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borealys
20 yrs ago
borealys
20 yrs ago
Chit-Chat
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can you remember your faverite chidrens programme you watched as a kid?
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the polka dot door, garfield and friends, and all of the disney afternoon shows...
borealys
20 yrs ago
...the Disney Afternoon shows including (over the years) Gummi Bears, Ducktales, Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Tale Spin ... this is how I spent my after-school hours.
borealys
20 yrs ago
Someone in the group (http://www.fmwriters.com) mentioned it in a forum post, and I decided to check it out. I actually didn't join until a few months later, when I went through my collection and realized I had several …
borealys
20 yrs ago
...and the Belgariad series by David Eddings. I just couldn't get myself to care about the characters in either, and ended up slogging through both of them. Which is strange, because my reading tastes are so similar to…
borealys
20 yrs ago
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I find her stuff uneven ... I liked The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace, but I've found most of her other books hard to get through. I think part of it is that she almost never tells a story in a straight line, which ma…
Book Talk
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June 1: What are you reading now?
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Bitten by Kelley Armstrong, and Bastards and Boneheads by Will Ferguson
borealys
20 yrs ago
Hmm, I seem to be on a Canadian writers kick right now. :)
I saw the first one on the shelf and couldn't resist giving it a try, since I've gotten into dark fantasy lately, and I've always liked werewolf stories. It's …
borealys
20 yrs ago
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There are places in the Toronto area where you can get them, now ... but still, they're best enjoyed while skating on the Rideau Canal. :) it's not an Ottawa winter without Beavertails!
Hmm, what else is Canada-food?…
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20 May - I'm reading Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, how bout you?
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Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
borealys
20 yrs ago
Just started it. It's one of his earlier novels ... sort of a post-apocalyptic SF story. I really love his more recent books (which made me add space archaeologist to my list of coolest jobs in fiction), so I have high…
borealys
20 yrs ago
...I still giggle over the Pepsi commercial where the convenience store clerk dances with the cardboard cutout of Shakira.
borealys
20 yrs ago
I love the Alexander Keith's ones, with the over-enthusiastic Scottish guy in the bar, yelling at the other patrons for spilling their beer or peeling the labels off the bottles. "You'd best be givin' that brew the resp…
borealys
20 yrs ago
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I discovered the Thursday Next series last summer ... all I can say is Wow. They're brilliant. So funny! And, especially this one (third in the series), a must-read for anyone who loves books.
Other good ones ... Ali…
borealys
20 yrs ago
The Candian comedy band The Arrogant Worms wrote this song about actual funny place names in Newfoundland. Some (like Dildo and Come By Chance) have already been mentioned on this thread. My favourite would have to be G…
