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Can you identify this book? "After his father dies, a son practically disowns his step mother and sisters."

This is why Temeraire is not Jane Austen meets dragons. This is why The Magicians and Mrs. Quent is not Jane Austen does magic. This is why Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is not Jane Austen does magic either.

Jane Austen wrote about women. She wrote about the concerns of young women at a very uncertain time in their lives. The POV is dominated by young women in the country with nothing more allowed to them than visiting, "covering screens and I know not what," and dancing. Yet still, these are clever sly books that poke fun at the very thing they are.

It takes more than adopting a syntactical style to channel Jane.

(BTW, that's supposed to be Sense & Sensibility. *twitch*)

I suddenly need a "political ranting" tag. >_< Just finished reading an article about some of the stuff going on in the US right now. Granted, it's an article from an organisation with an admitted bias. (Better that than certain "news" organisations with their hidden agendas!) It leaves me sad and worried. ( Long rambly political rant. Cut for the not-caring. Or for those who like a little sense to their rhetoric. )

OH! I remember where I was going - New Orleans. Where the a big chunk of the post-disaster rebuilding force of Louisiana is not. "Where are they?" you ask. In Iraq. Fighting the fight that has to be fought because so many have died fighting this fight. Bastard.

But yeah. I'm going to give blood next week. I'd go today, but just being over this bug, it's not a good idea. If you can handle it, go.

Seen on the Elevator News Network: "In spite of great opening by Batman Whatever, Hollywood's still suffering its worst slump in 20 years."

Goody! Know what that means? NOTHING! Nothing will change - they'll still put out shite movies. Oh wait, yes, they'll start blaming downloaders again. Maybe we'll get Joe-the-stuntman (or whoever) back on-screen to lay a guilt trip on the people who paid to see the movie!

I was at a movie yesterday (Mr. & Mrs. Smith = enh), thinking nostalgically back to the days when there were no commercials in movie theatres. Bastards. Raise prices, make shitty movies, show commercials, and lay a guilt trip on us 'cause we had the unmitigated gall to pay for the show.

You capitalise "styrofoam", but don't have Hamurabi in your dictionary? Or Toth. pffft!

On top of that, it prompts me to change "left brain" to "left-brain", but doesn't make the same suggestion for "right brain"? (I didn't "ignore all", btw, it tried to change "left brain" twice.)

Yep, still not working.

I wish I could waltz properly.

... it does.

Loonatics trailer. Link, courtesy of clawfoot, goes directly to a quicktime movie.

I'm shocked, appalled, horrified, outraged, cowering...

Just got disconnected from Bell Mobility's "service" line. Irritating unsympathetic operator. Useless website. 4 months without a bill sent out. "Contact us" is a form with a very short field length.

Looks like I'll be shopping for a new cellphone this season.