The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by MLR:

I've yet to see a word filter that can't be gotten around with creative spacing (f uck, f u c k), nevertheless, I'll add "foad" to your list.

I read The Eye of the World years ago when I was an assistant librarian. I enjoyed the book, but I remember more the avidness with which the younger readers devoured his series. Any writing that brings that much joy and enthusiasm to young readers is a great thing.

My condolences to his friends and family.

He sounds like a really nice guy. My condolances to his family and friends.

The Southern Poverty Law Center published an article back in September 2005 about the Department of Homeland Security listing only left-wing groups as domestic terrorists, omitting right-wing groups like those bombing Planned Parenthood clinics.

Yeah, I feel safer.

I knew him only from his writings here. I had to read this headline several times, before it made sense. It just seems unreal.

His posts were the kind you didn't skim, because you knew he would say something interesting. He must have been wonderful to know. My sincere condolences to his loved ones and friends.

He understands a lot more than he can say. Anybody know a terse way of putting that?

Verbal delay?
Expressive language delay?

This discussion is very helpful. Thanks everyone.

Jim, my son has autism. Reading over your examples of Alertness and Orientation, I could see where his responses might be misleading regarding his condition. If he were shaken from an accident, he might not be able to look at or talk to EMTs at all.

Is his autism something EMTs would likely recognize or is this a case where a medic alert bracelet would be useful?

Andrew Wheeler posts about a website that graphs other websites. As one poster at Wheeler's site said, the results are very organic looking. Making Light's graph brought to mind blue dandelions and a tall spindly weed. (Clearly I'm feeling gardening guilt here...no reflection on Making Light.) The website is fun to play with. Take a look.

So why can't the SF community have writing workshops in Greece? When I first checked the webpage, I thought the belly dancing was a required part of the writer's workshop. A new approach to writing indeed.

Athens, KY (pronounced w/ a long 'a')

What about Athens, Georgia?


Athens, Georgia is pronounced like Athens, Greece.
Cairo, Georgia is pronounced with a long "a" though.

I expect that the use of beaucoup in south Georgia comes from the presence of Ft. Benning. The US Military took beaucoup (often spelled boo-koo) from its experiences in French Indochina. I believe it's service-wide

Thank you! Nice to know its provenance.

Vlad makes boo-koo bucks (Writerious)

Growing up in south Georgia *mumble* years ago, we used to say "boo-koos," meaning a lot, and we pronounced it exactly as it's spelled here. It wasn't until I took high school French that I realized we were mangling the word. I later learned they didn't say boo-koos in north Georgia, so I'm guessing it was a local language artifact.

I've been reading so much lewt speech and Singlish lately that I had to read some of these twice to see the problem.

cya ard m8

the mullet is condemned by Procopius...

Too wonderful. Thanks for that tidbit, ajay.

So, my question to the folks here, is blood libel something the average reader will know or is it something I just know because of my almost religion minor in college?

Mark DF,

Forty-something college-educated average reader here. I'm unfamiliar with that term.

Suzanne,

I found this note regarding Japanese Larch:

Larix kaempferi, Japanese Larch, zone = 4 , sow 2m @ 39ºF, move to 70ºF for germ.

Good luck

I thought I remembered reading that rhubarb could be invasive (wanted to give you a heads up, PJ), but a quick search turned up nothing definitive about garden rhubarb. Stumbled across the Rhubarb Compendium with lots of rhubarb recipes, however.

Serge, I would look specifically for a ceramic adhesive. A craft store would be a good place to start.

You want to be careful using white glue (water soluable) on ceramics if it is something you'd stick in the dishwasher (which this isn't, but I mention it anyway).

Just for fun:
Ferrofluid Sculptures by Sachiko Kodama via Diane Duane's weblog

Harold Ickes is a famous narcoleptic. It's mentioned in this article in the last sentence of the sixth? paragraph.

One book by Damon Knight on writing is Creating Short Fiction.

And now for something completely different. I just stumbled across the King Alfred Grammar on the web and thought others here might enjoy it.

If the question here is mice, I believe Alex is right with his poop in the cornflakes comment. I've seen video of a mouse infestation in a grain silo that would give Willard the creeps. I can't find a similar photo now, but here's a small clump of mice.

Hell is full of mice must mean something like no edible food and total devastation of your livelihood.

So Pillsbury Doughboy crescent rolls are evil? Who knew?

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