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Party pooper LJ!
Well, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
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And I will answer my own question: Serenity: Better Days by Joss Whedon, Brett Mathews and Will Conrad, which is a paperback compilation of a three issue comic book series set between the end of Firefly and the beginning of Serenity if we count graphic novels. If we are sticking with words only the latest book I read is Eldest by Christopher Paolini, which is the second book in a fantasy series with dragons and dragon-riders. It and the first and third book of the series were birthday presents from my sister. They are good, especially for being written by such a young person. I believe Paolini was 15 when he wrote the first book and 19 when he finished the second. The books are a little derivate, with a lot of elements borrowed from other science fiction, but the world that Paolini has built is quite complex and holds together very well. The thing I like the least is the juvenile romance subplot, but I can forgive it given the author's age and that the hero involved is also of a similar age.
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I haven't finished a book for a while - the last one I started turned out to be really boring so I gave up halway through. Currently reading The Whisperers by John Connolly, one of his Charlie Parker private investigator books. They tend to edge into supernatural territory and I always enjoy them. This one is well up to his usual standards.
I usually read SF or Fantasy, but it's good to have a change occasionally.
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I read Eragon and Eldest but wasn't very fond of them. Eragon I liked in places (rare and far in-between places) because it was what a young boy would write. Eldest I found a rather tenous (sp?) read. I never brought up the effort to even start Brisingr.
But some of my students like them, and hey, if they bring the new generation to reading, then I'm all for it.
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I think I would definitely have liked them more when I was younger. I
would especially have loved the fact that they were so long, giving me
lots of reading ahead. These days I have trouble starting thick books,
because I have so little time to read in that I generally won't be able
to finish it in a reasonable time.
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Yesterday I started reading a Danish thriller titled 'øjesten' (with a capital ø which I don't know how to make).