When "speck" is defined as a noun, it is 'a very small mark, or amount', it is 'a bit'.
But when "Speck" is the name of a cat, it is defined as "Get out of my room":
As a future tense, it is defined as, "I don't have to tell you what will happen if you don't":
Starting in January, I will be participating in the Abandoned Books Challenge posed by BookCrosser Secretariat. So here is my list of books that I have abandoned but would like to try again.
The Quincunx
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Cryptonomicon
Anna Karenina
Nineteen Eighty-Four
New Moon
My Life in France
The Monkey's Raincoat
21 Great Stories
Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories
Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories
Botchan
The Madonna Companion: Two Decades of Commentary
The Audacity of Hope
The Lord of the Rings
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Gargoyle
The Amber Spyglass
The 9/11 Commission Report with Related Documents
Night of the Big Heat
Shadows of Chaco Canyon
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens
Nature Via Nurture
Vikings: The Battle at the End of Time
Touching Tomorrow
Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
The Uninvited Countess
Finished Under the Dome by Stephen King.
This is definitely my least favorite of his epics (in order: It, The Stand, then this), but it's still pretty good.
The town of Chester Mills (in Maine, but I bet you could've guessed that) is basically your average small town--until a dome is dropped on it. Nobody knows why (our government doing an experiment? terrorism? aliens?) but why doesn't really matter when you're under a dome and completely cut off from the outside world.
As if the dome isn't bad enough, there are some less than savory people in the town (notably the second selectman Big Jim Rennie and his son, Junior).
It's a long book, and it covers a week in the life of the town. (The dome is dropped a couple pages in.)
It took me a while to get into this book (about 500 pages, or half the book) but I finished the other half of the book in about 24 hours.
Connections to other King stories: Not really. Castle Rock is mentioned, but that's about it. (There's also a character named Myra Evans, but it's not the same one from Needful Things.)
Movie version: No (not yet?).
- 19:59 Watching Sunshine Cleaners. One of the best films I've seen in a while. Amy Adams can do no wrong. #
- 20:40 Or Sunshine Cleaning....... Anyway, great movie. Great cast. Does Alan Arkin only appear in films with 'Sunshine' in the title? #
- 23:25 Brizzly is broken. #
- 17:39 Good Deal. Just paid this for a refurb. RT @netbooknerd: Black Friday: Acer Aspire One Netbook $249.99 at Radio Shack - bit.ly/3Mqypu #
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This is the first time I used my condo's television room. It has cable.
At least it has internet access, or I would be bored out of my mind.
What's the first exhibit you visit at the zoo?
I head for the big cats.
I just pulled the sliding door to the patio closed and a gecko [lizard] fell down and hit me on the forehead, bounced onto my top lip and hit the floor before running away.
I did not scream. I did not go all girly. If I wake up in the morning with mutant powers I vow to take them in my stride and make the world a better place.
The damn gecko however, is an endangered species. No one touches the Flamingo Dancer unless I give them permission.
- 00:56 Dear @atomiccupcakes, I snuck on your phone. I love you! Your Dearest Sneeky Love, @freisarae #
- 22:44 Evil Willow is the sexiest thing around. #
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Some of Papa's photos mum found in an old album.
Diggers Ball, rural NSW - 1952.
p.s. Do not make life difficult: not for self, not for others. Especially not for self.
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