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Ah, I get you. Linguists are academics that study language in general, and interpretors translate? It's oh-so typical of academics to resent being confused with other professions. They like to look down on us mere mortals.

Sounds like you've had quite an eventful rewarding life thus far. Makes me think about my own life. Now I've hit my thirties, I should probably stop sitting around and go see the world myself. Caribbean is definitely on my 'to go' list, though.

Love that palm tree emote!

 

Karl Pilkington is hilarious. Not many people cam reduce me to tears laughing but he can more often than not. I just love his simplistic view of everything.

 

GRADUATED AW YEAH.

This girl's a teacher!

 

Congratulations, Lydia.

Wish you all the best in your teaching!

 

Woooo!

 

SOOO proud of you!!!!

 

Thanks guys (and girls).

 

Adorable Kip, being her weird self.

 

@Wreybies' handiwork.

 

Long-horned beetle my cat found last night. Not counting the horns, close to two inches long.
(My foot provided for scale. Please forgive obvious need of pedicure)

 

Hee hee This is from that one day when Obsidian and I got stinking drunk at the Quidditch match and McGonagall came and "had words with us". Obsidian flipped her the bird, literally! Lord, what a hangover the next day. Polyjuice potion and gin do not mix.

 

Ahh..... Jason Batemen. All the way back since when we were both just kids and you were on Little House on the Prairie. I knew it would be lifelong from that very moment.

 

That is one scary-ass bug!
Every single one of those things needs to die.

 

And, dude, it made noise! It was like the sound two big tree branches make when they rub one another in the wind. You could see that it was flexing a part of its thorax to make the sound. So it wasn't just huge, it also sounded grumpy.

 

EEESH! Not a fan of big bugs. I have some Australian friends that can easily cause me to slap at my screen in frantic disbelief.

 

The growing collection saw the addition of the following titles and artwork today.

D-517 A. BERTRAM CHANDLER
Bring Back Yesterday (1961)
Cover art by Ed Valigursky

D-517B CLIFFORD SIMAK
The Trouble with Tycho (1961)
Cover art by John Schoenherr

(this is the last of the D Series published by Ace Books.)


F-113 J.T.McINTOSH
200 Years of Christmas (1961)
Cover art by Ed Valigursky

F-113b CHARLES FONTENA
Rebels of the Rd Planet (1961)
Cover artist unknown

(The lower case "a" logo was only used on a small number of Ace Books)


F-153 MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
The Sword of Aldones (1962)
Cover artist unknown

F-153b MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
The Planet Savers (1962)
Cover art by Emsh

(These are the first two novels in the Darkover series by MZB, published together in tête-bêche by Ace Books.)

 

@Wreybies I would actually like to read those books.

 

I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for a nice copy of the Darkover tête-bêche to come along and it finally did! I was so stoked when I saw it. MZB's Darkover novels are excellent Sword & Planet novels and though some readers gripe over her rather lackadaisical attitude to exacting time-lines and other nit-picky elements from one novel to another, she has been quoted, more than once, making it very plain that she's interested in telling good, captivating stories; not reading through her own notes to make sure that this person has aged exactly as would be expected from this novel to five novels later, or that this town is always exactly the same number of miles from this other one and that other one from one novel to the next. She basically states that if you're picking the story apart to that level, perhaps you need to get laid.

 

... and then today came this.


F-119 GORDON R. DICKSON
Delusion World (1961)
Cover art by Ed Valigursky

F-119b GORDON R. DICKSON
Spacial Delivery (1961)
Cover art by Ed Valigursky

 

Out of interest how long did the bug last? My old cat would have probably had it as a between-meal snack, or tried to...

 

My little mouse baby!



My husband works at Lowe's and found it on the ground! Its eyes were barely open, and they had no idea where the mom was or if it was even alive. All the employees wanted to throw it outside, but we have a heat advisory issued for today, and I was NOT going to let that baby die!

So I drove up there to rescue it and went straight to Petco for help. I bought a small carrier, some bedding, and some food and brought it home. I was able to get him to take some kitten replacement milk, and now he's up and active.

Hopefully the little guy will survive this.

 

Have been too busy to do much photography, but @Wreybies mentioned diptych and it reminded me of some triptychs I did this time last year almost to the day. Attached for your viewing pleasure.

Station Pier Triptych




Silver Princess sextych

 

I'm no photographer, but still wanted to share a picture of these two unlikely "friends." I took the horse out to graze and we met a little wild bunny who wasn't bothered by mine or the horse's presence at all.

 

So I went to the Funny Bone last night with my husband for a comedy show. We were in the front row! We got picked on a lot, but it was worth it. The first guy was local, pretty funny but nothing spectacular. The second guy was pretty controversial. He talked a lot about drugs, rap music, and Bruce Jenner. The caring side of me wanted to take offensive, but it was a comedy show! All in good fun. A lot of people didn't enjoy that guy. I saw an old woman nearby just scowling. lol Just that alone made the show more entertaining.

But Ralph Harris, the headliner, killed it. I mean, killed it. I hurt everywhere from laughing so hard. My stomach, my throat, I had a cramp in my side, my eyes were watering. He was just as amazing as when I first saw him all those years ago. He's been my favorite comic since then and still is now. Everyone should know who he is. He deserves the recognition.


Me with Ralph Harris!!