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anarchist_nomad) wrote2007-04-04 11:54 pm
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Endings and Other Niftiness
No coherence between topics in tonight's entry, so don't expect any. Just sayin'
- Finished reading The Nine Tailors in my hotel room before dinner tonight. It is the first Dorothy Sayers novel that I have read. Indeed, I am not a big mystery reader, so it is unlikely that I would have ever picked up the book had it not focused heavily on change bell ringing. That said, I thought it was excellently written, with intricate and elaborate detail. I may end up reading other books by her, particularly those featuring
Bruce WayneLord Peter Wimsey. The book also made me missing bell ringing, which I have been doing less frequently between terms. Yes, it has only been six days since I pulled some rope -- and eight days until I do so again -- but I miss it nonetheless. I should practice some Plain Bob Minor for handbells to pass the time until then. - Finished the New Super Mario Bros. after dinner tonight. First time I have beaten a video game in a couple of years. It was fun. The Kiddo picked a good Christmas present for me. I may go back and play it a bit more, just to beat it even more completely. For instance, I never discovered how to access worlds four and seven. There is something a bit odd, though, about hearing the stereotypical Italian accent that Mario sports... while I am here in Italy. Mildly jarring, when compared to the real thing that is all around me.
- Speaking of Christmas, and because I was playing with photos last night, here is a shot of me taken by
theentwife in New York City last December, while we were out and about with
squeektoy42 and a few others.
Handsome bloke, ain't he? - Many wishes for a very happy birthday to the ever-wonderful
ms_redcat!!! Big virtual hugs for you, sweetie -- redeemable for real ones next time I see you! (And is it mean to point out that you are now older than me again?)
- It has been like Old Home WeekTM here at Gran Sasso. Apparently there is a meeting of some of the European collaborators from Pierre Auger, in preparation for the 2007 International Cosmic Ray Conference. Thus, I keep running into old and familiar faces from when I was a member of that august collaboration.
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Your Mario observation is amusing. Do they really speak that way in Italy? :D
What a very handsome bloke indeed (and a lovely picture -- thanks
*kiss* Love you!
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Sorry, you're right. I should have said Batman. Bruce is just a mask. ;-)
They just are... uhm... a bit similar, stylistically.
It's true. I would have sworn that Wimsey was based on Batman until you pointed out that Lord Peter came first. I don't think that Batman was based on Lord Peter, though. Not because I think Batman was an original an uninfluenced work -- quite the contrary! But Bob Kane (and Bill Finger) have talked about the characters that got mixed together to become Batman. They include the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Zorro, and The Phantom. I have never heard Lord Peter Wimsey mentioned.
Can I coax you into reading Gaudy Night? It has no change bells, but does take place in Oxford!
If it takes place in Oxford -- no surprise, given that's where Sayers lived -- then I might indeed take a look at it. Though my next book is Richard II and, after that, Stardust. But remind me and I'll get to it...
Your Mario observation is amusing. Do they really speak that way in Italy?
No, not at all. Which is why it is so jarring!
What a very handsome bloke indeed (and a lovely picture -- thanks theentwife)! And what a sexy fake leather jacket he's wearing, too.
*grin* Thanks! For both the compliment and the jacket!
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I can't wait to move back east. (mumbles 18 more months, 18 more months...)
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Seriously, though, how ever did you end up in Vegas? It is pretty clear that you can't stand it there. And what is happening in eighteen months to commute your sentence and return you to the East?
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In about 18 months D. will be done with his AA degree and is planning to transfer back east to finish the rest of his education... and hopefully the housing market will have improved enough that we'll take less of a bath if we want to sell Mold Manor.
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Oh, and about the jacket, twas a gift from
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I plan to hit Starwood in July, which is technically New York. However, as a born and bred New York City boy, I don't really believe that Starwood counts as being in New York. It is in Upstate.
So the next time I am likely to be in NYC is after P**T***, in October. Which is only six months away now!
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(Unless, of course, you want to pop on over to Merry Olde England before then to collect! *wink*)
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Why? Is there any chance you'll be out that way around then?
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As for P**T***, I've been going since 1997 and have not missed once since then. Ten years running! Not exactly an old-timer -- and B.S. has me far beat (having never missed one since they began as MAPCAF) -- but I think I know my way around by now! I also think that, for the past few years,
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Judy is also one of the founders of MAPCAF. I went to a couple of P**T***s at the Charming Barn - I lived in Croton-on-Hudson then, and I actually drove home every night, and back again in the morning, the first few times I attended. I honestly can't keep track of when I started attending regularly, but it was before the change in venue. It's my "family reunion".
Yer A Good-Lookin' Sod Indeed, Old Mate
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Eloquent and brief!
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar...