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1. Dear Great Britain, please keep Trump. We do not want him back. We're willing to pay for his living expenses, and whatever you need to keep him there. No thanks is necessary or required. Consider this our gift to you. Also please do not return him any time soon, oh and you can keep his entire family as a bonus. Since this is free of charge and all expenses will be covered, there's no need to send a return gift or compensation.
Note, we are sending Pence to the European Union -- as a consolation prize.
Yours truly,
The US.
2. Chidi thinks I'd make a great critic. I have my doubts. For one thing, I'd have to see movies like "Ma" -- which, no. And watch things like the Bachelor, also no.
And...I'd starve, it's frigging hard to make a living as a critic.
3. Sandman Universe via Neil Gaiman and various hand-picked writers and artists coming to a comic book house near you
Yes, they are reviving the Vertigo Titles. I read a lot of these back in the day, and rather adored them.
Some teasers on my fav's:
Long a favorite side character in the Sandman mythos, and currently enjoying renewed popularity thanks to his TV series. This one will be written by Dan Watters. We see the TV magic words "police" and "Los Angeles" here in the official synopsis, so there's a little synergy there...
A few years ago, the devil vanished. Some people say he died or simply ran away, while others believe he never existed at all. But we aren’t some people. No. This is the one true story of what happened to the Prince of Lies, the Bringer of Light—Lucifer, the blind, destitute old man, who lives in a small boarding house in a quiet little town, where nothing is quite what it seems and no one can leave. He’s trapped, you see? Trapped in a bizarre prison with no memory of how he got there or why. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, a dying policeman believes his suffering may be a call to a divine mission—one that draws him towards revelations regarding the devil himself.
We're also seeing the return of Books of Magic! Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) writes.
Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he’s still a London teenager and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It's not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied, or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim’s trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him, and turn him into a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic…
2. On page 120 of 141 pages of Lucifer (2015-2017) Vo1. Cold Heaven -- which is rather fascinating and much better than expected. I didn't figure out who killed God and tried to kill Lucifer, but it made sense. No, we're in the aftermath or a short side story. So finished the main story, and this is the extra.
The main story was rather good. The art, the writing, and the metaphors. Also quite diversified for a comic.
Medjine - the Haitian orphan is my favorite character. Lucifer is his snarky lovable self, and Gabriel is a decent foil. It does a nice job of tying various subplots together -- which I couldn't imagine getting tied together or see how.
And like I said previously, the art is quite snazzy.
3. Reading The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey -- which I bought on Amazon as a kindle daily for $1.99. Needless to say it is not that much now. I found out about it and the deal via Smart Bitches (which likes to rec books that aren't romances and off the beaten track occasionally, as long as they are diverse or progressive in some way. Also lots of Kindle Daily Deals.)
So far it's rather interesting. It's a historical mystery that takes place in 1920s Bombay India, and the protagonist/detective is a female soliciter, the first in India, who specializes in contract law. She's working for her father's firm. And the widows, are Muslim women who are the wives of a dead polyginist. The heroine is Zorasthrain.
It's rather informative on India at that time, women's rights in India at that time, and contractual law. Also a mystery.
It does require a certain level of attention and focus that I may or may not be able to provide per my chaotic commute. (I take a subway and a train, with walking and waiting in between, and the subway often feels like an international school bus with rowdy teens and cranky adults. Not exactly conducive for reading anything that requires a certain level of focus.
But I'm in the mood for it. (I think I may have burned out on the romance novels.)
4. Seen two episodes of Good Omens now and am rather hooked. It's holding my attention better than the book did -- possibly due to the lack of footnotes. Also footnotes on television shows are far more entertaining then in books and are less distracting.
I love Tennant's Crowely. Arizaphal ain't bad either.
Told two co-workers about it, one might check it out (that's the one who is as indiscriminate as I am in regards to genre and somewhat geeky) and one told me that I was amazingly indiscriminate about genre and would watch anything. (True. Albeit within reason. I told him I don't discriminate on culture or people or most stuff, but if I think it will hurt me or if it has, I veer clear. I don't like to be hurt.)
Note, we are sending Pence to the European Union -- as a consolation prize.
Yours truly,
The US.
2. Chidi thinks I'd make a great critic. I have my doubts. For one thing, I'd have to see movies like "Ma" -- which, no. And watch things like the Bachelor, also no.
And...I'd starve, it's frigging hard to make a living as a critic.
3. Sandman Universe via Neil Gaiman and various hand-picked writers and artists coming to a comic book house near you
Yes, they are reviving the Vertigo Titles. I read a lot of these back in the day, and rather adored them.
Some teasers on my fav's:
Long a favorite side character in the Sandman mythos, and currently enjoying renewed popularity thanks to his TV series. This one will be written by Dan Watters. We see the TV magic words "police" and "Los Angeles" here in the official synopsis, so there's a little synergy there...
A few years ago, the devil vanished. Some people say he died or simply ran away, while others believe he never existed at all. But we aren’t some people. No. This is the one true story of what happened to the Prince of Lies, the Bringer of Light—Lucifer, the blind, destitute old man, who lives in a small boarding house in a quiet little town, where nothing is quite what it seems and no one can leave. He’s trapped, you see? Trapped in a bizarre prison with no memory of how he got there or why. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, a dying policeman believes his suffering may be a call to a divine mission—one that draws him towards revelations regarding the devil himself.
We're also seeing the return of Books of Magic! Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) writes.
Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he’s still a London teenager and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It's not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied, or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim’s trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him, and turn him into a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic…
2. On page 120 of 141 pages of Lucifer (2015-2017) Vo1. Cold Heaven -- which is rather fascinating and much better than expected. I didn't figure out who killed God and tried to kill Lucifer, but it made sense. No, we're in the aftermath or a short side story. So finished the main story, and this is the extra.
The main story was rather good. The art, the writing, and the metaphors. Also quite diversified for a comic.
Medjine - the Haitian orphan is my favorite character. Lucifer is his snarky lovable self, and Gabriel is a decent foil. It does a nice job of tying various subplots together -- which I couldn't imagine getting tied together or see how.
And like I said previously, the art is quite snazzy.
3. Reading The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey -- which I bought on Amazon as a kindle daily for $1.99. Needless to say it is not that much now. I found out about it and the deal via Smart Bitches (which likes to rec books that aren't romances and off the beaten track occasionally, as long as they are diverse or progressive in some way. Also lots of Kindle Daily Deals.)
So far it's rather interesting. It's a historical mystery that takes place in 1920s Bombay India, and the protagonist/detective is a female soliciter, the first in India, who specializes in contract law. She's working for her father's firm. And the widows, are Muslim women who are the wives of a dead polyginist. The heroine is Zorasthrain.
It's rather informative on India at that time, women's rights in India at that time, and contractual law. Also a mystery.
It does require a certain level of attention and focus that I may or may not be able to provide per my chaotic commute. (I take a subway and a train, with walking and waiting in between, and the subway often feels like an international school bus with rowdy teens and cranky adults. Not exactly conducive for reading anything that requires a certain level of focus.
But I'm in the mood for it. (I think I may have burned out on the romance novels.)
4. Seen two episodes of Good Omens now and am rather hooked. It's holding my attention better than the book did -- possibly due to the lack of footnotes. Also footnotes on television shows are far more entertaining then in books and are less distracting.
I love Tennant's Crowely. Arizaphal ain't bad either.
Told two co-workers about it, one might check it out (that's the one who is as indiscriminate as I am in regards to genre and somewhat geeky) and one told me that I was amazingly indiscriminate about genre and would watch anything. (True. Albeit within reason. I told him I don't discriminate on culture or people or most stuff, but if I think it will hurt me or if it has, I veer clear. I don't like to be hurt.)
Great minds think alike
I was thinking the same thing. Keep him in quarantine for say two or three years. He has illnesses like foot-in-mouth disease and diarrhea of the Twitter, very dangerous to British as well as American public mental health.
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The tower idea is not a bad one -- you could trick him into a tour, then take him to the dungeons, let him get lost, shut him off down there...then say, whoops we lost him. We've no idea where he is. Sorry. But make sure you confiscate his phone first and hire someone to pretend to be him tweeting from various locations around the globe. The US Secret Service could play "where in the world is Trump".
Re: Great minds think alike
I don't see why he doesn't just stay over there - they have a queen and palaces. He'd be happier, we'd be happier -- and if they want to keep him in quarantine or in their tower for a bit...that works too.
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Haha! Looks like there's good eatin' on him.
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Heh, I had the same thing suggested to me years ago and knew it was a no-go for the same reasons. It's definitely one of those jobs where it's become surprising to find someone getting paid for it (and not well either).
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You also have to be connected to get anywhere. And it helps to have another source of income. It's like most of the glamour biz -- looks like a great gig on the outside, but pull away the glamour? Not so much. I remember one professional critic grousing about how since the internet, and all the amateur bloggers/critics, he was struggling. Because there's so much content out there at the moment -- it's become all about "branding" and "marketing" and how you promote yourself. 90% of the critics are camped out on Twitter desperately promoting themselves and their brand. Ugh. I'd rather do what I'm currently doing.
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A co-worker asked me today if it was just one season. I'm not far enough of the way through to be able to tell. Halfway through the 3rd episode, which is really good. (The non-discriminatory, genre loving co-worker that I rec'd it to -- LOVED it. He came by to thank me today for rec'ing it to him. ) The third episode is really good -- they have this really long open with Arizaphale and Crowly -- showing how their friendship has built over time that I adore. And the casting is perfect. I always fall for Tennant, no matter what he does...sigh. ;-)
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YES! I think that sequence was my favorite from the show so far!
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I particularly loved the bit with Noah's arc..."God's gotten a bit touchy." Crowly - "drowning kids? Kids? Even we don't do that." "Yeah, well, it won't happen again -- just this one time." Crowly: "Oops one of those unicorns just got away. Oh well, I guess you only need one."
LOL!