Random Thoughts

Olsen Ross is attempting to get mentioned by me again. What can I say? It works.

I mentioned Common Grounds in my Flipping Through Previews post, and when my hubby went through Previews, he also said it sounds interesting. Now there's no reason not to give it a try, as Alan David Doane reports. Ok, maybe I'll spring for it. Maybe. I was already leaning towards trying it, and a money-back guarantee makes me all that much more inclined to try it.

Dirk pointed out that my permalinks aren't working. Well, my permalinks never work, because I archive stuff manually rather than trust my writings to the whims of blogger. However, he was right that there was a problem with the links on the main page, too. So I've fixed that bit. If you really want to link to the permanent post, you have to go into my archive, find the post, and then link from there. It's a pain, yeah, but I never actually expected anyone to want to read anything on my blog.

Eve Tushnet is much more brutal with her books than I am. Sometimes I forget that I was raised in a house with rare books around, and was taught from a very young age to be good to books, to the point that most people cannot tell that I've read a book by looking at it. It seems to me that one look at any of Eve's books and you'd know she'd been reading. I just can't quite imagine that level of damage out of normal reading... which might be part of the reason I don't think of comic book singles as "floppies".

Pink Elephants are terrifying. And I think that Willie Wonka should have been at 5 or 6, not all the way down at 19. The original 100 scariest post is here. Yes, the flying monkeys are on the list.

Doc Shazam wonders why cats enjoy taking showers. I don't know why, but all through my teen years, the cat would join anyone in the shower if she could.

I'm looking forward to seeing dramatic pictures of the upcoming lunar eclipse.