Right Now I'm........... (part deux)

[potthole]

I just watched that for the first time ever on Friday, actually. Very good movie.

[plungerhand]

Be it ever so humble... Just spent 11 1/2 hours pulling a car hauler with my tractor on it.. It rained from Tn to Fl... Nothing like a long drive to do some life contemplating.

[Titan!]

30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.

[krystal]

30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.

Will it be like all of his other books and rapidly become boring?

[Biff]

30 pages into the new Stephen King novel, and really digging it.

Will it be like all of his other books and rapidly become boring?

Winner!

[krystal]

I'm glad someone agrees with me. Stephen King is too descriptive and too all-encompassing, which causes his stories to become disjointed and hard to concentrate on. He should come up with ideas and let someone else write the actual books.

[Mark the Valet]

Wait a minute, lemme get this straight. Your beef with Stephen King, who is an author and relies on his ability to describe things in his stories, is too descriptive?

[Biff]

Wait a minute, lemme get this straight. Your beef with Stephen King, who is an author and relies on his ability to describe things in his stories, is too descriptive?

Way way way way way too descriptive.

[Mark the Valet]

It's just a weird beef to have with a guy who is a storyteller is all. I'm not a huge fan of his either, but I've read 7 or 8 of his books and I never thought: "Hey, this guy is being too overly descriptive in trying to make me visualize this world and scenarios that he's creating with words!"

[krystal]

When descriptions get in the way of the story, it's too descriptive. I don't need to know how green the grass is, the exact shapes of the blades, or how blue the sky is and the exact shapes of clouds to read a story. The excess imagery makes it disjointed, making it more difficult for me to imagine it. There should be an actual reason for the description as opposed to just putting words on paper. Pointless drivel should be edited out.

[peachs]

having a hazelnut coffee, and a chocolate brownie clif bar

[potthole]

If you want to talk about a book being too descriptive, check out The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. He has an entire chapter to describe how a nuke goes off. Not about what happens when it goes off, but how it goes off. You know, "Circuit A sends a current to Circuit B, which trips this switch, which sends a current to..."

[0rz0ski]

I'm pretty sure that Tolkien and Melville trump Clancy over description.

Right now I'm glad to be back from the allergists. It's always fun when the nurse walks in during the middle of the 15 minute '60 prick test' and says "Whoa! Uh, doctor, you need to confirm these samples [of allergens on my back] now...she's really reacting." And then the doctor tells you he won't do a different test on me because I'd go into anaphylactic shock. Go, my retarded body.

[krystal]

Never, EVER read Atonement. The movie included almost everything in the book and was much easier to deal with.

Oh, and for some reason (morbid curiosity, really) I want to see a pic of the crazy folk with extra baby-making parts. I hope I don't throw up after seeing it.

[Queenie]

Just won a chance to go to Daytona with the guys!! WOOHOOOO!!!

[Biff]

You were FAST! I hope you win!

[Queenie]

Thanks Biff! But tell me, how retarded did I sound?? Did you hear me say "Queenie rules!" That was a little . . . uh . . crazy! I was excited!!

[Biff]

Thanks Biff! But tell me, how retarded did I sound?? Did you hear me say "Queenie rules!" That was a little . . . uh . . crazy! I was excited!!

I didn't hear anything until the end actually because I was concentrating on something else. I heard "Janice" and assumed it was you. I came here and confirmed it. All I remember is that it was answered very quickly.

[Queenie]

It was kind of funny. I had the answer (55) in my head and like I had a delayed reaction to saying "Michael Waltrip" . . . okay, you need to say your name and the answer now, Janice . . . do it now . . . DO IT NOW!!!!

[Titan!]

Headed to China to have lunch with Stephen King.

[Queenie]

Getting so excited about the birth of my 1st granddaughter, Layla Anne!!! She'll be here by next Tuesday at the latest (so the Dr. says).

[Titan!]

Headed to China to have lunch with Stephen King.

Actually I meant lunch in Tokyo,

They had a new sushi that I hadn't had before, with strawberries, cooked salmon, avacado, and "crab stick"

It was pretty good.

And damn man, I am loving Under the Dome

[0rz0ski]

It's 9am, and I'm ready to throw my badge at my manager and drink until I lose consciousness.

[Queenie]

Anxiously waiting on the drawing for Daytona . . . ya'll keep your fingers crossed please!!!

OMG . . . fuck you Chuck!!! :twisted:

[potthole]

Completed my two newest additions to my collection of baseball memorbillia...



A framed article about pitching, written by Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn, taken from a 1955 issue of Collier's magazine.



A framed article from a 1957 issue of Life magazine, about some big fights that took place in some games.

I found both articles in an antique store on Friday, and got them framed over the weekend.

[plumpenut]

very nice! :thumbup: I thought I was the only big baseball nerd on here.

Im watching the saints roll again. :thumbdown:

[potthole]

Biff is a bit of a baseball nerd too.

[Biff]

Biff is a bit of a baseball nerd too.

I don't do the collectible thing but I love baseball almost as much as I love my kids.

[krystal]

I'm not into baseball (or any sport, really), but I do love the framed old newspapers/magazines. But that's strictly from a girly-decorating standpoint.

[krystal]

Today is Super-Lame Day on the interwebs.

[plungerhand]

Today is Super-Lame Day on the interwebs.

I don't think it's just today, er yesterday.. or the day before...seems to be a trend. ghost town...

[Biff]

...listening to "Rust in Peace".

[Queenie]

So tickled after the birth of my first grandbaby yesterday:

Layla Anne - 7 lbs, 8 1/2 oz, 21 in.

[potthole]

Home after my last day at the old job.

[Queenie]

Home after my last day at the old job.

WOOT WOOT!! I'm sure you are excited!! :yipee:

[sunshyne]

So tickled after the birth of my first grandbaby yesterday:

Layla Anne - 7 lbs, 8 1/2 oz, 21 in.

She's beautiful!! congrats!

[Biff]

.....realizing that growing a beard just makes me look like a chubby GI Joe.

[potthole]

Got to play with my new snowblower for the first time. I picked it up on sale in the spring, and it's been sitting around all summer long, just begging me to fire it up.

[Queenie]

Just stay off the roof. We don't need another episode like we had with Howie last year!!

[potthole]

No worries about that. I've got an ice rake that'll reach up there, in the event the snow starts to get too deep.