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Which version of the Necronomicon? There's a couple out there, and I don't mean John Dee's translation vs Olaus Wormius's translation. The one I read was really painful - half ceremonial magick, half Enochian bullshit, and all horribly repetitive and boring. Every time I turned a page, it was like hearing Abdul Alhazred roll in his grave (if he has one...)

Do you want it when I'm done?

We don't have to ban him. We can just staple his hands into oven mitts.

We read it in our book club. After I got done reading it, I started looked for sharp objects. If the show is half as bad, I'm glad I don't watch TV.

Amateur.

Ave Satanas! You wouldn't happen to have a black goat I can use, would you?

You say that now (heh heh).

Yay! After 13 years of trying and writing letters and publicizing Banned Books Week and trying to make people aware of intellectual freedom, it's finally coming! I just checked my library account, and when I get to work Friday, The Satanic Bible will be waiting for me. Yeah, I know, I could have just bought a copy, but I have limited space, and I hate to buy a book that I'm going to read only once. But it's the principal of the thing. There were 8 or 9 copies of it in the system at one point in time, and they all came up missing - probably stolen by edgy goth high school kids with bad tats and danger hair or well-meaning Christians in sensible shoes trying to save everybody who can read from signing a pact with the Lord of Darkness, take your pick). But it's all OK now - I'm finally going to get to read The Satanic Bible, and I can't wait! Intellectual freedom is a beautiful thing!

Well, if you read it backward when you have postnasal drip...

Don't be ridiculous. That's how you fake speaking Klingon.

No, but I can read upside down. I mean, when the print is upside down. I don't know why, but it is handy sometimes.

ask SwimModSponges[/member] (That actually is a call out to Sponges)

Don't you have to pay extra if you smoke in a hired sedan?

I don't like any flavored ginger ales. If I'm drinking ginger ale, it's because I either want ginger ale or I'm sick to my stomach, usually the latter.

The more I hear, the happier I am to not be among the elite invited. I like the old, it is my favorite. (And if anybody gets that reference...)

. Naw - Zeni likes pushing the age of consent, and 22 is perfectly legal.

Mother never jumped off the garage roof with an umbrella in an attempt to be Mary Poppins, either.

Thank you - this is pretty much what I was trying to say. In any situation where you're in charge, there has to be a certain remove. I mean, the person in charge can't be so removed that they're almost ignoring you or that they're setting arbitrary rules and standards because they can and don't care what you want, but if they're going to be effective, they can't be everybody's best friend.

That sounds good - supper may not be so bleak after all.

Only if you behave, or post your HS graduation pic.

I want spaghetti too, but what I have is fish sticks.

I don't know anything about being an admin, but I had a job as a nursing supervisor at one time, and it sounds about the same. You don't want a supervisor(or admin) who's an unapproachable twat, but at the same time, you don't want one who's too buddy-buddy with everybody, because they can't enforce the rules (or can't enforce them equally). It's a difficult line to walk; I don't want to try to walk it again, and I don't envy anyone who's doing it. And Viper - I'm trying not to nag, just point things out, but at this juncture, you're coming across as too labile to actually commit to any complex, potentially long-term projects right now. It's not going to go away, and it's not going to get any better until you do something about it. And please - don't think I'm just being a bitch; you are on my cookie list after all.

My daughter makes lemon-garlic hummus that even beats roasted garlic. I mean, forget chips, that shit is so good, you just want to eat it with a spoon.