i require amusement

[jazzfish]

Primates: ". . . the death of Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiach, Primate of [All] Ireland. The newscaster asked some talking head whether he preferred to remember the Cardinal as a man or a primate."

Contact juggling: this guy's pretty good. [via sir_alf]

It's not so much that Pete Townshend has a blog, it's what he put in the "About Me" section of it.

I won a copy of matociquala's new short-story collection in a contest sponsored by AbeBooks. It should be on its way this weekend. And I read Megan Whalen Turner's The King of Attolia yesterday and I can only say "This is awesome" so many times before it loses all meaning, and I have finally started reading those books about the wizard kid that people gush so much about.

Other than that I'm . . . not exactly depressed, just numb. Tell me about something awesome that's happened to you lately.

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[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Hi. I just followed you home. *g*

Pete Townshend does not have to prove that his is bigger.

He's the man.

(The David Bowie icon for this post because this particular picture of DB is cropped out of a shot with Pete Townshend and Mick Jagger.)

[salzara-tirwen.livejournal.com]

I was actually able to find a copy of HP6 at the bookstore so I could reread it in time for #7. (Don't laugh, they were hiding them all yesterday.)

(This was easier than locating my copy.)

[uilos.livejournal.com]

I gotta tell you how grateful I am that jazzfish won a copy New Amsterdam. I just finished Whiskey and Water and I need more Bear goodness and stealing the book from him keeps me out of the bookstore.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

*g* Well, I hope it suits you!

[rbandrews]

Something awesome? Well, I got to go to Origins.

Other than that, um, my copy of Beautiful Code got here yesterday.

[elvenyukiryu.livejournal.com]

mmmm... something awesome... so demanding.

I will skip the obvious with Origins, which leaves me with my transfer at work and the fact that I keep impressing the heck out of the district and regional guys. woo.

I know, boring, but considering that work owns me, still impressive. *grin*

*hug*

is it bad that i first thought

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

you meant Diane Duane's series by "those books with the wizard kid"?

[jazzfish]

Hi yourself! There's tea on the counter, and the couch is a lot more comfy than it looks.

There is something just so unutterably /cool/ about that nonchalance. He /is/ the man.

[jazzfish]

Congratulations!

I'm about sixty pages into the first one (for the first time) and, um, unimpressed would be the polite way to put it. I am told they get better as they go. I really hope so, otherwise I'm in for a pretty dull time of it.

[jazzfish]

I'm glad Origins was awesome for someone. Stupid ticks.

And that does look like an extremely nifty book.

[jazzfish]

The transfer (promotion?) sounds like a pretty cool thing. And impressing one's bosses and higher-ups is always good. :) Go you.

*hugs back*

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[jazzfish]

Heh. Those had two wizard kids, though, right? (I only ever read the first three.)

[isolde-deely.livejournal.com]

I got to dress up as Mara Jade for work and carry a lightsaber?

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Yep.

He figures you might, you know, figure it out.

[rbandrews]

Yeah, it's pretty cool. I spent last night reading about a cool parsing technique.

[jazzfish]

I'd say that qualifies. :)

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Two paper acceptance notices in two Fridays, does that count?

[vond.livejournal.com]

Speaking of reading and awesome, I finally read Snow Crash (don't know if you've read it but lots of people we know have). It was a lot of fun, read a lot like a movie screenplay, which makes me wonder if we'll see it on the big screen someday.

[jazzfish]

I'd have to say so. Congratulations!

[jazzfish]

Snow Crash is good stuff. It's the reason I'm actually considering reading other books by Neal Stephenson, after being burned by Cryptonomicon.

Hmm. A movie version actually might work out pretty well. I'd pay money to see that.

Stupid ticks

[selki.livejournal.com]

You doing better now?

[selki.livejournal.com]

I've felt from time to time that I should read Cryptonomicon -- after all, I think the WWII cryptography efforts, the human drama with Turing, etc. are all pretty interesting. Book not up to the actual history?

[jonny-law.livejournal.com]

I have a date tomorrow. That's awesome.

My car in CA was stolen and recovered. Honestly, it would have been simpler if it hadn't been recovered and I could have claimed whatever theft insurance I have instead of dealing with having to sell it.

[jazzfish]

My Cryptonomicon Rant

I read Crypto about a year after it came out. For the first two-thirds I was hooked. "This is brilliant!" I said. "There are all these wonderfully disparate plotlines, and new bits keep getting dropped in here and there. It's going to be marvelous watching him tie all these together at the end!" At about that point I suddenly realised that he wasn't going to tie them all together. And indeed he didn't: he tied up one of the past plotlines, and the rather boring present-day plotline, and the rest just sort of petered out. Bleh.

(I'm still tired most of the time but other than that I'm doing much better, thanks.)

[jazzfish]

The date is quite awesome. Best of luck.

I'm, um, sorry your car didn't stay stolen, as odd as it sounds to say that.

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[fishy1.livejournal.com]

It depends how you define 'kids' really.
3 *human* kids and an assortment of other species.
The series is up to 8 and still running.