I'm reading Duma Key by Stephen King. I was not sure if I was going to be able to read this book because shortly after STO died (He idolized King) I went to see King speak at the university, sort of as a "fuck you" to STO in a time when I was starting to let myself feel angry with him for being such a dumbass. King read a short story about a man who wanted to kill himself. Felt like I was supposed to be there. I was in tears throughout most of the evening.

Shockingly the short story became the novel Duma Key, which takes place in the area I was born in. When the main character decides to live he moves there, to the beach. STO never saw a beach. I sent him and his kids shark's teeth from the area where Duma Key takes place. I know I'm creating the connections but ...

anyhow I'm going to read it.

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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((((Lil))))

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Thanks. I might be being too honest

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

No such thing. Possible to be too blunt, but doesn't apply here. Everybody has to sort thru the levels of grief their own way.

May seem kinda lightweight compared to everybody else's reading, but I've read (& re-read & re-read) The Fab Four FAQ Book & Long and Winding Roads: the Evolving Artistry of the Beatles. The FAQ book is chock full of trivia bits even a long time Beatlemaniac like me didn't know, not to mention the real stories behind many of the great Beatle myths. The Winding Roads book is maybe more heavy lifting than I really wanted to do, with footnotes that are almost as long as the chapters they apply to, but still some interesting details I can chew on. I can't resist the siren's call of reading more about my heroes, even if nothing I learn has any chance of improving my quality of life...

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Just finished Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Switching gears to the newest Glen Cook book. Zinc Melodies (I think that's the name).

Lil, I really believe we find connections; if they're not there, we don't see them. But that's just me.

I'm reading What Lips My Lips Have Kissed: The Loves and Love Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Daniel Mark Epstein

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"I walk with my head held high and naked in the sun, claiming these streets for myself."--Jonatha Brooke

the kushiels stories are good but they do take a lot to get into

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I love the night
I love the element of danger and the ecstasy of flight,
I love the night
I love to dance with a stranger and to feel his delight,
And when the dancing is through, I kick off my shoes,
And I listen to the beating of his heart

I'm reading the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. However, I can't wait for the third book from Eragon to come out and then the next book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin comes out this fall. I'm a huge fantasy geek.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

I just finished Short Bus. I've just started Paul Coehlo's, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. I bought Eat, Pray, Love because it's never available at the library and this way I can pass it along to peeps who need to read it.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

i would have mailed you my copy.^^ i wish i'd thought of it.

the devil in the white city by eric larson. historical, interesting, creepy, macabre and i'm likin it.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

I finished Piedra in one sitting almost. Shit I love his stuff.

Started Eat, Pray, Love and really love the symbolism of the set up.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I really liked Eat, Love, Pray. It got me thinking, and that's a good thing. I've got a pile of new books waiting to be read. The Bhagavad Gita just arrived the other day.

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Latest: Cool April Morning

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Stories
Thank You, Come Again / Robyn's Roommate / Seamus, Charlotte, and the Showgirl / God, It's Good to Be Queen

"I walk with my head held high and naked in the sun, claiming these streets for myself."--Jonatha Brooke

A Princess of Mars, the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic, from the Gutenberg Project.

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I am in the process of reading "whale road". Not sure I'm going to finish it. Lots of slow going. Authors first effort I think. I don't quit many books, but I think I will here.

Another Spider Robinson book, "Callaghan's Key"

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