PSA for local folks
Sep. 17th, 2003 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickFederal government offices will be closed tomorrow, and Metro is going to suspend new rail and bus service as of 11 AM. (Meaning they'll stop accepting new passengers as of 11, any vehicles in transit will finish out their routes and then go out of service.)
On to the not-at-all-a-PSA bit:
I'm going to the office tomorrow to make sure all the machines in the outer offices are shut down and off the floor, but may try to take off early in the afternoon. I stopped at the bookstore on the way home to pick up Endless Nights (just call me fangirl), and left with that book, "Kushiel's Dart", the current Scientific American with the brain on the cover (braaaaaains...), and a couple of Tenchi manga for C. Wh yes, I do very much resemble the current storyline on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
dorktowerfeed. We have a flat of Diet Coke, non-perishable foodstuff, a freezer full of ice for the cooler if needed, lots of candles and a couple of oil lamps, and a love of Big Weather. I think we're all set. (I will, however, be quite upset if my car gets damaged because my neighbors don't bother to bring their crap in off of their balconies.)
On to the not-at-all-a-PSA bit:
I'm going to the office tomorrow to make sure all the machines in the outer offices are shut down and off the floor, but may try to take off early in the afternoon. I stopped at the bookstore on the way home to pick up Endless Nights (just call me fangirl), and left with that book, "Kushiel's Dart", the current Scientific American with the brain on the cover (braaaaaains...), and a couple of Tenchi manga for C. Wh yes, I do very much resemble the current storyline on
dorktowerfeed. We have a flat of Diet Coke, non-perishable foodstuff, a freezer full of ice for the cooler if needed, lots of candles and a couple of oil lamps, and a love of Big Weather. I think we're all set. (I will, however, be quite upset if my car gets damaged because my neighbors don't bother to bring their crap in off of their balconies.)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2003-09-17 05:11 pm (UTC)Let me know what you think if you get to it before I get to my copy. :-)
the current Scientific American with the brain on the cover (braaaaaains...)
Now I have an earworm of the Voltaire song (one I first heard in a "Grim & Evil" cartoon before I even knew who he was). :-)
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Date: 2003-09-17 05:57 pm (UTC)Riiiiiiight. Heh. (That's actually shorthand for "There are so many other things ahead of it in the queue that I may not actually get to it until November." Of course, some of those have been waiting so long that putting them off for another week or so won't make no nevermind. ;) )
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Date: 2003-09-17 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-17 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-17 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-17 07:37 pm (UTC)Course my office is still officially open...
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Date: 2003-09-17 08:03 pm (UTC)OK, you're a fangirl. :)
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Date: 2003-09-17 11:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-17 11:55 pm (UTC)KUSHIEL'S DART
Date: 2003-09-18 09:14 am (UTC)That said, the books ARE about someone who saves the world, negotiates the peace and (metaphorically speaking) invents the wheel and fire while we're at it. Also, a major premise is just silly (that the protagonist is the only real submissive masochist in the world, and that in general submissive masochists are terribly rare.)
I can live with the flaws because the world-building in exquisite. It's a complete and believable world, and, more, it's one where I would even like to live! The religion preaches pleasure and sexuality as sacraments, for starters. I'd say jump it up to next in your queue--or just dive right in while you're hiding from the hurricane.