Henceforth I can be found at jtgloverI've met great people here, had some really good discussions, but I'm ready to move on. This journal started as something of a lark, and I had a lot of fun with it, but increasingly it doesn't feel like me, or what I want my journal to be. Library & Information Science-related humor and musings are fun when you're in ( Read more... )

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So I've found this great thing to do while taking breaks from job-applying... Hee!

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( The kind who takes these stupid tests first thing in the morning )

If you haven't seen it yet and are a Stoker fan, I suggest you check out dracula1897. They are LJ-ing the entire novel, according to the dates in the book, starting May 3. I've read Dracula more than a few times, but I'm curious to see how I like a dose of it every day on my FList.

This week I started Dark Delicacies, a recent horror anthology with contributions from many of today's most well known horror and dark fantasy writers. I'm not done yet but I've read several of the stories, with reactions ranging from "wow" to "why is this supposed to scare me?" Of those I've read, I particularly enjoyed Clive Barker's story " ( Read more... )

At countless folks' suggestion, I have finally started reading Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass. Whoo! Fifty pages in and I can definitely understand why people get worked up about it. We'll see how I like it as the book progresses, but it's an artful blend of alternate realities, steampunk, children's fantasy, etc. I'll be particularly ( Read more... )

( Well! Thanks to my friend Greg, I now know that I am likely to survive The End. I'll probably die in a puddle of my own vomit from radiation poisoning, but at least I'll be able to shake my fist and say HA-HA, Nelson-style, before I go out. )

This morning BoingBoing featured a magnificent find from eBay: an authenticTM vampire-slaying kit from Transylvania. Comes with instructions!