Posts by recordari
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Megan Wegan,
I know a number of Twitflockers, actually.
What, real genuine placeholders?
[Insert WOTY here]
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to nzlemming,
P**l H****s
We can only be thankful it hasn't yet been as a politician.
ETA: Just typing 'paul' in google, the 6th most common search string was heartening.
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Busytown: She loves you, YA, YA, YA!, in reply to Jolisa,
Maurice Shadbolt's Season of the Jew made me weep. I'm a little scared to reread it, in case it makes me cry again. Or, in case it doesn't.
Yes, me too. The 'seconds' shop next to farmers in Newmarket had the New Zealand Wars Trilogy for $30. There were a few left a couple of weeks ago, if anyone's keen.
I won a book on Bookiemonster's blog, Gunshot Road, by Adiran Hyland, and apart from being free, thought it was bloody marvellous. There were moments of great pathos, and great humour, and plenty of... well read Bookie's review, she does it for a job.
Another adult book that had me at 'hello' recently was Breath by Tim Winton. Anyway, it does seem rare, but then I clearly haven't read nearly enough YA yet, so I better buy a box of tissues.
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I predict a late run on egg, now we must surely have banished 'twatcock' to the over-exposed category, in keeping with the formerly of TV, P@#$ H#$%^.
No? Oh well, one can only try.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Seriatim,
Recordari, I'm not sure RB would have invented Wikileaks;
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have. I was merely commenting on the link to the Social Network trailer.
[Redacted]
This is not about RB. Making it so is entirely unwarranted and unnecessary. And to suggest he 'doesn't quite get it', well, got a mirror?
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Busytown: She loves you, YA, YA, YA!, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Would that be Marcus Didius Falco or the more serious (but still wonderful) Gordianus the Finder? Down these mean strade...
Too fast , Mr Ranapia.
Both, as it happens. ;-) The Falco series has so many wonderful characters, have really enjoyed them, and Roman Sub Rosa has been a good way to revisit Roman Imperial history, while being too lazy to actually study it.
Somehow we missed Falco's Alexandria, and will have to remedy the situation soon.
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Busytown: She loves you, YA, YA, YA!, in reply to Jackie Clark,
I would never leave the house.
I had started to wonder why I don't get out much lately. ;-)
Helps that I don't do science fiction, though. Imagine.
...all the people, living in outer space-eee!
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Never hurts to be reminded there are always other voices, other rooms, and other windows with a fine prospect you've probably never seen before.
Hear, hear!
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Steve Parks,
Yeah. If RB could’ve invented WikiLeaks, he would’ve invented WikiLeaks!
Up until seeing that excerpt, I wanted to see The Social Network, now I need to see it.
"Did I adequately answer your condescending question?"
T-shirt, stat.
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Busytown: She loves you, YA, YA, YA!, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Baker had a lot of narrative balls (and a cast of dozens spread over several million years) in the air and not a lot of time to hand hold noobs.
Off topic, a bit, but this is what I'm realising by skipping several of Iain M. Banks Culture novels, and reading the latest two in quick succession. Noobiness abounds, and not a hand, virtual or real, in sight. They do stand alone pretty much, but some of the astro-political nuances can be a bit challenging.
Sheez, once you all get going on Jolisa's blogs, the reality of the mountains of books before me becomes quickly overwhelming, and feel compelled to crawl back under that rock of which you speak. Intimidating, much?
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Busytown: She loves you, YA, YA, YA!, in reply to Cecelia,
Can you recommend books for boys???
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series has been a hit with our miss 'everyone thinks I'm a boy, and I like it'. Three of our extended family have a kind of 'book clique' developing around it where they send the books between Akl and Wgtn. All they need now is a blog.