Member: pinkozcat

I'm not really a bookcrosser. I just have an account there because I tried it once. If I receive a book with BCID I will usually journal it, but that's all.

Perhaps the main reason I don't do it is that I have trouble finding stickers I like. I don't want ones that tell the receiver that they should release the book after reading it, and all the ones on the bookcrossing site seem to imply that.

posted by Amtep at 9:35 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

You are welcome!

posted by Porua at 7:58 am (EST) on Oct 25, 2009

Hello pinkozcat!

I do not own a copy of The Rubaiyat nor have I read the whole thing. I've only read parts of it. Most of the other poems (that I have read) from The Rubaiyat seem to be mostly about drinking and as I don't drink myself I probably didn't get their meaning! These quotes just happen to mean something to me and so I've put them on my profile.

As for Stieg Larsson I don't know anything about your taste in books so I wouldn't know whether to recommend him or not. But you can go to my 50 Book Challenge thread,

http://www.librarything.com/topic/72408

to find out what I personally think about it and then decide for yourself.

posted by Porua at 2:50 am (EST) on Oct 25, 2009

No, I'm afraid you don't know me; I just happen to own the book (and the game, of course). I didn't have more than occasional Internet access back then.

posted by VanishedOne at 11:45 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2009

Hi, Minnie! Nice to be friended!
Yes, Pon and Jandy and I are about the only three who still post at readersplace. You remind me that I should get in touch with them in a more permanent way because I certainly don't want to lose them when that nice site folds. Nobody has worked on it for eons, I don't think. (Not that I blame them; it may have been a labor of love, but it was certainly labor.)
Yeah. I don't know exactly what happened with the guys. I just assumed that they had gotten too political for the admin........ I haven't been in touch, but hope to when RL settles down a bit.
Hope things are going well with you. I've heard from Joan once and was delighted. Hope that she is not having health problems.
Stay in touch!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 11:29 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2009

Well, Minnie (and I'm happy to know your real name!), memory is a funny thing. I'll stand anybody down that what I remember is chapter and verse the way things were. Then I'm proved wrong yet again. I expect your mom is the same. I also expect that every family has wonderful stories that end up as untrue or twisted or made-up. I treasure ours anyway (and tell them at the drop of a hat). My husband has had experience like yours in doing research and finding that even names in the family Bible are just plain wrong.
Thank you so much for making it possible for Joan and me to get back in touch. That spurs me on to look for other lost friends here. I don't know why I didn't think to do it long ago. I'm still hoping to get to Aravis's site soon, but RL continues to interfere with my play time.
Stay in touch!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 10:01 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2009

Ah: nothing like Google!!
I found out that Longfellow wrote the first verse - "and when she was good, she was very good indeed" is what he actually wrote.
Finally I found a second verse that is pretty much what I remember.

She stood on her head in her little trundle bed
With no one about to hinder;
And she kicked and she squalled and she screamed and she bawled,
And she drummed her little heels against the window.

Thanks for reminding me to search this one out!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 12:04 pm (EST) on Sep 15, 2009

Isn't this funny! Here's what I remember - which incorporates some of what you have, but not quite!

2nd verse: ???????????????
??????????????? in her little trundle bed
So she kicked and she squalled and she screamed and she bawled
And she struck her little heels against the window.

3rd verse: Her mother heard the noise
And she thought it was the boys
Playing in the empty attic;
So she rushed upstairs and she caught her unawares
And she spanked her most emphatic!

I haven't had much playing-around time for the past couple of weeks, but I have marked Aravis's site and will get there soon, I hope!
Thanks, Pink!

posted by LizzieD at 11:06 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2009

----and Robert and Tenarke, now that I reread your comment......

posted by LizzieD at 11:15 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

I had totally forgotten Aravis's site, but I remember you and Wyndham quite strongly. Thanks for the update; I'll look in!
Meanwhile, isn't this a fantastic site? I can't spend enough time here - and I sink quite a bit into it. In fact, I guess I'm actually reading less and buying more these days: not a particularly sane sue of resources. I love it!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 11:14 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

Why, yes indeed! Your name was so familiar that I didn't even think about our not having been in touch in a long time........ Glad to know that you are you!
The Readers' Place is still going but is geriatric. We may get one post a week; I hate for it to die.
As for cats - a topic I don't think we ever discussed - when our Dandy boy was dying at age 19, a mother moved herself and her 2 kittens into our quiet yard. (A neighbor was feeding them.) They are now permanently ensconced on our kitchen porch and I am campaigning quietly for their entry into the house full-time. They get along fine with the dog; elder cat Chibby is the problem; well, Chibby and dear husband who is not eager to have 5 animals in the house. We'll see. Meanwhile, I have a lovely gray tabby and white mother Elle, her look-alike daughter Hilfy Bit, and a solid gray and white boy, Tully. Lovely!
I'm also interested to see the Tarot group. I used to play with the cards years ago and will go by sometime to see what's what.
Visit me again please, and catch up!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 10:39 am (EST) on Sep 11, 2009

Hi, Minnie. Yes, it's startling to me that we're the only ones with Ruth Dudley Edwards. I especially enjoy her earlier mysteries, with less of Lady Troutbeck. I found 3 or 4 of them absolutely hilarious. I'm a huge fan of (certain kinds of) mysteries, and am always on the look-out for ones with educated humor and/or that sort of shivery feeling achieved by Patricia Highsmith.

I see, too, that you're a catlover. Although I don't currently enjoy the company of one, I am mad about them. For a bit of daily humor, all cat-based, may I recommend the internet site called LOL Cats? Truly funny and so telling about them.

If you don't mind, I'd like to add you to my friends list here.

Gail

posted by bohemima at 7:08 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

Hi

Sorry about the delay in geting back to you, but the gap has been filled with many, many chuckles at the thought of your boy deciding to end the attack of the (potentially) killer bananas once and for all!

They are just the most delightful animals - continually providing interest and surprises.

My boy has broght home a couple of rats now - however he only leaves a triangle of about one inch on each side, with whiskers!!! He is renowned for eating everything, but this is quite extraordinary - although it mean I don't have to cope with disposal of live rodents.

Cheers

posted by Caesia at 11:45 pm (EST) on Jun 11, 2009

Ah - in my experience, fifteen is maybe middle age for Burmese - they prefer not to be thought of as 'old' until they are well over twenty... I shall start thinking of muine as mink-covered hot-water bottles - mostly I think of tehm as 'purry-furries" because once they hear me begin to stir in the morning, they leave the comfort of the bottom or middle of the bed and drape themselves as close to my face as possible (meaning on top of my neck, ear and cheek, or within one inch of the end of my nose ...) and purr violently, so that I wake up to purry-furriness... If the boy thinks I have slept for long enough, he will gently pat my mouth or my eyelid, to see if he can elicit a response!

The girl is a great hunter - bringing home rats and mice - whilst I try explain to her that her predecessor would kill them so why can't she, whilst I steel myself to catch the rodent. The boy follows nd watches entranced - he is much younger (just over 1, she is 4) and has not yet caught anything ... this autumn will be interesting!

posted by Caesia at 3:29 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2009

Hi, thanks for being my first "dropper-inner". I admit having William Boissevain more by accident than design, but claim not to have a "style". About half my collection (about half entered) are more by accident than ...., but i love 'em all, even those i violently disagree with. best regards, jules

posted by julophel at 8:10 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2009

Hello

Thank you for 'dropping in" to say hi!

I agreee that we have a very high correlation of interests - I have not marked my favourite authors, (mostly because I find it too hard to choose) but if I did Pratchett and Lindsey Davis would be in there!

You are absolutely correct in identifying the cats as burmese - I enjoy their interest in everything around them and the way they like being with you (and thankfully my two generally stop at bed time and sleep, except for when ....)

Plus they are very benign about being shifted so that two cats can fit on one lap and NOT affect the line of sight tot he inevitable book!....

Cheers

Caesia

posted by Caesia at 5:49 am (EST) on Mar 30, 2009