4183. And for once it's coming fairly easily. Maybe I have found my theme (ponies :)
For TNH, from an AP report:
A commuter ferry arrived in less than 10 minutes. "The guy on the ferry literally grabbed my arm and pulled me up," he said. Another man took off his shirt and handed it over. At the airport Marriott, the night bell captain brought a pair of shoes from home for him and went out and bought him some clothes.
"I have to say something about New York," Jones said. "We Southerners think we are the ones with all the hospitality. You just can't imagine what an overwhelming and humbling experience it is," he explained, his eyes filling with tears.
Dear citizens, dear voters: thank you, thank you, thank you.
*twitch* *twitch*
I'mhereonagreencard, Ican'tevenvote
*twitch* *twitch*
Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
I try not to bond too much with atoms, but there are two things I would ache to lose: my wedding ring. And some pictures of my Arabian horse Kehilan Alfarn, of blessed memory.
Arachne Jericho: I am working on a time machine so I can go back in time and NAPALM a whole bunch of abusers. Yours are now on my list.
Because I hear your story and I want to protect your child self and tell you the truth: You don't deserve that. It's not your fault. You deserve to be loved and happy.
Thank you, Dennis Kucinich. You speak for me.
Fie upon your free copies! I shall pant like the hart to hand over cash for one, and confine my pre-sales buzz-generating activities to frequent cries of "ZOMG WHEN WILL CORY'S LITTLE BROTHER BE OUT, I CAN'T WAIT." Like, on the bus and stuff.
Sorry if this has been linked already, but here's his last message to the world.
I feel like Samwise Gamgee watching the last of the Elves on their
way to the Gray Havens. All the Olympians, a thing never known again.
His was the first science fiction I ever read. "My God, it's full of stars" was my initiation in sensawunda.
I am sad.
Which would make the Signifier V, Ebobg.
heresiarch @#40: I think I'm wrong, but a fun wrong.
Ebl Onggl, sebz Oynqrehaare
Liberace!
1. This covers him, defining the problem space: The Human Stain, by Philip Roth. That's a hell of a secret he's trying to keep.
2. This crosses him, showing the nature of his challenge: Remake, by Connie Willis. Gotta dance!
3. This crowns him, representing the best possible outcome: The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser. The personification of glory.
4. This is beneath him, the foundation of the matter: Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe. Some secrets equate to a red hot poker up the fundament.
5. This is behind him, where he has been: Wayne's World.
Pete: Hey, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name? / Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete,
it is. In fact , it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin
for "the good land." / Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.
6. This is before him, where he is going: The Waste Land, by T S Eliot. Unreal city.
7. The Significator, defining the Querent: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. The eternal flaneur.
8. His environment: Mad Men, by Matthew Weiner. Fifties America is changing, but it cannot change quickly enough.
9. His fears: The Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks. A story of the plague.
10. Culmination, how it all comes out: The Loved One, by Evelyn Waugh. Kitsch is the great leveller.
Happy birthday! Yes, I just found out that Catherynne Valente is about six. Proposed new drinking game: one shot for every year younger and prettier they are.
Lizzy L., I am so sorry for your loss.
In 1994 I was in Newgrange, with my mother, for the solstice.
In 2002 I got my best Christmas present ever. I called her Claire, for the light. She'll be five on Tuesday.
"Without traction splinting a fractured femur is 80% fatal. With traction splinting, it’s only 20% fatal."
I am just now realizing that my little brother nearly died when he was ten. (He's 38 now, and fine.)
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