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Thanks for the LibriVox link! I didn´t know that one until now!

How good it has been (and still is), having a bit of time for reading during the holidays! Recently I finished The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (a fine novel, but with one or two weak points) and right now I´m reading Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) and Dracula :eek: (Bram Stoker) - the...

FYI: Weird fiction/horror writer HP Lovecraft (the guy to the left of this post :) ) was born on August 20, 1890 (died March 15, 1937).

I have found that the paper of cheap stationery products sold at discount shops is actually better than that of some name-brand products. Might be different elsewhere, though... You can´t go wrong with Clairefontaine, it´s just kind of pricey for poor college students! :) And I´ve heard of...

Well, I have learned that in accordance to the Chinese zodiac I´m a pig...which came as a great surprise, of course. ;)

January 20, 1983. I don´t know of any events of historic importance on that date, but Audrey Hepburn (my favourite actress of all times) died exactly on my tenth birthday.

By far too much! :) That Twilight Zone DVD sonds mighty cool! My parents overdid it as usual and got me some books on art history and a quite pricey chronograph. Unfortunately it´s much too chunky for my matchstick wrists, but I have carte blanche to pick another one instead...makes me...

For a golden age crush I´d have to say Audrey Hepburn too, definitely. Modern...I don´t know for sure. :o

Well, then I think I know now what I want for Christmas. :) The way you describe de Camp´s book resembles my impression to the T. He has his three or four theories about HPL and he´s in love with them so much and thus unable to let go of them. Sloppy is a word that comes to mind when I...

Curt, how do you like Joshi´s book so far? I´ve been thinking about getting it, but it´s kind of expensive here. I have read Sprague de Camp´s biography of Lovecraft, but IMO it wasn´t that good actually. A.

It´s not a real talisman, just a mini pool ball my neice has bought for me in Italy.

The last book I´ve read was the autobiography of snooker player Ronnie O´Sullivan, which is a very fine read if you´re a fan of the game and the guy.

To speak with Horace, I´m a piglet of the Epicurean herd. :)

Great!

:eusa_clap I´ll add that...and hope I´ll keep to it when one week is over. Only nine muffins left...:o