I carefully turned off my reader, set it down, yelled something about "NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE IN THESE BOOKS" and sought out the fluffiest, girliest, happiest-endinged fiction I could find and stuck with that for a week or so before I could pick the book back up. I had been convinced Arya would catch up…

Brust's fantasy is setting him right on the path for classic status. If this were a fantasy list instead of a sci-fi one, Jhereg is now 30 years old...

My husband and I fell into this pattern so long ago...I think the only time we actually call each other by real names is in public or when we're annoyed with each other.

Whoa...that's so weird! Maybe they've gotten ridiculous amounts of requests with no info or something. I was trying to be helpful and wasn't much help :(

I have a colleague who doesn't believe in deodorant. During the winter it's ok, nobody notices. During the summer, it's bad enough that when he stands near the a/c the entire office is awash in the worst, most horrifying, eye-watering stink ever thought of. It's really, really bad. Like to the point where, when we see…

As a tPF member, I can say otherwise. I've had several things authenticated there, usually in the LV forums, that were not actively for sale or at auction.

The Purse Forum will authenticate anything for you as long as you don't say you're selling it (so that nobody tries to sell via the threads or private messages). They'll even authenticate from your own pictures - it doesn't have to be an auction listing.

I'm right there with you - my dad thought "Like a Virgin" was too racy so I had to tape it secretly from a friend (Also "Purple Rain"). I think my first very own record was "Thriller."

I know exactly what you're talking about - I'm an army brat with parents from/currently in Indiana, so I'm constantly astounded by how many languages people here do speak.

My husband, who went through the Dutch school system, speaks 5. Three fluently, two others well enough to get by. My 15 year old niece is on her fourth language.

Damn. My "I'll get myself a nice, grown-up watch for my 40th birthday" plan is looking preeeetty sad right about now, comparatively.

I love how the Disney store ones did her face - there's much more Merida in them than in the Barbie versions. (Also, I WANT the Red Queen doll, though it looks nothing like the animated version.)

You have to have at least one Dutch citizen for a parent if you're born here in order to be a citizen at birth. When I was at my citizenship ceremony, there were several others there who had been born locally. They had to go through the same tests and verifications that the rest of us did (which was odd, as Dutch was…

The Gandalara Cycle:

Nah. An international license is easy to get, but it's a 6 month supplement to the one you already have (from the US. My Dutch international license is good for a year.) If you want an actual locally-issued driver's license, you have to go through the same testing the locals do.

We ARE All Martha Stewart. Seriously - either (or both) at any age would be just fine.

But your argument is invalidated by

I'm on one of those teensy islands near Den Haag, but it hasn't stopped me from wanting to put a life raft on the dakterras, just in case...

ASOS Curve changed my whole wardrobe - it's internet-only, but they have free shipping and returns and are amazing. A lot of it skews a bit young for me, but it's easy to find attractive, decently-made clothes that FIT (I do tend to stick with the sale section, though.)

I'm in The Netherlands and family/friends are in the US, so I use WhatsApp with them as well as with local friends who have prepaid phone plans and wifi.