Discworld does grow on one. (This is good, because there's a lot of it, and possibly not so good because there's no guarantee it's all as good as the Watch books. The first one I ever tried wasn't.) But I started Men At Arms today in Honest Ed's coffeehouse and had to stop because I was snickering out loud (which Torontonians aren't allowed to do, even in places as déclassé as Honest Ed's coffehouse.) "Dwarfs are very attached to their gold. Any highwayman demanding 'Your money or your life' had better bring a folding chair and packed lunch and a book to read while the debate goes on.' As for 'protect the innocent comma'-- well, more people should.
Discworld does grow on one. (This is good, because there's a lot of it, and possibly not so good because there's no guarantee it's all as good as the Watch books. The first one I ever tried wasn't.) But I started Men At Arms today in Honest Ed's coffeehouse and had to stop because I was snickering out loud (which Torontonians aren't allowed to do, even in places as déclassé as Honest Ed's coffehouse.) "Dwarfs are very attached to their gold. Any highwayman demanding 'Your money or your life' had better bring a folding chair and packed lunch and a book to read while the debate goes on.' As for 'protect the innocent comma'-- well, more people should.
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The usual annoyances of this book list, including the 'not if you ripped my fingernails out' entries (The Road, Atlas Shrugged, Twilight) and the…
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Was congratulating myself on how effective my hour of stretch and strengthen was. Then I got out of bed today. This is why I postpone getting out of…
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Well, so that was the year that was. A year ago I was marginally less crippled than I am now- could still work sorta, and get up and down from chairs…
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