cathrinerose

So my friend roped me into RPG-ing Friday week ago. As a result I finally got around to reading the Dresden RPG book I torrented a while ago. My thoughts while reading:

The Old World
makes the UN look like the local bridge club
Sorry Jim, I've heard my Nanny talking about the bridge club. They make the Fae look like the UN.

the Jade Court is a wild card
Yeah this isn't foreshadowing at all. If the Jade Court don't show up as a replacement for the Red Court...

Oh God the tongue on page 19 is gross.

Seriously, what is it with the tongues in this book?

Gabriel never walks quietly when he can appear in a chorus of light
Is it bad that I thought this was a great description of SPN's Gabriel?

Just finished/threw aside two of the most impossible books I have ever picked up.

Stars Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry. Roman a clef to Count of Monte Cristo. Good read but irritatingly follows original plot in a very fill in the blanks way.

Edmond Dantès=Edward Maddstone:anagram
Monte Cristo=Simon Cotter:anagram
Mercedes=Portia:pun: Mercedes-Benz → Porsche
Noirtier:Blackrow:translated literally
Rue Heron becomes Heron Square
the Abbe (Faria)=the Babe (Fraser):semi:anagram
de Villefort=Oliver Delft:anagram
Fernand Mondego=Gordon Fendeman:anagram
Capt. Leclere=Paddy Leclare:homonym
Caderousse=Rufus Cade:translation: rousse = red = Rufus
Baron Danglars=Barson-Garland:anagram
Albert=Albert:same name; different languages


In Defense of Elitism by William A. Henry III. Interesting premise, previously seen in Screwtape Proposes a Toast that egalitarianism is an unsuitable method for running anything; especially politics and education, both of which should make their participants strive for excellence rather than making every-one reach the same standard. Rhetoric was unreadable however.