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Lieutenant Hornblower (and Horse)
I read it all in one evening. I'm wondering how I managed to get through it the first time without seeing any slash, even as an innocent fourteen-year-old virgin unclear on the concept. Bush watches Hornblower taking a deck shower, and suddenly gets hot and sweaty. He watches young Hornblower drinking from a well, water slopping over his chest, and ( Read more... ) -
Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Just finished it. I liked it the first time I read it and I still like it now. I was surprised at how closely the movies followed the book. It doesn't have quite as much drama in some parts as the movies, nor are the supporting characters as well defined, but Mr Hornblower is earnest and geeky, and he does have some cute, slightly snarky, and happy ( Read more... ) -
Crossing the Line, or Seamen Dressed as Mermaids
So I was attempting to fill in the looooong week I will have to wait until bbcphile posts the next chapter of "Harboured and Encompassed," which I assume you are all reading too, and if you aren't, go read it RIGHT NOW!!! (It's on following_sea. You all knew that, right ( Read more... ) -
Mr Midshipman Hornblower
I'm reading it. I love it. I think the movies did a really good job with their adaptation. The best lines - like Captain Keene's epic Shaming of Simpson - are lifted straight from the book. (Except for Archie's lines, of course, which are much better than their non-Archie book versions.) Horatio is as geeky, gangly, and over-dramatic as the boy we ( Read more... ) -
Gen recs, free ebooks for Hornblower and more
So, this afternoon I was chatting with a friend in our church library. Husband was on the sofa nearby, holding our sleeping toddler, and the other two kids we had with us were off in the game room ( Read more... ) -
Bootblacks
I have just discovered another nice thing about having children. My two sons saw me dumping black polish on the scuffed grey toes of my black-booted feet (and dripping it liberally on the balcony floor, but that is besides the point). 3-year-old son was fascinated by my decrepit battery-operated spinning polisher thing, so I handed it over, and ( Read more... ) -
six bells
So I finally went ahead and got the "Ship's Time" app, which chimes out the bells every half hour. I really like it. It helps me keep track of time. And it enabled the following conversation in my home:
Son, age 7: "Mommy! Six bells!"
Me: "So what time is that?"
Son: "It's....eleven o'clock!"
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Weevils
You know you may be just slightly obsessed with all things AoS when you happen to look up "weevil" and realize they are very likely the same pointy-snouted little insects that have gotten into your dry pasta, and you feel kind of excited to see them. It may even cross your mind to taste one, just to see what sailors had to deal with, but you very ( Read more... ) -
Happy Chinese Moon Festival!
It's also called Mid-Autumn Day, but it still feels very much like summer. Tonight the moon is traditionally the biggest and roundest of the year. We are off to have barbecue at our neighbor's house, share mooncakes and tea, and gaze at the moon - or we would gaze at it if it weren't forecast to be covered in clouds from a semidistant typhoon. ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I was browsing our church's library last week and found POB's Post Captain. Not bad for one of the few English-language libraries in our city, and a small private one at that! I've seen the movie and read a few fanfics, but this will be my first actual POB novel. Am only on page 17, and have already encountered mention of the Indefatigable, Aubrey ( Read more... )