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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Illinois, USA
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I used to get the Far Side desk callendars. I still have one page saved "The Insurance Salesman of the Opera." ![]()
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Puppets rule!
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I've never seen that one, but I love it anyway. The title alone tells the story. You have to think (slightly) to get it, but then it becomes hysterical.
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Given that, at the time, I was a HUGE Phantom of the Opera fan, I found it side-splittingly hilarious. I tried to see if I could find it online to share, but no luck. And I'm not sure what I did with that particular page, either.
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"Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of a bite. Naturalists have pondered this for years: there are spiders whose bite can cause the place bitten to rot and die, sometimes more than a year after it was bitten. As to why spiders do this, the answer is simple. It's because spiders think this is funny, and they don't want you ever to forget them." -Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman www.myspace.com/bavmordarocks |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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As a flight instructor, this quickly became my favorite:
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Living the dream!
Join Date: Oct 2002
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As a flight instructor, this quickly became my favorite:
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Atlanta
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I love that book! Thumbs up. Currently (re-)reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. |
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23-skidoo!
Join Date: Jan 2007
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That is a great book! ![]() Now reading: Encyclopedia of Counseling, 3rd edition. Gotta pass the NCE's and the COMPS. ![]()
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"Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of a bite. Naturalists have pondered this for years: there are spiders whose bite can cause the place bitten to rot and die, sometimes more than a year after it was bitten. As to why spiders do this, the answer is simple. It's because spiders think this is funny, and they don't want you ever to forget them." -Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman www.myspace.com/bavmordarocks |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Decatur, GA
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An Evil Guest - Gene Wolfe (Advance Readers Copy)
From the cover: Lovecraft mets Blade Runner. This is a stand-alone supernatural horror novel with a 30s noir atmosphere. Gene Wolfe can write in whatever genre he wants--and always with superb style and profound depth. Now following his World Fantasy Award winner, Soldier of Sidon, and his stunning Pirate Freedom, Wolfe turns to the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft and the weird science tale of supernatural horror. Set a hundred years in the future, An Evil Guest is a story of an actress who becomes the lover of both a mysterious sorcerer and private detective, and an even more mysterious and powerful rich man, who has been to the human colony on an alien planet and learned strange things there. Her loyalties are divided--perhaps she loves them both. The detective helps her to release her inner beauty and become a star overnight. And the rich man is the benefactor of a play she stars in. But something is very wrong. Money can be an evil guest, but there are other evils. As Lovecraft said, "That is not dead which can eternal lie." Sounds promising...we'll see if it holds up to the hype. ![]()
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Puppets rule!
Join Date: Sep 2003
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There's another book that I can safely say that I'll want to read.
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