Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. That's what my grandmother always says, anyways.

posted by mshoemaker at 3:16 pm (EST) on Apr 24, 2008

http://bp2.blogger.com/_BhG0PJy1d78/SA-Yhs5vfyI/AAAAAAAAAM8/VdC9JYV5FL0/s1600-h/Tummy+subway+map+tattoo.jpg

Crazy!

posted by fleela at 7:51 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2008

*waves eagerly*

How the hell are ya? Long time no "see", eh?

I was just complaining to clammy that I've been more busy than I like to be. I like to take a rather non-American approach and be the least busy possible. ;-)

How are things "over there"? I feel quite out of the LT loop these days. I simply must make more time for my family!

posted by dodger at 3:52 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2008

Sneaky!

I just got your postcard from Italy! Thank you!

posted by fleela at 2:00 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Oooooh! I can't wait to check that out. Thanks!

posted by fleela at 8:56 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Hey Bus! I clicked the friend link but you know, I have no idea what that means in LT. lol Have I joined a secret club? Yea! :)

posted by TheaMak at 7:14 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

lol please do, I am unkown to her.

posted by Aelith at 5:06 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

She is very talented. I wander what she would think of 'Torturing the Phaidi' , the best fix I know of while waiting for the real thing.

posted by Aelith at 9:51 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Busi-ji is it not time to invite TheaMak to Shejidan?

posted by Aelith at 7:44 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2008

Hee he. I appreciate your respect for me "either way", but I do hope you enjoyed my little prank. Wow, there is no way I could have delivered that in person; I would have cracked up laughing before I even got started. ;-)

posted by dodger at 5:48 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2008

http://cartophilia.com/blog/images/SubwayHistory.gif - New York City Subway

"animated GIF starts with a blank subway map and draws each line in the sequence in which it was built"

posted by fleela at 8:04 am (EST) on Mar 27, 2008

Happy birthday! What does that make you now, eighteen? Or was this the big 2-0? ;-)

posted by dodger at 4:16 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008

No I didn't look at the whole thing, just the Js. Now I'll have to go back! LOL

posted by clamairy at 6:06 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

Oh, head right to the entries for the letter J.
;o)

posted by clamairy at 4:59 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

Yeah, once long a go, I arranged my library by the Dewey system--it didn't last long!

Anyway, I check the store's computer tonight, surprisingly we have a fair number of books on typography in stock. Most are in the graphic design section, but a couple are in our calligraphy section. Books on fonts are in computers.

posted by dodger at 2:39 am (EST) on Mar 21, 2008

Fantastic! I love strange questions! ;-)

If we had any in stock (now you've got me wondering if we do), they would be with graphic design (traditional graphic design, not computer) books.

posted by dodger at 3:02 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2008

*waves*

posted by dodger at 3:37 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

Busifer: I'd like to hear more of your thoughts about the tag clouds. I did just click through on the first half dozen names on that thread to see what you might be referring to, and I agree that none of those were very similar in scope or even intent. There are people who tag with a specific box number and people who tag according to when they read the title.

What else have you noted?

Jill

posted by jillmwo at 6:57 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2008

Hi, Busifer!

I'm thrilled to have people wanting to join in the conversation... now just where we should hold the conversation, I'm not quite sure ;)

posted by moiraji at 11:41 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Yes, you are right. It would be easier. Perhaps we should consult with Moiraji. I'll send her a PM.

posted by stellarexplorer at 8:05 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

A RL conversation among the three of us...THAT would be something!! One day, perhaps!

Still, no reason not to jump in and comment. We'd love to know any thoughts you might wish to share!

posted by stellarexplorer at 11:23 am (EST) on Mar 14, 2008

Yep, English is easier. A lot. ^^ I just wish I were even a little better in Swedish, så that I could also work as a Swedish translator - it'd make the job hunting easier. (Heh. Now I'm getting all mixed up. "Så..." XD)

Hey, I was going to ask... would you have any Swedish book recommendations? It's been a while since I read a book in Swedish, and I was thinking I should try it once again. (And even though fantasy & scifi seem to be taking over my LT, I read... pretty much anything.)

posted by tuuli at 8:28 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Hej! Roligt att träffas här! Jag gick och läste lite det där... Swedish blog of yours (vad kallar man blog på svenska?) Det var intresssant, och också mycket bra övning. Jag lärde mig några ny ord där. ;) ...jag borde läsa mera på svenska. Kanske då skulle det vara lättare att skriva svenska, också... det borde inte vara så här svårt. xD Engelska försöker to force its way here all the time. Som du ser.

posted by tuuli at 5:59 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Hello Busifer!

I had a long off time from Shejidan, so I didn't know you. So good to meet yet another Shejidanee here, and you an experienced LTer, it seems. Me's a total newbie.
I love the idea of weaving a Shejidan net. :)

Vetch

posted by Vetch at 3:39 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Busifer-ji, I see we are already friends here, thank goodness! I thought so, but my memory is not intact.

posted by kokipy at 8:07 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2008

Howdy Pella -

I visited your library after reading your commments in HH and I was happy to see that you are from Sweden.

Both of my mother's parents came from Sweden to the United States (Indiana) early in the 20th century. I don't know, but I guess that they wanted to leave Sweden behind and just become Americans, so, well, not much of my own Swedish heritage was passed on to my generation.

I remember smorgasbords every Christmas and I remember Glogg (which I have tried to recreate after all these years ... my Swedish aunt used to start soaking the linen bag of cardemon seeds and other things in July, just to be ready for Jul). I remember standing around a piano and singing songs with the whole extended family. I remember a short Swedish prayer: "God vas sigmun matin amends" (well, obviously I don't remember how to spell the darn thing ... but it was the only Swedish phrase passed on to me in my whole life (I think it meant "god bless our food .... amen")).

Oh, I remember (and still light up every Yuletime) a little angelabra (spell?) .... a small brass thingie with four candles, whose heat spin a small propellor that make three angels go around from which are dangling three rods that strike small bells. What is it, anyhow, about that gadget that makes you smile once a year?

I put strings of Swedish flags on my yule tree and I have a straw yulebok hanging from the rearview mirror of my Japanese car. I have a plate with a young Swedish couple and some Swedish words that I have no idea what they mean (it belonged to my parents ... both now deceased).

A few years ago, while I was still a productive member of society (I am now retired and like to think of myself as a non-productive bum), a coworker who was born in Sweden recommended that I read Moberg's Emigrant series (I had asked him how I might reconnect with my Swedish roots). I really enjoyed reading all four novels.

Right now, I'm reading Mohberg's History of the Swedish People (I'm on volume two right now) and I'm finding them informative, even though I'm not sure how much he stuck to facts versus how much he was using his Swedish intuition.

Next up for me is (Norway's ... may lightening not strike me dead!) Kristen Lavransdatter (which some other friends have recommended, saying that it goes beyond seemingly huge national barriers into the realm of Universal Experience - besides, Sweden and Norway were under the same Union back then (I think)).

So, anyhow, I ask you: have you read any of the above books? What are your feelings regarding them? Are there some other books that you would recommend for someone (me) trying to reconnect to their Swedish roots? Mohberg's history ends around the mid 1500s; is there some book that would give me insights intomore recent Swedish history or culture? Or, should I just pack up my bike and go to Sweden and ride around for a year or three?

Anyhow, thanks to replying to my thread at HH (I'm not clear what you meant by the word "shadow") and it's great to finally "meet" another Swede!

Douglas

"In the end, only kindness matters."

posted by doogiewray at 9:24 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

En sak som är rolig är att man återupptäcker böcker man
inte läst på länge...:)

"Vi kanske ses på Gröna Draken?!"
Det hoppas jag, det vore kul! :)

"Tonen kan vara lite fånig ibland men speciellt bokdiskussionerna
brukar vara intressanta :-)"
Åh? Jag har inte mer än hunnit registrera mig, så det ser jag
fram emot...:)

posted by Humla at 3:03 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

Någon mer från Sverige som upptäckt Terry Pratchett...
Underbart!!
Lycka till med alal kartorna!

/Ankie

posted by Humla at 3:33 am (EST) on Feb 25, 2008

Guess what! You (& 4 others) are listed on the LT home/introductory page -- at least right this minute. You are famous!

posted by MtnSk8tr at 3:33 am (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

I don't think I want to travel to the locations on this transit map.

posted by fleela at 7:53 am (EST) on Feb 18, 2008

Busifer-ji,

Thanks for the LT help. I didn't really understand "combine-separate", and never would have known to do it with the foreign language editions. Now, thanks to your kindness, I do -- and Czech CYTEEN 1: BETRAYAL & Polish TRIPOINT are combined. Thanks for doing Czech FOREIGNER #1. Next project: "combine" the German climbing book we were given.

There is a little story behind the foreign language CJC's:

Approximately 3 years ago while helping Carolyn & Jane move from their 1st Spokane apt, I noticed a large grocery bag loaded with translated works. Yes, you guessed it: CYTEEN, TRIPOINT, & FOREIGNER #1. They had been given to Carolyn by the publisher, but she had no use for them. The local library had declined them, so Carolyn was going to simply throw them away. I scooped the bag up, & told Carolyn that I was certain someone, somewhere, sometime would want them.

I then offered the translations *free* on Shejidan, stipulating only that the person pay postage. No takers.

Later, "Marek" joined Shejidan. It turned out he was the translater for Czech FOREIGNER #1! I surprised him with a Czech copy of *his* transalation, as well as CYTEEN -- both inscribed to him. Marek was totally blown away as it turned out he didn't have a single signed CJC in *any* language. I was then SO glad I hadn't let Carolyn throw the translations away -- and she was also, as Marek was thrilled.

Don't tell anyone ;), but I'm surprising Kel Julian with all 3 translations -- inscribed, of course -- when we meet at RadCon this weekend. I think Kel-J might actually be able to read them, as he speaks 6-7 languages.

Busifer-ji, by any chance, do *you* read Polish or Czech? ;) LOL

posted by MtnSk8tr at 9:02 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2008

*waves from across The Pond*

posted by dodger at 5:33 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2008

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/blog/?p=259

I thought this was funny!

posted by fleela at 12:50 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2008

They're both excused -- no one is required to read English books (I can't read Swedish books!); it just struck me as a difference between you.

It's funny hearing your childhood learning method, because, even as a native English speaker, all through my teen years, I read with a dictionary by my side. I would look up any unfamiliar word to improve my vocabulary. I still do this in fact. I am a journaler who saves past writings, so I still can find lists with titles like "Words I didn't know at age 15" and the like. It helped in life, but especially on college entrance exams! :)

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:36 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2008

The two of them have far fewer in English than you do.

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:11 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Oh! I should have realized it was something like that. I guess you are the family archivist!

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:07 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Hi -- I'm wondering -- what does your tag "tommy" mean?

posted by stellarexplorer at 2:17 am (EST) on Jan 28, 2008

Yes, I've tried not to say very much about Cyteen II : Regeneration. I pretty much excused myself from the Cyteen I discussion. I know way too much & was afraid if I participated, whatever I did -- or didn't - say would give some of II's story away.

That being said, II is a WONDERFUL book. It's hard for me to judge, because I'm understandably biased -- but Carolyn may have done it again. If she got another Hugo I would cry with joy.

posted by MtnSk8tr at 6:04 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2007