Posts by Ngaire BookieMonster
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I'm probably not the most even-handed judge of these things.
Being that I am quite often caught in bookstores grabbing new books, holding them up, going "ooooo so pretty" and sniffing the paper... uh, yeah, me neither.
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For some people it is desirable. I'm usually reading about 25 books at once, switching between when I get bored. Ebook readers automatically remember exactly where you were up to. The device is smaller than one quite small book.
Sure, for some people. But since it's always touted as one of the major benefits the assumption seems to be that it must be desirable for the large majority of people. I don't believe that's true.
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Up to a point, but I'm actually one of those cranks who doesn't get terribly bent out of shape about delayed gratification and rather likes physically visiting bookstores and browsing.
Me too. I also don't feel the need to be able to carry my entire library around - it's a very different situation to when it became possible to mobilise your music collection, for example, but it seems that that solution is being applied as being automatically desirable for books also.
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More than a few years ago I started reading Beyond Black, but ended up putting it down as I couldn't get into it. But this has spurred me to try it again, as well as A Place of Greater Safety.
And more Mantel actually, because she's been quite prolific.
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"Sanitary towel"
I just had flashbacks to my early teen years when we got information on "sanitary towels" that was printed about 10 years prior and so bore no actual resemblance to the brand-spanking-new "feminine hygiene" that was for sale in the supermarket. Fortunately by that stage the "hygiene" was pretty user-friendly.But back to iPad (with wings for extra protection!) - it looks increasingly like this may spell the end of e-ink technology, for a start.
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If anyone's interested (there's no sci-fi involved) I'm reading Wolf Hall and it's aMAZing.
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However I believe I shall never wash the Internet again all the same.
I've been feeling A LOT like this recently. :D
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Am I the only person who sees massive parallels between Glee and Ryan Murphy's earlier attempt at high school satire in Popular?
Nope, not just you - definitely very similar, and the same strange mixture of outrageous, hilarious, brilliant, snarky episodes with inconsistent "lesson" episodes. Popular was such a great program, but I don't think America was ready for it at that time - but they seem to love Glee! (Me too, just quietly)
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In hindsight, my mother may have been good at keeping pesky children busy, but she was a little odd.
I think I love your mother, just a little bit.
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Hehehe, lmgtfy. Only saw that for the first time the other day.
ZOMGponies - ZOMG, now with added ponies!
Or, if you want to be really crazy or a bit esoteric, ZOMGunicorns!