May 12, 2005

Tonight's chilling thought

Posted by pete at May 12, 2005 12:12 AM

Say, you don't suppose Sue Grafton knows any other languages, do you? Like Chinese? Or Arabic?

I used to read the alphabet series many moons ago...then I just got to the point where I wanted to scream "We GET IT! Kinsey Millhone is a SAD LONELY WOMAN who lives in a TINY GARAGE APARTMENT and has a REALLY GREAT NEIGHBOR. But don't ever expect to get close to her because she's a LONER and she LIKES IT THAT WAY."

I mean the character development was for shit, seriously.

--Posted by Tracy on May 12, 2005 10:09 AM

'Mu is for Murder!'

--Posted by HWRNMNBSOL on May 12, 2005 10:12 AM

I think she should be allowed to use any character in UTF-16, as long as she has a word that starts with that character.

--Posted by Michael on May 12, 2005 11:21 AM

You mean, like:

> is for >>===(*_*)====>

?

--Posted by HWRNMNBSOL on May 12, 2005 11:32 AM

Exactly! And librarians and book store clerks can argue for hours about sort order:ANSI or EBCDIC.

I assume your book is about the untimely murder of a comedian with a surprise banjo-pop hit concerning a dead pharoah and a penchant for gag hats. Good stuff!

--Posted by Michael on May 12, 2005 11:48 AM

She doesn't really need to know other languages since English has served her well. M is for Millionaire. H is for Hack.

--Posted by BabyJane on May 13, 2005 12:41 AM



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