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February 21, 2006
The thing I like best about the internet ...
(and the reason I'm glad it wasn't around when I was a teenager) is the instant obsession interest gratification factor.
I'm certain I never would have made it to classes if I had had the web in my college years. And I don't even surf porn.
I read Gaudy Night (a Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
And thankfully, there's more! Ooh, a whole line to read!
It's almost as fun as the Aubrey/Maturin books!
Posted by lynx at February 21, 2006 11:39 PM
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Hey, does this mean you can tell me what "Smalls" are, in reference to the Oxford exam system of Sayers' era? I'm quite sure she wasn't cramming for men's underdrawers. ;)
Posted by: Mungo at February 22, 2006 7:06 AM
No idea. I know what "mods" are - they're the first exam students take, at the end of the first year. I don't ever remember hearing about "smalls," though, and can't find it through Google either.
Hmmm.
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at February 22, 2006 8:27 AM
I got one of the Whimsey DVDs for my car-pool partner for Christmas last year. He'd mentioned them once in passing weeks earlier, and he was thrilled/shocked when he opened his gift. He loves it.
I still haven't seen/read them, though :(
Posted by: Mark L at February 22, 2006 12:49 PM
Yes, I love my Lord Peter. As with the other series you mentioned, the local library has *none* of them. What is that about, I ask you. But I can always find them in 2nd hand book shops, so my collection is building.
Posted by: Poppins at February 22, 2006 8:48 PM
Well just so you know, that would make a mighty fine gift again, at some future occasion ;-)
Do you like mysteries, Mark?
Posted by: MamaLynx at February 22, 2006 8:56 PM
Hmm, how about I promise to get them for you when you move back to Texas :)
Posted by: Mark L at February 22, 2006 9:10 PM
I tried commenting yesterday but I think it didn't work....
I have had such a crush on Wimsey since I was about 16 (impressionable age, that).
Smalls are the same as responsions, the first exam for a BA at Oxford, aka "little go"
Posted by: hornblower at February 23, 2006 9:49 AM
Ah, Hornblower, thank you! "little go" I know. Had no idea they were the same thing.
OK, Mark, it's a deal.
Sarah, what is up with these libraries? I've been checking out the websites of the ones we'll be living near in Michigan (yeah, I check out the libraries beforehand) and I'm getting scared. Several of them have the you-can-only-check-out-three-books-per-topic rule. And the smaller libraries have no mention of reciprocal deals with larger libraries. I'm worried that I'm spoiled here, and am about to regret it.
Mine is holding "Strong Poison" for me now. I'm halfway through "Murder Must Advertise" and it's the best yet (except for Gaudy Night).
Posted by: MamaLynx at February 23, 2006 8:05 PM
The Lord Peter stories are wonderful. Gaudy Night is a favorite, but Murder Must Advertise runs a close second. Oh poof! They all do. The only one I don't reread all the time is the Red Herrings one ( Five Red Herrings I think). There's a great group on Yahoo - LordPeter - that discusses the corpus and is a great source of information.
Happy Reading (and wouldn't you just love to have a Bunter in the house??)
Posted by: Anne at March 1, 2006 2:42 PM