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First, your Buck Fush moment of Zen [tm]: "We're not going to have any casualties." Please, for the love of ghod, help toss this asshat out of the Oval Office.

Second, those of you who are C11 voters, the keys went out last night. And, despite lacking a bid page, The Pants of Boo are again a contendah.

"Grainy" is an understatement today. Working on about three hours' shuteye at the moment. Glad the BoSox didn't screw the pooch, but that A-Rod play had me shouting "Holy fuck, it's Buckner again! Hang onto the fucking ball!" until the umps got it right in their discussion.

Also: New Yorkers are weather wusses. The crowd shots would lead you to believe it was twelve fucking degrees, the way they were bundled up. It was 46. Sure, you should have a sweater and/or a light jacket on, and gloves certainly wouldn't hurt if you're going to be sitting on your ass for three hours, but that whole Nanook of the North motif is just silly.

"The Dark Tower" is less awful than I'd been expecting, but it's still got its awkward chunks. Gnawing slowly through it, my annoyance at the reliance on Hearts In Atlantis (which, imnsho, was utterly unremarkable, and I barely remember reading, though it sits on my shelves) has peaked, I hope.

Comments

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

No, we're not *that* wussy. You're not factoring in the light aggravating rain last night. It wasn't enough to soak anything, just to make everyone damp and cold. It may have been 46 on the thermometer but it felt way colder than that. I froze my f*cking ass off last night outside after the Ministry show and I was wearing seasonally appropriate outerwear, tights, and boots. I actually had to turn on the heat in the apartment last night.

I liked parts of Hearts of Atlantis, actually. It's not my favorite by a long shot, but it's interesting. I didn't think DT leaned on it that heavily, but I did feel like after a while it was obviously getting to be "gratuitous self-referential literary wanking season"- I could almost see the thought balloon of, "hey, the sheep are now done buying the Tower books, let's lace the rest of this here book with tons of connections to my other books in hopes that Constant Reader will then go out and purchase the ones they don't have to figure out what the reference is". Or maybe I'm too cynical. I still contend that somewhere in Maine, a bitchslap needs to be delivered.

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

(See my 12 Sept 2004 entry for all that needs to be said about Stephen King.)

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

pure genius. :)

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Pants of Boo is always on the list. And always the the first on the list. Beyond pure amusing tradition, this serves a practical purpose. Since only one vote is allowed per key, and vote-changing prohibited (to prevent rampant mailbox-spying), we need a "default" option that doesn't materially affect the outcome of the vote, in case someone enters their key without making a selection, and pressing Submit. If one of the bids had the default spot, it might affect the numbers. We could put up "Select your choice here..." or something as the default, but that wouldn't be as funny.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I was just fondly recalling years past when B's Ps actually had one of the better bid sites. ;-)

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

But what if Boo's pants wins?

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Never happened yet.... There's a couple of ways to handle it, but the most likely outcome would be that it would be taken as a "vote of no confidence" and all extant bids discarded and we solicit new ones. Boo's Pants has been the top option since C7 vote, IIRC, and it's not caused any accidental problems.

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

If if Boo's pants are more popular than Tampa or San Diego, aren't we OBLIGED to try and fit 1,000 people in them?

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

You first. (:

[ivy]

that A-Rod play had me shouting "Holy fuck, it's Buckner again! Hang onto the fucking ball!" until the umps got it right in their discussion.

Yes. There was screaming at the television at that point, causing the other people around to edge away from the crazy chick. Whew.

You read King?

[smaugchow.livejournal.com]

I am vaguely surprised. I figured he would be too mainstream and dumbed-down for an edumacated guy like you. I can't stand him - he puts me to sleep. I have yet to read anything by King that I thought was even remotely interesting, scary, or thought-provoking (The Mist (short story), Pet Sematary, Insomnia, and another I can't recall). Some adaptations of his stories have made good films (Green Mile, Shawshank, perhaps others) but the books are pure agony.

Re: You read King?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I think it's safe to say that reading 'Salem's Lot was one of the seminal events in my life, actually.

Scary? No, not really. IT was decently creepy. Rage, The Long Walk, & Running Man (which he did as Bachman) are among my favorites. . . and when you can get those three, along with the truly, truly awful "Roadwork" for the cost of a single paperback, why not?