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[cblj_backup]

It is so weird to work for a not-for-profit and get letters from the not-for-profits that I support, particularly my undergraduate alma mater. They sent me a very nice bookmark in return for my $10 donation. I think possibly the bookmark and postage cost more than $10. Also I'm pretty sure this bookmark is useless for actually marking pages in books.

Love you, alma mater. Don't ever change.

Relatedly, through a confluence of circumstances involving a tornado and a train, I somehow ended up reading three books at once. I used to do this all the time as a kid, multi-tracking between books depending on my mood, but I haven't done it in years and it's a bit disconcerting. Still, I can't stop; I have to know if Geung makes it home and whether Bruce's roommate Dexter finally succumbs to institutional pressure and becomes a Stepford Air Cadet and where Issenberg is going with this whole sushi-as-globalization thing.

Seriously, guys, I don't want Dexter to be an air cadet, but I'm pretty sure if he doesn't knuckle under he's gonna end up in prison as a cautionary tale to Bruce.

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[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows the NSPCC are secretly witches (http://youtu.be/_1ddxJECccA).* Of course they're being evil!

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Such a frightening book. Although not as bad as Great Glass Elevator. If I ever have children, they will absolutely be raised on a diet of Roald Dahl. But Great Glass Elevator they're going to have to tackle on their own, or with their father. The vermicious knids are so terrifying that I refuse to reread the book even as an adult!

[minkrose]

The witches gave me nightmares for years. I saw the movie at a daycare for sick kids and I think I had a very high fever at the time. Permanently messed me up! Then later, I found one of the chapters for the book excerpted in the Random House book of humor. Really?! Not funny to me!

Glad to know I'm not alone, since a lot of people think I'm nuts. :-)