Tuesday, July 26, 2005
And another thing!!!
(aka further rants involving the library....)
OK..... So there's this author Nora Roberts. For some ungodly reason she thinks it's a good idea to start writing under a pseudonym: J.D. Robb. Cataloging and shelving chaos ensues.....
Then she decides to note on the books that they are "Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb", which only adds to the confusion and labeling of paperbacks....
Now I see at least one with a co-author credit of "Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb"!!! Gaahhhhh!!!!
Multiple personality issues aside, there's no reason for it other to cause libraries, bookstores and the fans themselves problems.
I'm just waiting for one to come out credited as "J.D. Robb writing as Nora Roberts".... Better yet, howzabout "J.D. Robb and Richard Bachman"?
(aka further rants involving the library....)
OK..... So there's this author Nora Roberts. For some ungodly reason she thinks it's a good idea to start writing under a pseudonym: J.D. Robb. Cataloging and shelving chaos ensues.....
Then she decides to note on the books that they are "Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb", which only adds to the confusion and labeling of paperbacks....
Now I see at least one with a co-author credit of "Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb"!!! Gaahhhhh!!!!
Multiple personality issues aside, there's no reason for it other to cause libraries, bookstores and the fans themselves problems.
I'm just waiting for one to come out credited as "J.D. Robb writing as Nora Roberts".... Better yet, howzabout "J.D. Robb and Richard Bachman"?
I should work for an advertising firm
More ideas fomenting (or should that be fermenting?) in me 'ead.... As an example, I posted the following on the Admiral Twin msg board back on 06/08/05:
You! Sandwich-lover!
Mrs Sivana was sorting through the daily onslaught of mail we now get since we've moved the Fortress of Attitude into its permanent location (translation: since we bought a house) and from behind the pile, I hear her voice pipe up in a Val Kilmer-as-Doc Holliday drawl: "You! Sandwich Lover!"
The apparent non-sequitur slapped me upside the ganglia, leaving me stunned until she explained. Seems we got an advert addressed to "Sandwich lover at".... . Once I was up to speed (considering our mutual admiration for TOMBSTONE), I went from stunned to highly amused and wouldn't leave her alone about her comedic leap in logic.
Now I am left with this:
A deep desire to see a commercial (most likely from Quiznos, considering their "We've got the subs. We are not the huns." campaign) for a buy one, get one free (aka bogo) promotion featuring a drunken Val Kilmer walking in on Matt LeBlanc and yelling "You! Sandwich lover! I've got two sandwiches, one for each of you".
sigh.......
I (re)told that story to tell you this one:
Saturday we were preparing for our invasion of OKC and I wasn't in very good shape: slight incoherence and general aches & pains. Even my obligatory ingestion of caffeine didn't help. Finally, about half an hour after a doubling my intake (probably up to 4 cups by that time), the pain and fog lifted.
Oddly enough (actually not that odd to any who know me), I only noticed because an ad came to mind whole and fully-formed, while I was swiping my pits with deodorant and looked up to see Mrs Sivana's deodorant on the shelf. The ad follows:
"Hello, I'm Ian McKellan. I may be an old queen, but like anyone else, I can appreciate a clean smelling pair of pits on a woman."
Ian holds up a bottle of Secret brand deodorant and says "Remember: Keep it Secret. Keep it safe."
More ideas fomenting (or should that be fermenting?) in me 'ead.... As an example, I posted the following on the Admiral Twin msg board back on 06/08/05:
You! Sandwich-lover!
Mrs Sivana was sorting through the daily onslaught of mail we now get since we've moved the Fortress of Attitude into its permanent location (translation: since we bought a house) and from behind the pile, I hear her voice pipe up in a Val Kilmer-as-Doc Holliday drawl: "You! Sandwich Lover!"
The apparent non-sequitur slapped me upside the ganglia, leaving me stunned until she explained. Seems we got an advert addressed to "Sandwich lover at".... . Once I was up to speed (considering our mutual admiration for TOMBSTONE), I went from stunned to highly amused and wouldn't leave her alone about her comedic leap in logic.
Now I am left with this:
A deep desire to see a commercial (most likely from Quiznos, considering their "We've got the subs. We are not the huns." campaign) for a buy one, get one free (aka bogo) promotion featuring a drunken Val Kilmer walking in on Matt LeBlanc and yelling "You! Sandwich lover! I've got two sandwiches, one for each of you".
sigh.......
I (re)told that story to tell you this one:
Saturday we were preparing for our invasion of OKC and I wasn't in very good shape: slight incoherence and general aches & pains. Even my obligatory ingestion of caffeine didn't help. Finally, about half an hour after a doubling my intake (probably up to 4 cups by that time), the pain and fog lifted.
Oddly enough (actually not that odd to any who know me), I only noticed because an ad came to mind whole and fully-formed, while I was swiping my pits with deodorant and looked up to see Mrs Sivana's deodorant on the shelf. The ad follows:
"Hello, I'm Ian McKellan. I may be an old queen, but like anyone else, I can appreciate a clean smelling pair of pits on a woman."
Ian holds up a bottle of Secret brand deodorant and says "Remember: Keep it Secret. Keep it safe."
