OK, here is where you get to rant about all the desperate, rude, snobbish, slobbish customers you had to deal with today. Also, any heartwarming stories of customers who "made your day" would be welcome. Unfortunately, I didn't have that kind of customer moment today, although I did have one yesterday, and the day before. No, it was all out warfare the whole time today, woefully understaffed, and half of those were newbies, it was close to disaster. And the customers were a special kind of ransacking breed today, like they were taking shovels to some sections and just dragging the books out onto the floor. Occasionally, they would cease from their pillaging to ask pointless questions about obscure products, or tell stories about their lives and what brought them there that day... and then they would continue their ransacking of everything they could reach with their little hands... Carts of recovery everywhere.
And, I'm sorry, but I've seen so many holiday seasons blow through that, now, I can honestly say: No, I don't care that we didn't have a pristine copy of that bargain picture book on Australia that you saw here last week; No, I don't care that you thought we sold iTunes gift cards, try the drugstore; No, I don't care that we are out of that copy of "It's a Wonderful Life" that you absolutely must have tonight; No, I don't care that you're disappointed by my boxed Christmas card selection, and the same goes for my gift wrap selection, and my fucking calendar selection, too; No, I don't care that you're too stupid to press "1" for store hours, but insist on pressing "2" to hear me tell you when we close firsthand; and No, I don't care if you're "almost finished" typing on your laptop--We. Are. Now. Closed!!!
Your turn.
And, I'm sorry, but I've seen so many holiday seasons blow through that, now, I can honestly say: No, I don't care that we didn't have a pristine copy of that bargain picture book on Australia that you saw here last week; No, I don't care that you thought we sold iTunes gift cards, try the drugstore; No, I don't care that we are out of that copy of "It's a Wonderful Life" that you absolutely must have tonight; No, I don't care that you're disappointed by my boxed Christmas card selection, and the same goes for my gift wrap selection, and my fucking calendar selection, too; No, I don't care that you're too stupid to press "1" for store hours, but insist on pressing "2" to hear me tell you when we close firsthand; and No, I don't care if you're "almost finished" typing on your laptop--We. Are. Now. Closed!!!
Your turn.
Santa, The Enabler. (1955)
Do NOT buy this for any female on your list. Seriously. SERIOUSLY. (1948)
Unless you're James Bond, this is a bad idea on SO many levels. (1949)
And, finally, the classic. If you're okay with shooting your eye out, then I highly recommend this! (1941)
My backyard, upstate New York... (From last winter - we haven't had that much snow yet!)
- Location:Fishkill, NY
- Music:The sound of purring kitties, happy I'm home!
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Title: Mama Fish
Author: Rio Youers
Genre: Dark Fiction (horror/speculative)
URL: Amazon
Price: $7.99 (note that this is a novella length work at 92 pages)
Summary (from the publisher): At Harlequin High School In 1986, Kelvin Fish was the oddball, the weird kid that no one would talk to, except for Patrick Beauchamp who was determined to learn more. When Patrick's curiosity about Kelvin leads him into a bizarre and tragic series of events, Patrick gets much more than he bargained for.
My Review: Damn, Rio Youers can write.
Mama Fish is an interesting little novella and one that is hard to categorize. Part coming-of-age, part befriended misfits, part urban horror, and part speculative, this novella is most certainly a page-turner, keeping me engrossed the whole way.
( Read more... )
Title: Mama Fish
Author: Rio Youers
Genre: Dark Fiction (horror/speculative)
URL: Amazon
Price: $7.99 (note that this is a novella length work at 92 pages)
Summary (from the publisher): At Harlequin High School In 1986, Kelvin Fish was the oddball, the weird kid that no one would talk to, except for Patrick Beauchamp who was determined to learn more. When Patrick's curiosity about Kelvin leads him into a bizarre and tragic series of events, Patrick gets much more than he bargained for.
My Review: Damn, Rio Youers can write.
Mama Fish is an interesting little novella and one that is hard to categorize. Part coming-of-age, part befriended misfits, part urban horror, and part speculative, this novella is most certainly a page-turner, keeping me engrossed the whole way.
( Read more... )
XPOST: booksarelove, book_worm, bookis, readplease, thereadingroom
Title: Mama Fish
Author: Rio Youers
Genre: Dark Fiction (horror/speculative)
URL: Amazon
Price: $7.99 (note that this is a novella length work at 92 pages)
Summary (from the publisher): At Harlequin High School In 1986, Kelvin Fish was the oddball, the weird kid that no one would talk to, except for Patrick Beauchamp who was determined to learn more. When Patrick's curiosity about Kelvin leads him into a bizarre and tragic series of events, Patrick gets much more than he bargained for.
My Review: Damn, Rio Youers can write.
Mama Fish is an interesting little novella and one that is hard to categorize. Part coming-of-age, part befriended misfits, part urban horror, and part speculative, this novella is most certainly a page-turner, keeping me engrossed the whole way.
( Read more... )
Title: Mama Fish
Author: Rio Youers
Genre: Dark Fiction (horror/speculative)
URL: Amazon
Price: $7.99 (note that this is a novella length work at 92 pages)
Summary (from the publisher): At Harlequin High School In 1986, Kelvin Fish was the oddball, the weird kid that no one would talk to, except for Patrick Beauchamp who was determined to learn more. When Patrick's curiosity about Kelvin leads him into a bizarre and tragic series of events, Patrick gets much more than he bargained for.
My Review: Damn, Rio Youers can write.
Mama Fish is an interesting little novella and one that is hard to categorize. Part coming-of-age, part befriended misfits, part urban horror, and part speculative, this novella is most certainly a page-turner, keeping me engrossed the whole way.
( Read more... )
I need to make sugar cookies and gingersnaps -- QUICKLY -- for Christmas Eve.
I have a great recipe and all the ingredients, however the recipes call for "all purpose flour". Just realized that I don't have any all purpose flour!!
I have whole wheat flour, white rice flour, and brown rice flour.
Will whole wheat flour do the trick? Please let me know!
EDIT: i got AP flour, thanks so much for the comments... I would have used whole wheat and ruined my cookies! Thanks
I have a great recipe and all the ingredients, however the recipes call for "all purpose flour". Just realized that I don't have any all purpose flour!!
I have whole wheat flour, white rice flour, and brown rice flour.
Will whole wheat flour do the trick? Please let me know!
EDIT: i got AP flour, thanks so much for the comments... I would have used whole wheat and ruined my cookies! Thanks
(extra-short reviews so I can get back to reading!)
Season of Storms, by Susanna Kearsley
She continues to remind me a great deal of Elizabeth Peters' non-Peabody stuff... very very enjoyable suspense with a romance angle.
(245/275)
Sleeping Naked is Green, by Vanessa Farquharson
Funny stunt memoir of a year of making green changes. Pretty fluffy/chick-litty, but that made it more enjoyable, not less.
(246/275)
Gordath Wood, by Patrice Sarath
Probably the gentlest war novel I've ever read - but gripping, and not glossing over the war stuff, just... approaching it carefully. Oh, and it's a travel-between-alternate-worlds horse fantasy, too. Definitely going to read the sequel - it was more complex than I thought it was going to be.
(247/275)
A Prince Edward Island Christmas, by Deirdre Kessler, Wayne Barrett, and Anne MacKay
Ah, my annual dose of nostalgia / deliberate homesickness.
(248/275)
Season of Storms, by Susanna Kearsley
She continues to remind me a great deal of Elizabeth Peters' non-Peabody stuff... very very enjoyable suspense with a romance angle.
(245/275)
Sleeping Naked is Green, by Vanessa Farquharson
Funny stunt memoir of a year of making green changes. Pretty fluffy/chick-litty, but that made it more enjoyable, not less.
(246/275)
Gordath Wood, by Patrice Sarath
Probably the gentlest war novel I've ever read - but gripping, and not glossing over the war stuff, just... approaching it carefully. Oh, and it's a travel-between-alternate-worlds horse fantasy, too. Definitely going to read the sequel - it was more complex than I thought it was going to be.
(247/275)
A Prince Edward Island Christmas, by Deirdre Kessler, Wayne Barrett, and Anne MacKay
Ah, my annual dose of nostalgia / deliberate homesickness.
(248/275)
- Mood:bookish
- Music:Colin Bailey, "Skating" (Charlie Brown music)
A bit of an Aussie Summer Christmas, for those of you snowbound bunnies.
Seasons Greetings, wherever you are and whatever you celebrate this time of year!
Seasons Greetings, wherever you are and whatever you celebrate this time of year!
So here's a weird question which, yes, I AM discussing with loved ones (though not that type of love):
What's an orgy?
I mean, okay, my personal definition is "More than four people, I guess.". Clearly, it's some gathering of multiple people - but three and fours are threesomes and foursomes. But it just seems like a foursome is orgyISH, but not if you go into it with two established couples. So there's kind of a nebulous definition going. Honestly, I'm not sure if I've been to one.
So how do YOU define it personally? Where's the cutoff line between consensual fun and whoo, ORGY!?
I acknowledge this is a fully ludicrous question. Merry Christmas.
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- Mood:
good
#96 -- Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons in Love, Death, and Happiness
, 244 pages.
This is a fascinating book by a philosophy professor, using his relationship with the wolf cub he raised as a launching point to consider the difference between human (or simian) consciousness and that of other animals such as wolves. He also considers morality and the meaning of life. All done in a way that is both understandable and interesting to non-philosophy folks.
#97 -- Kelley Armstrong, Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 10)
, 339 pages.
Another great installment of Kelley Armstrong's series. We're back to Elena, and I really do love her. These never fail to please.
Progress toward goals: 358/365 = 98.1%
Books: 97/100 = 97.0%
Pages: 24264/25000 = 97.1%
2009 Book List
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gwynraven
, 244 pages.This is a fascinating book by a philosophy professor, using his relationship with the wolf cub he raised as a launching point to consider the difference between human (or simian) consciousness and that of other animals such as wolves. He also considers morality and the meaning of life. All done in a way that is both understandable and interesting to non-philosophy folks.
#97 -- Kelley Armstrong, Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 10)
, 339 pages.Another great installment of Kelley Armstrong's series. We're back to Elena, and I really do love her. These never fail to please.
Progress toward goals: 358/365 = 98.1%
Books: 97/100 = 97.0%
Pages: 24264/25000 = 97.1%
2009 Book List
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15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynravenHoisted from the comments on a thread about Keenspot rewriting its contracts:
comment(s) on that entry.
I was going to post something about the Keen brand, but the Captcha box down there said “The tactless.”
I bet discussions like this would be much more civil if Captcha always said things like “stop trolling” and “RU A Jerk.”
BY HOWARD TAYLER ON 12.23.09 1:03 PM
I bet discussions like this would be much more civil if Captcha always said things like “stop trolling” and “RU A Jerk.”
BY HOWARD TAYLER ON 12.23.09 1:03 PM
Not at all a bad idea. It would only work for reasonable people, of course -- unreasonable people never consider the possibility that they're in the wrong -- but it might help keep me, at least, from posting thoughtlessly. Then again, there's the UI rule that any dialogue box that you answer the same way 90% of the time is useless, because muscle memory will carry you through the other 10%.
Happy holidays to everybody who celebrates, and I hope you're having a day or two off. My plans for the day, which I am trying to keep minimal:
Happy holidays to everybody who celebrates, and I hope you're having a day or two off. My plans for the day, which I am trying to keep minimal:
- Make snowflake rolls (in bed with a stack of cookbooks now)
- Decorate tree with family
- Call TiVo about why my TiVo can't see my main computer, preventing me from
catching up with BBC goodieswatching entirely copyright-free videos - (optional and indeed unlikely) finish wee cross-stitched Christmas ornament
- Mood:artistic
- Music:Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
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