January 2012
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If the Leviathan books were told just in Alek's...
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Alek and that time my parents died but YAY NEW FRIENDS.
Alek and that time I got to have awesome manly adventures with my awesome manly best friend who is manly and a man.
Alek and that time I found out my best friend was a girl, so I got all up on dat.
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A Phrase A Week from phrases.org.uk 1/26/2012
I adore this website and am on their weekly mailing list. The little historical trivia bits fascinate me!
This week’s phrase is: Handle with kid gloves
Meaning Handle a situation, or a person or an object, delicately and gingerly.
Origin Kid gloves are, of course, gloves made from the skin of a young goat. I say ‘of course’ but, in fact, when they were first fashioned in the...
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“Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry...”
– Stephen King (via doubledaybooks)
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“If the lady boffin was ordering Newkirk to spy for her, she had to be barking...”
– Goliath, by Scott Westerfeld
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“Alek: “We’re connected, aren’t we?”
“Aye,”...”
– GOLIATH by Scott Westerfeld *fangirl sigh*
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“Gaston: How can you even read this? There’s no pictures!
Belle: Well...”
– ~ Beauty and the Beast aka my favorite Disney movie ever