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August 1, 2007 by Betsy Bird

Munch on This One, Munchers

August 1, 2007 by Betsy Bird   9 comments

Vacations.  Can’t get enough of ’em.  But while I’m away there are things I just can’t stop thinking about.  Things like . . .

  • If you’ve never read one of Leila Roy’s encapsulations of old Nancy Drew titles, now would be a good time to start. She just came out with her views on The Sign of the Twisted Candles.  It’s almost enough to get you rereading the series yourself.  Can we persuade Leila to switch to Trixie Belden when she’s finished with the original Keenes?

  • Oz and Ends located some very interesting news on how one translates Harry Potter into Hindi.  The idea that the final novel of the series might affect how one refers to a character in the first carries all kinds of implications.

  • This I relate to. I relate to it all too well.

  • Ooo!  Looky at the original Plain Janes art called the Plain JLA. Thanks to Librarianne (who also managed to locate a Mario Stereo that I am currently coveting).

  • Librarianne was actually a veritable plethora of info this week.  At this moment in time I am in Stratford, Ontario, hopefully avoiding a deadly swan bite.  If, however, I fail in my attempts to elude the swans and my ungodly carcass is slung back to the lower 48, at least we know how much I’m worth.


$4040.00The Cadaver Calculator – Find out how much your body is worth. From Mingle2 – Free Online Dating


Macabre? Wouldn’t have it any other way.  Heck, for $4,040.00 you could probably get a really nice down payment on a car, right?  Name it "The Swan" in my honor then.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Eric says

    August 1, 2007 at 6:16 am

    I’m worth more dead than you are!
    nyah nyah!

    {Somehow, that wasn’t very satisfying.}

    Eric

  2. Elizabeth Fama says

    August 1, 2007 at 11:43 am

    Hmmm…it’s clearly NOT a good thing to be worth a lot when you’re dead, because it means you’re medically “interesting.” So Betsy, hats off to you for being less interesting than Eric and I — only in this one respect, of course.

  3. Carl in Charlotte says

    August 1, 2007 at 11:48 am

    Hey Fusie,

    We’re busy here and I’m catching up on your ever-wonderful posts. Saw your comments on The Great Rick Riordan and the Lightning Thief movie. Started me thinking about casting choices. How’s this–Danny DeVito as Dionysus. Perfect, no?

  4. adrienne says

    August 1, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    I’ve wrangled with those Stratford swans myself, Fuse. Be careful.

  5. Librarianne says

    August 2, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Thanks for the shout-outs! 🙂

  6. Fuse #8 says

    August 4, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    The sole flaw with DeVito as Dionysus is that it gets too close to the role he voiced in that awful Disney version of Hercules. Dunno who I’d request in his stead, though. Who are the fat lusty actors out there?

  7. Monica Edinger says

    August 5, 2007 at 4:02 am

    John Goodman?

  8. Fuse #8 says

    August 5, 2007 at 7:15 am

    Too tall. I’m thinking more along the lines of roly-poly. He’s completely wrong for the part, but let’s have ’em hire Patton Oswalt. THAT would be a movie I’d be willing to see.

  9. Josly says

    August 16, 2007 at 11:06 pm

    Its a good one,

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