Tor.com is hosting leighdb 's re-read of the Wheel of Time series prior to the last book being published. It looks like a nice way to refresh your memory if, like me, you don't have time to actually re-read it yourself.

Well, I left it up another three days, and that should give everyone plenty of time to get home, get rested, and do whatever surfing they want. So time to make with the answers! Under a cut, for both space and to let any latecomers check previous entries first if they like. 1. I intensely disliked my father's fifth wife, but not to the point of murder. I, the fruit of his second ill-considered...

I feel a bit awkward reposting a meme, like I'm an LJ attention-whore or something, but it wasn't until after I originally posted it that I remembered oh yeah, a lot of people are probably, like, *away* for the holiday and crap, and it wasn't the best timing. So I figure I'll repost, and give it another day or two or even three, since I like to think that these are fun. ;) Later on today I'll also...

leighdb concludes a review of Wall-E : [The one flaw she found] is hardly an insurmountable one. Your film wishes it did flaws like Pixar's films do flaws. Context is a Directive: Go see this.

Believe it or not, I actually thought of doing this last night, before I read and swiped leighdb 's posting of a book meme today. I thought of it after I'd already gone up for the night though, and figured this would be long and involved enough that I didn't wanna come down and get into it just then. My answering the subsequent meme may or may not have influenced what I'm putting here. *cough*...

I forgot to do the Monday Fun this week, so instead, have a book meme, swiped from leighdb . The rules according to Leigh and adding back in the "whether you liked them or not" clause: 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Put an * next to those you've read partially. 3) Put those you really enjoyed in italics. 4) Reprint this list in your own LJ. 1. Pride and Prejudice...

Swiped from a few people on my friends list, because I just had to. One is in a mall when zombies attack. One gets one's choice of: 1. weapon Probably a flamethrower. I mean, a weapon like a sword or whatever takes you way too close to the zombies, and still might not do the job. I mean, does chopping off a head kill them? And me and firearms don't mix very well, so that leaves out the usual shotgun...

It's been an... educational 9 months of being mostly unemployed. The details are dull and dreary. let me just say that between the infrequent contract work and the efforts made toward getting the next job, there has not been as much time (and certainly not as much will) to sit down and bang out the prose as one might hope. A good chunk of that inactivity, however, is attitude, and frankly I have...

Anyone know how jails - getting arrested, getting a trial date set, etc - work in France? Inquiring minds need to know. For SCIENCE! Or, more appropriately, for LITERATURE!, but that doesn't roll of the tongue quite so easily.

Answers to my very first iPod meme-age . Good job to the winners! "In slow motion, the blast is beautiful" -- Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking , Snow Patrol: "Oh give these clay feet wings to fly to touch the face of the stars" -- Dante's Prayer, Loreena McKennitt: "Children waiting for the day they feel good, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday" -- Mad World , Tears for Fears [ birwulf ,...