The Chat Thread

[Elgarian]

I never thought they were worth much in the first place. I'm glad to see the back of them.

[karlhenning]

Down in Havana there's a funny looking bubba,
He plays the rhumba on the tuba down in Cuba . . . .

[MN Dave]

Down in Havana there's a funny looking bubba,
He plays the rhumba on the tuba down in Cuba . . . .

I hope that wasn't supposed to rhyme.

[karlhenning]

They sing it to rhyme.  I wonder how the word at the end of the first line needs to be spelled.

[Elgarian]

The question I need to ask is: is Dave feeling better for the change?

[MN Dave]

  I am corn-fused.

[Elgarian]

I am corn-fused.

I'm not surprised. You've been through a difficult transition period, but I think the worst may be over now.

[MN Dave]

I'm as happy as a kitten up a tree.

[MN Dave]

A professional author I know asked me when I'm going to write a crime novel.

Oh, the pressure.

[ChamberNut]

Oh, the pressure.

Sometimes, that's a good thing. 

[karlhenning]

How did you answer?

[MN Dave]

I expressed my concern about not having written one before and asked about the word count--certain types of novels are expected to be within a certain range. I'm sort of pumped about it now but I have other things going on.

[karlhenning]

I wish it were next March already.

[Elgarian]

This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.

[DavidW]

This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.

Eek!

[karlhenning]

This place is turning into a sanctuary for lost and distressed rodents.

Interviewer  And what was your reaction to this? 
Man  Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease ... with other mice.

[Elgarian]

Interviewer  And what was your reaction to this? 
Man  Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease ... with other mice.

Well, you can joke about it now, Dr Henning, but what about when we see them all start to jump overboard? We'll all know then what's about to happen to the ship, won't we?

[Franco]

I expressed my concern about not having written one before and asked about the word count--certain types of novels are expected to be within a certain range. I'm sort of pumped about it now but I have other things going on.

I used to read crime fiction a lot but haven't in a long time.  In fact, I'm giving away all my books - a lot of Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman and others of that ilk, with some George Simenon thrown in.  I like the structure of a good crime novel, and the series allows real development of a character or group of characters.  But my time is not as free as it once was and I have to focus my reading more deliberately nowadays. 

[karlhenning]

I used to steal crime fiction.

(No, that's a crime fiction.)

[MN Dave]

I used to read crime fiction a lot but haven't in a long time.  In fact, I'm giving away all my books - a lot of Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman and others of that ilk, with some George Simenon thrown in.  I like the structure of a good crime novel, and the series allows real development of a character or group of characters.  But my time is not as free as it once was and I have to focus my reading more deliberately nowadays. 

Well, you had some fun there.