Recent content by Ashlea

I just had my last day at my former job, and my coworkers got me as a departing gift a gift card to Barnes and Noble. (Do they know me or what?) So now I have to decide what to buy . . . :)

Please, please, please read the book before seeing the movie.

It hasn't worked yet, but I still try to communicate messages via brain power. Why is that, anyway? You think I'd just accept it doesn't work . . .

YES! I loved Ex Libris - every few paragraphs it was like, "WOW, someone else does that too!" Haven't read her other one, though. It was very well received when it came out. I've always meant to look into her father's (Clifton Fadiman's) literary criticism, but haven't done it yet.

Lots of evocative images there. I did find the dash things at the beginning of the lines distracting, tho.

I tend to leave bookmarks in the books after I've read them, so I go thru quite a few. Other than the free ones that I get at bookstores, I also use paint sample color strips. If I use those, I try to color coordinate so it matches the bookcover. When reading poetry, I tend to mark my faves...

My boss left me alone for many blissful months. Then hunting season was over, he sold his bay house so couldn't fish, he broke his hand horseback riding so he couldn't ride the horse or play golf, and he's in between girl friends. So he keeps popping by to poke at files and asking me, "Why did...

I called the lawn chem people. The did something. Now I need to call the landscape people, so they can do several other somethings. Meanwhile, I'll go buy some more basil.

My current soundtrack: Kelly Willis. Can't stick to just one, though. It cycles through all sorts of stuff.

I love Twain's humor. Some of his more subversive writing is spectacular. He can point out all the foibles of human nature without being malicious. Some of my more out of the way faves are Pudd'nhead Wilson, Eve's Diary, and Letters from the Earth.

I am loving this so far (about 1/2 way in.) I love that he uses language to its limits, all the while saying that the available metaphor and vocabulary is insufficient to express what he's trying to communicate. And he's obviously very good at his job. :D

I rented a beach house and invited a few friends. When some friends who were a couple arrived, I directed them to the 2nd bedroom and pointed out that there was a vent, right there, between the bedrooms, so there was no privacy whatsoever. Of course, they thought everyone had left before...

Hmm, 4th largest city in the US, lots of oil and gas refineries. They seem to go boom enough just on their own (see last week's news.) I don't think anyone would bother.

Alrighty, back on topic! The publisher of this fine magazine saw this and sent me a copy! (I love the internet.) It was an eyeopening read to be sure. Much racier than cosmo, but a great attitude. And very educational. Not for the faint of heart, though. Sort of like a girly playboy...

Also, weren't her early book written for a romance reader audience? Seem to remember that she wrote some of those at first.