23 September 2005 @ 02:02 pm
miscellanea
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now officially on my reading list. And, yes, that *is* because I saw the movie, I'm afraid. Some book-purist I am. ...Although, come to think of it, I'm not much of a book-purist at all. Huh. At any rate, the movie was so delightfully odd, I figured the book was well worth checking into. My favorite part? While the opening montage was lovely---*must* get a copy of that song---the bit with the improbability drive was the deciding scene:

"Ford?"
"Yeah?"
"I think I'm a sofa...."
[pause] "I know how you feel...."

Haha!

But this is not the only discovery I have made recently. For a while now, I've been wondering about the purpose of crediting the creator of a lj icon in user picture comments. How on earth is one to see them, after all? THIS is how, apparently. And all I have to do is plug in any username at the end of the URL and All Is Revealed. Amazing! The world just keeps unfolding like a flower. :)

And have any of you seen Turning the Pages? If you're interested in rare manuscripts (including medieval/renaissance art, Vesalius' anatomy, Arabic calligraphy, and more), take a look. The scans are very high-quality, and you can even magnify them for a closer look. Remarkable. Beautiful.

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Prepare a Face: over-over-caffeinated!
Love Song: Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
 
 
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[identity profile] insanedeity.livejournal.com on September 24th, 2005 04:20 pm (UTC)
"And as the whale fell toward the planet he thought, "what is this blue thing? It's coming closer. Maybe it will be my friend." The bowl of Petunias thought, "Not again."
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