louder, "I've slept with your mum!"
Finally the first man turns to the second and says "You're drunk! Go home, Dad."
/Still/ not cheered up? Okay, how about this: no more jokes from Mary. There, that should make things look better.
ptxiejlh - clearly, I've incurred the wrath of Blogger
Welcome ...Crimson Stealth Butterfly..
Mary...I laughed quietly at your jokes...like the second better.
Read "Angels and Demons"...pretty good book.
arwryip...red
Ah..Robert writes Robert, YEC in progress
Tal: Thanks for the super photo of Dick. He's very cute and fluffy and so modest. * grin*
Man it's steamy out there. Just got back from an hour and a half walk with the dog (hope she doesn't expect this every day) half-way around, we sat in the gazebo at the end of the lake. She likes to watch the fish in the water, I like to think about my current work.
Anyway, I figured out why this sex scene isn't working. Sorry I was crabby last night, and no, obviously I didn't write it. *grin* Didn't even attempt to do so, although I thought about the scene in between watching T.V. and eating too much.
My H/H aren't ready yet. The attraction is there, the dance has started, fantasies are rampant, but they haven't yet reached the stage where they're working together (they've been thrown together but until this point have been working independently)so there is no deep respect for the person which can be shown by how they work together, or what their personal values are, how those mesh together, how they support and protect each other, etc. etc.
After that happens, then the respect and admiration will turn physical. If they had sex now it would be too casual, non-meaningful. So, my earlier outline didn't work exactly. But that's okay. They're going to wait at least two more chapters. And the tension will build ... and I get a reprieve. *grin* Seriously, I can write them when I have to do but for the most part I'd rather not. But if I want to get this published ...
Still haven't read The Da Vinci Code, I tried but found it boring. Tried Pratchett's Going Postal, LMAO until about chapter three and then it just got tedious and I couldn't stay with it. Maybe I'll pick it up again later on. Love Harlan Coban's books, must go get the latest.
Back to work.
rg
I was catching up with the blog this morning and wrote all these lovely comments and then blogger fell asleep. So as I watched the little blue line go nowhere so very very slowly I had a brilliant idea and quickly opened a Word document, blocked out my entire comment and did a copy and paste. Thusly were none of my brilliant musings lost from posterity. Or you guys either.
Warning to all CB's. Scope Dope comes by that eye patch honestly ... she's a pirate! Do not play tic-tac-toe with this woman!
Wapak said ... here in the eastern half of the Midwest which is Northeast of the rest of it,
*sigh* and some people wonder why Americans have trouble with geography.
Scope said ... the kid in my Grade 8 class who had memorized the dictionary
I was really impressed until I realized there were a lot fewer words back then.
BCB mentioned ... I never read a book twice.
Good Bob! Are you kidding? They just get better in rereads! I loved DLD more this last read than the first time.
She also asked ...
Does it matter in which order I encounter the greatness that is Terry Pratchett?
No. I'm trying to read the earlier ones first but I'm getting them from the library so its not exactly in order. The only suggestion I would make is to try and read COLOUR OF MAGIC first because it contains explanations and descriptions of Disc World not in most of the other books. Gives you a better foundation to read from. I love them and bless the day I heard about them from Jenny. My fav so far is GOING POSTAL which was a fabulous send up of government.
I read DaVinci Code and enjoyed it. But I read it before I knew it was controversial. Really I just didn't take it that seriously and was very surprised that many people do.
OH I think that particular SB is Sandra Brown.
Jen T I forgot earlier to wish you and DH a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. At least I think I forgot. I forget. Anyway, many happy returns of the vibrating bed.
Which reminds me ... sex scenes. It depends on how they are written. Hold the infodump.
qmjci: Quite mightily Jenny Crusie impresses.
BCB - I've really enjoyed all of Terry Pratc