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Dylrob · 10-30-2011, 07:07 AM

Rufusing to open the pod bay doors.

Also watching TV.

vivaldirules · 10-30-2011, 07:11 AM

Open the pod bay doors, pal.

vivaldirules · 10-30-2011, 07:15 AM

Pal, open the pod bay doors.

orlok · 10-30-2011, 08:45 AM

Just been speaking (via Skype) to my sister and family in Oz. A tad strange when we have barely woken up and are in the process of making the bacon sarnies at the start of our day, and they are all one or two sheets to the wind on beer and wine, and at the end of their day.

maianhvk · 10-30-2011, 12:46 PM

Googling how to make a bookmark.

kindlekitten · 10-30-2011, 02:28 PM

getting ready to throw a YappY Howl-O-Ween party this afternoon for dogs and nervous as hell as I am terrified that no-one will show up

Stitchawl · 10-30-2011, 08:33 PM

I'm looking a GoogleEarth, thinking about visiting places I keep reading about in my books. The Japanese tourists actually have formal "Heidi" tours, where they go to the town's in Switzerland mentioned in the books, visit the house supposedly where she lived, etc.. They also have "Ann of Green Gables" tours, and tours to visit "Twin Peaks, to eat cherry pie in the restaurant, stay in the hotel, etc., all seen in the TV series.

I'm looking around Minnesota, at the lakes where 'Virgil Flowers' fishes, the restaurants where 'Lucas Davenport' eats... Maybe going to New Iberia in Louisiana and eat crawfish etuffe on Bayou Teche with 'Dave Robicheaux." Perhaps eat some beignets in the cafe where Dave and 'Clete Percell' go near the French Quarter. Drive up Mulholland Drive and see where 'Harry Bosch' has his house hanging over the canyon wall... Travel to Scotland and have a drink in the pubs near Inspector Rebus' beat... maybe have a curry or some kababs while waiting for 'Nick Stone' to pass by in London... Sit and watch the climbers doing the 'Eiger' on the other side of the valley, or listen to the drums at a Navajo powwow with 'Jim Chee.'

I've been to many of these places before, but that was before I read about them in my books. Somehow, reading about them gives them an almost mystical aura, something special above and beyond the distant travels. I'd like to go back now, sit in the spots and re-read the stories. I used to do this with Robert Frost's poems... read them while sitting on the porch of the house he lived in in Ripton, VT., or along the walking paths where he'd stroll, stopping at a fork in the trail and look at the 'road not taken.' It really does make all the difference.

Stitchawl

pholy · 10-30-2011, 09:17 PM

Indeed... Back when I worked for DEC, if I had to visit the headquarters for a class, I'd stay in Concord. I walked around Walden Pond, and saw the 'the rude bridge that arched the flood'... or at least a replica.

It does bring it all alive.

Stitchawl · 10-30-2011, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pholy

Indeed... Back when I worked for DEC, if I had to visit the headquarters for a class, I'd stay in Concord. I walked around Walden Pond, and saw the 'the rude bridge that arched the flood'... or at least a replica.

It does bring it all alive.

It certainly does. I wonder how many people think that Thoreau lived a hermit-like existence while at Walden Pond, rather than the reality that he walked into town most every day for lunch? "Walden" and his essay "Civil Disobedience" were such excellent works, but very few ever read his 18-volume journal that he self-published, and was, by ALL accounts, absolutely horrible reading! And certainly very few realized that for most of his life, he worked making pencils...

There is a certain skewed 'reality' to visiting the footsteps we find in books.

Stitchawl

wannabee · 10-30-2011, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Googling how to make a bookmark.

Spoiler:

maianhvk · 10-30-2011, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wannabee

Spoiler:

I HATE folding corners. My books don't have wrinkles...

Dylrob · 10-30-2011, 11:29 PM

I just use any available sheet of paper. Folded down to size.

Dylrob · 10-30-2011, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Open the pod bay doors, pal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Pal, open the pod bay doors.

I'm sorry, Viva. I'm afraid I can't do that. I'm busy watching Law and Order: SVU.

Stitchawl · 10-31-2011, 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylrob

I'm sorry, Viva. I'm afraid I can't do that. I'm busy watching Law and Order: SVU.

Spoiler:

Stitchawl

Todd Young · 10-31-2011, 02:22 AM

I'm trying not to fall asleep at the computer.

10-30-2011, 07:07 AM	#32311
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Rufusing to open the pod bay doors. Also watching TV.

10-30-2011, 07:11 AM	#32312
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Open the pod bay doors, pal.

10-30-2011, 07:15 AM	#32313
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Pal, open the pod bay doors.

10-30-2011, 08:45 AM	#32314
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Just been speaking (via Skype) to my sister and family in Oz. A tad strange when we have barely woken up and are in the process of making the bacon sarnies at the start of our day, and they are all one or two sheets to the wind on beer and wine, and at the end of their day.

10-30-2011, 12:46 PM	#32315
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	Googling how to make a bookmark.

10-30-2011, 02:28 PM	#32316
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	getting ready to throw a YappY Howl-O-Ween party this afternoon for dogs and nervous as hell as I am terrified that no-one will show up

10-30-2011, 08:33 PM	#32317
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I'm looking a GoogleEarth, thinking about visiting places I keep reading about in my books. The Japanese tourists actually have formal "Heidi" tours, where they go to the town's in Switzerland mentioned in the books, visit the house supposedly where she lived, etc.. They also have "Ann of Green Gables" tours, and tours to visit "Twin Peaks, to eat cherry pie in the restaurant, stay in the hotel, etc., all seen in the TV series. I'm looking around Minnesota, at the lakes where 'Virgil Flowers' fishes, the restaurants where 'Lucas Davenport' eats... Maybe going to New Iberia in Louisiana and eat crawfish etuffe on Bayou Teche with 'Dave Robicheaux." Perhaps eat some beignets in the cafe where Dave and 'Clete Percell' go near the French Quarter. Drive up Mulholland Drive and see where 'Harry Bosch' has his house hanging over the canyon wall... Travel to Scotland and have a drink in the pubs near Inspector Rebus' beat... maybe have a curry or some kababs while waiting for 'Nick Stone' to pass by in London... Sit and watch the climbers doing the 'Eiger' on the other side of the valley, or listen to the drums at a Navajo powwow with 'Jim Chee.' I've been to many of these places before, but that was before I read about them in my books. Somehow, reading about them gives them an almost mystical aura, something special above and beyond the distant travels. I'd like to go back now, sit in the spots and re-read the stories. I used to do this with Robert Frost's poems... read them while sitting on the porch of the house he lived in in Ripton, VT., or along the walking paths where he'd stroll, stopping at a fork in the trail and look at the 'road not taken.' It really does make all the difference. Stitchawl

10-30-2011, 09:17 PM	#32318
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Indeed... Back when I worked for DEC, if I had to visit the headquarters for a class, I'd stay in Concord. I walked around Walden Pond, and saw the 'the rude bridge that arched the flood'... or at least a replica. It does bring it all alive.

10-30-2011, 11:29 PM	#32322
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	I just use any available sheet of paper. Folded down to size.

10-31-2011, 02:22 AM	#32325
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	I'm trying not to fall asleep at the computer.