It has FINALLY occurred to me who the character of Chrestomanci in Diana Wynne Jones’ Charmed Life reminds me of, both physically — the dapper outfits, the mysterious descriptions of his past and mysterious power — and I swear, it’s Gatsby. As in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The similarities between them (polar-opposite genres [...]
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Chrestomanci is like Gatsby! Minus the tragedy…
posted by erin on November 21, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/chrestomanci-is-like-gatsby-minus-the-tragedy
Wordle
I stumbled (through Google Reader’s blog) today upon Wordle.net, a really awesome (free) site that enables you to imput text from any source (including blogs or webpages) and turn it into dynamic word art pictures with changeable fonts, colors, and styles. I experimented with two different texts. The first was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I [...]
posted by erin on October 22, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/wordle
The Dark Knight & vacation
So Bryan had a crisis at work (several, in fact) so he’s on vacation. He’s been on vacation since last Wednesday and will be through this weekend. He needs the sleep and relaxation time. We’ve actually been seeing so much of each other it’s almost borderline obnoxious, in a good way. I’m glad he’s taking [...]
posted by erin on July 22, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-dark-knight-vacation
Inaccuracy or Thought-Provoking Trivia Question?
“Those blast points are too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial Storm Troopers are so precise.” Given that sage Obi-Wan-ism from Episode IV, and given how no single shot the Storm Troopers take hit Luke & the gang as they’re fleeing the Death Star following Obi-Wan’s death — just one example — just how bad [...]
posted by erin on July 2, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/inaccuracy-or-thought-provoking-trivia-question
