Took, Read, Heard, Seen
Jan. 18th, 2006 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abracanabraGood free stuff:
Fictionwise.com is offering free ebook versions of the 2006 Nebula award nominees. You do have to set up an account to get them, but the membership is free, and it's not a huge pain in the ass. Presumably, you could also go to one of the "gimme password" sites to avoid this. They tend to offer a few new ones every week for "the season." Good writing. Free. Go.
Speaking of books....
The pitch for the latest Stephen King book: "Alfred Hitchcock made people afraid of taking showers. Steven Spielberg made people afraid of swimming. Now Stephen King is going to make you afraid of. . .your cell phone!" I nearly spit out a perfectly good swallow of tea when I read that. That said, I'm going to check it out from the library. It's post-apocalyptica, and I adore that shit.
Audiobook quote of the day:
"These cowards have barely sufficient courage to sneak up on a plastic cow in the dead of night, but they don't have the spine to confront a fat man with forearms as thick as mine." - Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
Seen:
A sign warning of "security dog." Is "guard dog" non-PC now? Is it too "please shoot my dog on sight?" Could not resist the image of a rottweiler being dragged around by a toddler ("Is it a nice doggy?" "Is my secuwity doggy! Kiww, Wex, kiww!").
Note taped outside of door, beginning with salutation, "Dear Mr./Ms. Qwest Person--"
Lingering:
A trumpet player along Nicollet. An older black man, dressed in a black suit, shirt, and hat. Color: grey gloves, dark brown shoes, white hatband. Tucked away in a dead-end nook between storefronts, his shoulder turned to passersby as if they were a cold wind. Paint peeling from the wall above him in a pattern that could have been a Madonna or a cartoon character.
Fictionwise.com is offering free ebook versions of the 2006 Nebula award nominees. You do have to set up an account to get them, but the membership is free, and it's not a huge pain in the ass. Presumably, you could also go to one of the "gimme password" sites to avoid this. They tend to offer a few new ones every week for "the season." Good writing. Free. Go.
Speaking of books....
The pitch for the latest Stephen King book: "Alfred Hitchcock made people afraid of taking showers. Steven Spielberg made people afraid of swimming. Now Stephen King is going to make you afraid of. . .your cell phone!" I nearly spit out a perfectly good swallow of tea when I read that. That said, I'm going to check it out from the library. It's post-apocalyptica, and I adore that shit.
Audiobook quote of the day:
"These cowards have barely sufficient courage to sneak up on a plastic cow in the dead of night, but they don't have the spine to confront a fat man with forearms as thick as mine." - Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
Seen:
A sign warning of "security dog." Is "guard dog" non-PC now? Is it too "please shoot my dog on sight?" Could not resist the image of a rottweiler being dragged around by a toddler ("Is it a nice doggy?" "Is my secuwity doggy! Kiww, Wex, kiww!").
Note taped outside of door, beginning with salutation, "Dear Mr./Ms. Qwest Person--"
Lingering:
A trumpet player along Nicollet. An older black man, dressed in a black suit, shirt, and hat. Color: grey gloves, dark brown shoes, white hatband. Tucked away in a dead-end nook between storefronts, his shoulder turned to passersby as if they were a cold wind. Paint peeling from the wall above him in a pattern that could have been a Madonna or a cartoon character.