Mary: This is the Big 10 we are talking about-- it would not surprise me to hear the same thing in Champaign Urbana for Illinois.
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07/05/09 02:32 PM |
"everyone singing together -- 49,000 people with hands over hearts belting out the same stupid song" those kinds of things make me emotional too, I
agree I don't think proudly of this country when it comes to military, I think proudly of this country when we get together in the spirit of peace, hope,
community, like when a hurricane hits.
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07/05/09 07:08 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Amazing match today and one for the history books! 15 Grand Slam championships for Roger Federer (and a match that went over four hrs!)!! He's the very
best tennis player ever and a gracious gentleman to boot! It's so pleasurable to watch his balletic style and hear his kind comments apres match. I love
watching him play and he got a real test today from Andy Roddick who had nothing to be ashamed of afterward. Andy threw everything he had at Roger and then
some and it very nearly worked but Roger just kicks up to another gear! Yesterday's final, especially the second set, was incredibly boring...as usual.
Betsy
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So who won the women's final? I'm glad you tennis fan were able to see some spectacular tennis.
Mary, I didn't know any of the quiz answers either. I just picked ones which had short-ish answers as I could paste in the Q's but not the A's. lol Karen, Sorry your team threw away the game but glad you were able to have the day be the way you two wanted it to be. Find any treasures in the shed? We really should empty our shed but it should last another year. As long as the mower and wheelbarrow fits in, I'm fine. I know what you mean about how you felt. We don't have a lot of times in which to feel nationalist pride in a large group like that so we have to enjoy them when they come. My ds has his 1st real job this summer. He's so funny about it, moans and groans before he leaves. I ignore it because he's ready to go when it's time. Smart boy, he's willing to bank 1/2 of each paycheck. Except for the first one, we agreed that one was all his. So far he hasn't even spent that much. I'm sure it'll go eventually. He should save it all for gas $ for when he starts driving. Oh yeah, and insurance. eep |
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07/06/09 11:16 AM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Serena beat her sister, Venus, this time, Olle. What sort of first job has your ds got? I guess we all never forget our first jobs along with all the other
"firsts" in our lives.
Betsy
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07/06/09 01:46 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Olle, it was the newly purchased wheelbarrow that necessitated cleaning and clearing the shed; no way we could put that in the garage, oh no! No surprises
except that I have a LOT more aquarium rock than I'd realized.
Karen
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07/06/09 02:22 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
The library updated its web site over the weekend. There are lots of cool features (tagging, my library, new ways to search)... but I can't access my
account!! Waaaaahhhh!!
And, after fighting with it for hours, I called - and found that nobody can access their accounts. The guy said they're getting 80 calls an hour, in a tone that made it sound like all he wanted to do was hang up! Grrrr! I'm an addict! I need my book fix!! Sniff.
Who'll stop the rain? - Credence Clearwater Revival
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07/06/09 03:24 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Honestly Jodi! You must be down to your last twenty library books and soon (tomorrow?) you won't have anything to read!! Of course, I'm kidding but
what a nuisance that update has turned into! Did your buddy say anything about when it's projected to be straightened out?
Betsy
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07/06/09 05:26 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
I only had ten (you big meany Betsy) - four of which I read, one abandoned, probably going to abandon a second one, which leaves only 4! How am I supposed to
cope (wringing hands, crying tears). A day or two (who knows, maybe more) to fix it.
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07/06/09 05:55 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Oh dear oh dear! I wish I lived nearer to you so I could drop off a care package of a dozen books or so! They'd be all mysteries but you could cope,
couldn't you?
Betsy
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07/06/09 09:08 PM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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Ok but what's the point of reading so fast if you don't tell us which ones were good and why and which you dumped? Geee. I don't care about the
count, I want the inside scoop Mikey.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
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07/06/09 11:57 PM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Ah, Jodi, I take it you're not a library browser then... like in person, with the books in hand? Don't feel bad if that's the case as it
doesn't work for me either.
Karen
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07/07/09 04:12 AM BCC BookieMonster |
Jodi's in a bad way - go and help her someone !!
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07/07/09 08:10 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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LOLLLLL poor Jods, in the midst of one of the world's greatest cities and all it's resources. She'll never have any idea how lucky she is unless
she goes through the culture shock of living somewhere that limits your choices severely. The internet has been the saving grace here.
Chris, I overheard a young man talking about his upcoming 2-week trip to Australia and I so wanted to blurt out...GO TO NZ, GO TO NZ.
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
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07/07/09 08:38 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
OK, OK (sheesh)
I read: *Guernsey Potato Peel (a good, fast read). The story is told in letters back and forth between the characters, which I usually don't like, but these were short, breezy, and funny. * Guernica - takes place in Guernica, Spain during WWII (so you know it's going to be sad), but it's well-written and pulls you into the story (about several generations of Basque farmers and townspeople) and what happened during the war. He pulls in the real-life Red Baron and Pablo Picasso (which seems a little confusing at first), but makes sense at the end. The description of the bombing is heartbreaking. Good read. * A Beautiful Place to Die (Malla Nunn)- part Borderlands (but better written), part Hamish (Scottish voices growling in the hero's head), but set in South Africa during apartheid. A policeman is found shot dead in a river. The security police want to make it political, but the investigating policeman in charge suspects other motives. (this was one of our nominees for whodunnit). I liked the way she wove the story together across societal lines, color barriers, and stupid, brutal laws. I figured out parts of what happened, but the rest kept me guessing (hooray!). * Palace Council (Stephen Carter) - I abandoned this one - didn't care about the characters, it was dragging, and I just didn't care what happened. It could have been a taut, thriller (a la David Balducci) but it wasn't. * Music and Silence -(Rose Tremain) abandoned this too - the people in it were unlikeable and the book was depressing. It may be my mood (I liked The Colour), and nobody on Amazon agreed with me. * The Echo by Minette Walters - I don't think I'd read one of her books before, but since the library didn't have her first one, I decided to try this. I can see she's a talented writer, but the plot was confusing. I had trouble keeping everyone and everything straight, and the behavior of one of the characters was a bit "off". Started The Nine last night.
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I finally Finished Luncheon of the Boating Party, bu Susan Vreeland. I generally gravitate towoard books with artistic subjects and themes, but only sheer
cussedness made me finish this one. The plot centers on Renoir painting Luncheon of the Boating Party, and there is lots of background on Impressionism, the
politics and in-fighting of between the painters, French history, and the of the models Renoir used. All good. But Vreeland spent too much time, IMHO,
describing clothing and personal appearance, boat races and food, and used cliched language to do it. Enough with the "perky breasts" already.
Frankly, it reminded me of a paperback romance (not my preference). I'm glad to move on.
Sherry
Sherry in WI
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Jodi, wouldn't it have been nice of the library to have put a notice on their brand-new site that patrons couldn't access all the neat stuff yet? Our
site will close down for "maintenance" and puts a note on the library door but not a notice on their website. Not truly helpful. Then again, I know
nothing about running a website, maybe it's difficult.
Betsy, thanks for asking. He's working at a fast food restaurant. It was amazing how many places weren't taking applications, including other ff restaurants. I'd heard about it, didn't truly expect it. Karen, do you have many aquariums? fresh water or salt?
Olle
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07/07/09 10:17 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Olle, the search works fine - you just can't login to your account (to check your reserves, or to make new ones). But yeah, it would be nice to put up a
page (and no, it's not hard!) with a note saying we're having a problem.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
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07/07/09 11:19 AM BCC ZEN BOOKIE COOKIE
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YAYYYYY JODI-
 Perfecto! Just what I'd been hoping
for.
I'm going to have to try A Beautiful Place to Die (Malla Nunn). As for Minette Walters, her books can be a crap shoot as to whether they get overly complicated. I particularly liked The Ice House and The Shape of Snakes, though for very different reasons. If you try her again, try one of those. I don't recall The Echo as being special. The characters in Guernica have stayed with me still, far more than the war scenes for some reason. Harrowing impressions of war are still strongest from Birdsong and A Very Long Engagement. Sherry, thanks for the down low on The Luncheon of the Boating Party--I guess I'd rather write the book in my head than read some of what you described. Wouldn't it be fun to have an 'impressionist writer' do the story? Maybe Marquez? Or Saramago?
Reading: Angel's Game; Murder on the Ballarat Train, Kerry Greenwood (Australia in '20s)
Finished: Secret Scripture; The Nine, Toobin Here's to librariers, our bookateria
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Jodi, I have Music and Silence from the library but may give it a pass too. I started The Nine a couple of days ago but didn't really get into it until
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