Member: Delirium9

Belated huggles and happies for your birthday (eek!) 10 days ago

posted by hfglen at 12:50 pm (EST) on Dec 18, 2012

*grin* ... and most ginger cats are male. You do find an occasional tortie male but they are almost always sterile.

I have been owned by Burmese cats for decades but didn't want to replicate my last two so I went for the next closest thing. My babies are Bombays which are Burmese with a black gene added. It is still an experimental breed in Australia because a genetic fault somehow got bred into the American strain; so the Aussie breeders have started from scratch and they are still not breeding totally true. There were two brown kittens in the litter I got my two black ones from.

posted by pinkozcat at 7:03 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2012

I see that you, too, have a black cat. I am having a lot of fun with my two kittens but after having them for over two months I am only now able to tell them apart without lifting their tails.

The boy is wired for mischief - I have had to haul him out of the toilet a couple of times and I always count heads before I close a cupboard. The little girl (and she is now noticeably smaller than her brother), has decided on a career as a lap-cat.

Cats are special ...

posted by pinkozcat at 4:25 am (EST) on Mar 21, 2012

Thanks! She's a bit mad, which is how I like my cats.

posted by PensiveCat at 10:13 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2012

I changed it so I didn't have my RL name wandering about. It was a while ago, so I hadn't even thought about it in a while. I guess it *has* been a while since you were in the GD!

W

posted by Choreocrat at 5:23 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2012

Hey you! Long time...I've been kinda absent from the GD, but I just had to say hi and hugs :)

~kicks self back into the GD~

posted by Severn at 6:36 am (EST) on Jan 24, 2011

Big Thank You! Yay :D

posted by hfglen at 7:27 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2010

Thanks! I wish I could claim credit for the pun, but I shamelessly stole it from somewhere else.

posted by reading_fox at 4:31 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2010

Well that's just great. LT ate half of my message. I'll try again when I'm not spitting chips.

posted by Choreocrat at 8:53 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2010

I've yet to be persuaded to try a book in audio format. Too much of the experience would depend on the narrator, imo. I hope this one works out for you. I probably should have added an offensive content warning in most of his books but hopefully you got the gist of the kind of things he includes from the post I made in the hooks thread. Anyway, enjoy!

Dave.

posted by AHS-Wolfy at 10:18 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2010

Hi,

Re: Christopher Brookmyre.

He has a few stand-alone books as well as a couple of series. I've still not read 3 of his books so I can't recommend them (yet!). One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night is a good single one and have heard good things of A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil though haven't read it yet. A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away starts the Angelique de Xavia series and Quite Ugly One Morning is the starter for his Jack Parlabane one.

I've yet to read a really bad one from him though the last of the Parlabane books was the one I least liked.

Hope you enjoy when and if you give him a try.

Regards,
Dave.

posted by AHS-Wolfy at 8:28 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2010

Hi! :D

Thanks, yes it does!

All best
h

posted by hfglen at 3:59 am (EST) on Jun 14, 2010

I figured you'd like Glee. It's so hilariously not-serious. And music!

posted by Choreocrat at 1:35 am (EST) on Jun 1, 2010

Yes, it's on DVD - it's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300536/ this one. You can see him in part here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZt0A4-d7Kk

Feeling blue's no fun, but it happens to me, too. DrH is just the thing for that, as far as I'm concerned. That and rereading favourite books. That's why my Assassin's Apprentice books are falling apart. I think I've read them about 10 times in the last 5 years.

posted by Choreocrat at 1:56 am (EST) on May 22, 2010

Member girlfromshangrila has left a message on MissWoodhouse1816's picture.

posted by system at 9:14 am (EST) on May 19, 2010

Thanks! I did get a nice little burn on my back and shoulders- the only downside to laying on my stomach to read. :) Glad you like my dragon friend; I've got to remember to tell clam she can have the pic for the Green Dragon. 'scuse me now, I'm off to poke around your library! -- Emma

posted by MissWoodhouse1816 at 12:44 am (EST) on May 11, 2010

Still here and saying hi again *loves to you*

posted by Severn at 8:58 am (EST) on Oct 13, 2009

PS: (((huggles)))

posted by hfglen at 12:18 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Hi there!

Many thanks for the answer. Knew the pedicels ("fruit") of cashew are edible but have never been close enough to one to try it.

Have been around in the GD -- started the cheese-vacation thread just yesterday!

Stay well and sweet
h

posted by hfglen at 11:33 am (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

thanx, It looks like pics of my vonnegut tattoos will be posted on contrawize this weekend. They must have a backlog as I submitted them at the same time I posted them here. thanx again

posted by anotherboilingfrog at 7:17 pm (EST) on Jul 29, 2009

I'd love to hear what you think if you do decide to give it a try, but I definitely know what you're saying about time! *eyes TBR pile warily*

posted by sparrowbunny at 7:04 am (EST) on Jul 7, 2009

*waves* Hi, Tess! Thought I'd answer here rather than in the thread. (I know, I know, probably means other people won't see the answer, but it does ensure it doesn't get lost in comments before you get a chance to see it, which means more to me, to be honest.)

Alice in Sunderland is... a graphic novel, but as I haven't read it I'm not really qualified to answer your question on what it's about. It is about Alice in Wonderland in its way, but... Ach, here's a review. (No spoilers, don't worry.) It doesn't actually say a whole lot, but hopefully it'll give you an idea of the contents!

posted by sparrowbunny at 5:50 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2009

Yeah, Simon Pegg and Zachary Quinto. Maybe I'll check out Star Trek after all...; )

posted by Rach974923 at 2:59 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2009

Re: Simon Pegg

I got introduced to Simon Pegg through a BBC sketch show called "Big Train", and then moved on to Spaced from there. Check it out if you can. Very off-the-wall and very funny. Run Fat Boy Run is great, but I'm not sure I'll see Star Trek any time soon as I'm not a fan of the series. Who knows, I may watch it someday. :)

posted by Rach974923 at 11:32 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

Hi!!

I added Well... to my wish list! (Dumb side effects of collections!) That and Eyre Affair are the two I haven't read. Didn't do the same for Eyre Affair yet because stoopid library has so far spent 8 weeks failing to get it from another branch for me. But I'm sure I would like it, because I have liked the ones I have read. I was seconded to Kew for 2 years and so can identify with the lifestyle, especially the parts that don't quite work. Also like the puns and wordplay, as friends and students who have had to put up with my conversation and lectures would expect -- when in a good mood, I claim not to do too badly in creating pun-ishment myself. Hope that counts as a fair if not a blonde answer.

h

posted by hfglen at 10:02 am (EST) on Jun 13, 2009

Congratulations to Jody thread started here - http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=61694. Please come and join us.

posted by Booksloth at 12:11 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2009

Oh Tess...what you said about Fairy Tales - I, too, adore fairy tales, and retellings. So, with that in mind - recommending 'The Fox Woman' by Kij Johnson for you. I just read it and its gorgeous. Just amazing...

posted by Severn at 7:28 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2009

*whispers*

Tessipants

posted by Severn at 6:30 am (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

So it's great to see you posting again Delikins.

Ack - you've been given a 'kins'. Next it'll be a 'pants' appended to the end of your name and then you'll really know I like ya. Muahahahaa...

:P

posted by Severn at 6:29 am (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

Yay!!! You're back and you got the book, I'm happy :-D I'm glad you like it. It is a neat story isn't it? You've been missed. Hope everything is okay.

*hugs*
Katherine

posted by katylit at 10:54 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

Hi Tess, haven't heard from you in awhile, hope things are going well with you. Take care,

Katherine :-)

posted by katylit at 2:30 pm (EST) on Jan 24, 2009

Hey Tess..miss ya at the GD. *hugs*

Hope you're doing well. :)

posted by Severn at 6:34 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2009

Merry Christmas, Tessikins!

Hope its wonderful and such. Been great getting to know you this year. ~Many hugs~

K

posted by Severn at 4:53 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

I'm doing ok - thanks for asking. I may steal your line about your hobby. It certainly fits me too. I'm a little foggy from pain pills, but so far no one has noticed!

posted by MerryMary at 2:15 pm (EST) on Dec 9, 2008

I am very glad the quake did not affect you and that you are well, if overworked. LOL

I so enjoy having LT friends all over the world but it is a worry when bad things happen and we have only a vague idea where people are... oh, well. There are PMs.

Good to see you are well.

posted by maggie1944 at 7:21 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2008

Hi, D9. Love your picture. LOL. I do hope you like Flatland. It was my math-teacher husband's favorite book, and he made me read it. I have a horrendous math phobia, but I loved it - and even understood it! See you in the Dragon. Mary Lou

posted by MerryMary at 11:50 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2008

Glad you liked the profile thingamajig. Mr. Neil's words always seem to fit any moment perfectly.

posted by Librariasaurus at 2:31 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2008

Enjoy the new laptop. Apparently it's also kinder to the environment than a desktop, so you get greenie points too for that one!

posted by hfglen at 4:09 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2008

So we send in the smurfs? :D Enjoy, whether by smurf-power or online shopping!

posted by hfglen at 2:37 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2008

Hi there -- Dunno about connoiseurs. Just that the highest-cacao chocolate I've ever seen (90%, which beats Lindt's 85%) is made by a Polish firm called Wawel. I bought some at a place in Pietermaritzburg that claims to be the only Polish resraurant in Afica, and have to report it's pretty good! The picture on the Wawel cocoa can indicates that they buy the raw materials from Ghana, which is hardly surprising. Anyway, it seemed to me that it would be rather a good thing to get for a Young Lady who evidently needs some spoiling ;)

posted by hfglen at 2:38 pm (EST) on Oct 15, 2008

Hi Tess,

I'd say join the group and start a conversation. I think it stops and starts as people get a new tattoo and post a picture of it or describe it.

I haven't gotten around to getting my photo's on flickr yet so haven't put mine up.

The badger song is quite catchy once it gets you. I was singing it for weeks and people kept looking at me and I'd remember that wandering around singing about badgers and mushrooms isn't something most people do. Ah well.

Hope you are okay. Mckait's comment below - is she talking about the LT group, Outside, where people go to argue things out if they threaten to overtake the point of the thread? If so you can find it in search.

posted by Jodyreadseverything at 1:45 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2008

Hope your headache is better~
And I agree some stupid lawas are meant to protect stupid people..

if that is what you were saying.. lol

oh, and I don't know where Outside is either...

shrugs

k

posted by mckait at 4:42 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2008

Are you enjoying Watchmen?

posted by Tane at 5:16 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2008

I'm kinda in two minds over Reading more Sandman, the larger part of me knows I'm going to enjoy it, but there's a bit of me that doesn't want it to end... Still, I suppose I can always start from the beginning again ;-)

posted by Tane at 5:15 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2008

Thx for adding me to your interesting libraries list. I try to read non-comics, but with the steady flow of new comics pouring in, I hardly have time for them.
A papiervisje is a bug, related to the silverfish, that eats paper. Very hard to kill and inevitable when you have a large amount of books. As it eats my library, it is my biggest fear (next to fire).
We have 1 more book in common: Coraline. It is just I have the graphic novel version.

posted by Papiervisje at 3:04 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

Hi Tess,

Rather than rewrite the brain dump I did about the Library Hotel, I'll refer you to the Profile Page of JolieLouise. Look for my message dated 2-Sep-08. If you have any more questions, or would like to talk about it more, you know where to find me.

BTW, about 10 years ago, a friend of mine visited Panama (he was born there), and brought back for me a one-pound package of ground coffee. Absolutely the most potent stuff I've ever had! Concentrated caffeine. I think it's the reason I never sleep more than three or four hours a night.

Regards,
Mike
WholeHouseLibrary

posted by WholeHouseLibrary at 12:57 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

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posted by flatmancrooked at 10:26 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

DC Vertigo, absolutely! Sandman is outstanding! I thought that might be where your name came from, I'm reading them now, just finished the Kindly Ones. Neil Gaiman is one of those people I would really like to hang out with for a day, that would be cool. Brian K Vaughan is another writing hero of mine, for Y the Last Man obviously but also things like Pride of Baghdad, the Runaways, and Ex Machina. He has some serious writing chops (plus he's written for Lost, which can only be a good thing in my book).

posted by Tane at 9:04 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

Maggie1944 runs the group, I think she may still be in France at the moment, but you'll certainly get accepted as soon as she's back I'm sure.

I have collected all of the Fables TPBs, including 1001 Nights of Snowfall, I think they're fantastic, definitely my favourite comic series without doubt (with Y the Last Man being a very close second, I've just reread it from start to finish... awesome stuff). Although I have quite a few "superpower" graphic novels (and some very, very good ones at that - I mean who can doubt Watchmen's place at the top of the Super pile?), I really do prefer non-superpowered stuff and I've always been a fan of faerie tales, myths, and legends... so, for me, Fables is perfect.

posted by Tane at 2:28 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2008

synæsthesia!

I am fascinated by synæsthesia. I do not think it is a condition.. I think it is you using more of your brain than others..
I have read some books and sites on the subject, and have found one or two other gifted with it...
fascinating!

Is that you needing coffee in the picture?

you are beautiful!!

:)

posted by mckait at 1:08 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2008

~wiffle~

*proceeds with coffee ever so carefully*

Ooops! A drip!

*gabbles and wipes with tissue*

*places coffee ever so carefully on the ever so careful table/desk/flat-shaped item (maybe D's head? snicker)*

*leaves gracefully and leaves some *** behind for good measure*

***

posted by Severn at 2:32 am (EST) on Sep 12, 2008

*slaps coffee down on D's table*

There ya go

Does the 'k thx bye' dance

posted by Severn at 11:58 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

So my friends tell me. Is there a local version of wurst you can pick up? In Chile we had prieto, but I'm pretty sure it was actually black pudding.

I'm reading American Gods for the first time at the moment. Wow! Next up, Anansi Boys.

posted by Choreocrat at 7:28 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008

*Pours coffee* How do you take it?

Great pic!

posted by mrgrooism at 2:59 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

Well OBVIOUSLY we have to be friends now.

I have 'overwhelming you with cuteness' rights.

:P

Interestingly...Delerium is the name of one of my favourite bands...groups..what have you. Why is that interesting? Because it's late at night so any kind of coincidence, no matter how sketchy or irrelevant, is interesting....

posted by Severn at 1:05 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

:) Thanks for the kind words about my furbabies. I am very partial to them, LOL and to other people who
are smart enough to be animal lovers ..

One of the things I love about LT is meeting great people.
I feel that the internet is mostly made of magic

:)
k

posted by mckait at 6:27 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2008

I saw your post in confessions, and popped in to look at your profile.. I love love love Dandelion Wine!
Beautiful book. Some of the confession" you posted could describe me, as well !

Nice to "meet" you

kath

posted by mckait at 5:22 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2008

Been through those "overwhelmed" times, starting to get that way again, LOL. I finally realized I can enjoy LT without feeling I HAVE to read every single message in every thread, it's the only way I could deal with the volume! And yeah, we're definitely getting EVEN CRAZIER lately, if that's possible!

posted by mrgrooism at 12:45 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

Missed you in the GD -- was thinking I should send out a search party! But glad to see you back in one piece (I hope!)

posted by hfglen at 3:04 pm (EST) on Mar 18, 2008

am so happy to hear that. do let me know the link so i can come and read you!

posted by bibliobibuli at 11:25 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008

thanks so much for your comment and sorry i bagged the name first. i love the word too - it's perfect and holds that whole connotation of drinking freely from books. but i have some very good news for you though. i got my latin wrong. the feminine form of the the name is actually supposed to be bibliobibula! so you could have that.

posted by bibliobibuli at 4:42 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

¡Hola!

De hecho sí, te recuerdo. Qué bueno que haz vuelto por aquí, por que yo la verdad me he alejado un poco. Lo bueno es que no he estado solo, así que en general la traducción se ha mantenido bastante bien.

Respecto a mi blog: ¡Es una palabra fabulosa! Me encanta como suena. Amo además, por la misma razón, "miriñaque" y "alfeñique".

posted by rodrigoGallardo at 8:39 am (EST) on Dec 18, 2007

Was the fiction real fiction? (Doc Watson was once asked if they song he just played was a real song, or just something he made up.)

It is autobiographical, if that is what you are asking. And yes, that is my morning routine. (But not finding the corpse in the driveway, which is how that particular piece actually starts.)

posted by Arctic-Stranger at 5:12 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2007

Good news – you’ve been selected as a winner of the tagging contest and are soon to be the proud owner of man, myth and legend David Weinberger’s book!

Email me (cliff@librarything.com) your name and shipping address so we can get it to you. Don’t hesitate to share your thoughts on the book!

Thanks,
Cliff (Tim’s intern)

posted by dinner_bell at 1:59 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2007