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[Eastofoz]

Hey Kathrynn look who voted the same in genre poll (LOL!)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

I got bored looking at my face....I see it every day! I have always loved Eloise and I came across a couple (one bookish and one balletish) so will play with those for a while!

[Stacy-Deanne]

Hello everyone. My name's Stacy and I'm an author of mainstream fiction. I am glad I was accepted into the group and it appears to be a very charming, relaxed and informative place. You can read more about me on my page and I've also put up a sample of my latest thriller, "Melody". I hope you come and check it out and vote. I look forward to being a part of the group. Best Wishes!

[Summer]

This is a group of prolific posters and so witty, too. I feel a bit intimidated.

I confess, I am here to pick your collective brain, but I thought I should introduce myself first. My name is Summer. I am a second year nursing student who secretly prefers liberal arts to the sciences. Alas, this wretched economy has inspired a practical choice.

[Tyler]

We're all here to pick one another's brains, so you're in good company.

The practical world has cost liberal arts many a student.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

ahh
don't be intimidated
speaking only for myself
more half witted might define my qualifications for the group
i was actually considering this very topic
or one similar
levels of erudition
education self and imposed
i received a pretty good early start
and a middling to decent college education
but have been occupied with raising children and making a living in business so...
feel i've lost a bit of my edge
so...we all can fine tune or gross tune or tune up anytime we want
learning really is life long
i've noticed in this group the vocab level
is above me
and i love it
i've learned more new words in an evening here than i have in years
and it doesn't seem like studying

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

....what she said!! And learning is fun (or should be!).....please don't feel intimidated.

[Ken, Moderator]

Right. If we were snobs, we wouldn't be IBF-Certified.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

icky buddy's friendly?
i better be funny?
i'm butter fingered
it's better fridays
it's best frigerated
i'll bet fat slugs you'll not find a friendlier bunch?

[Summer]

Thank you all for the warm welcome. I hope I won't wear it out.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

International Board of Friendliness moe....must be your aversion to caps!!!!

[Boreal Elizabeth]

i think i was on sabbatical when we received said certification
you sure it's not international broad of friendliness? with one dude ;)


ok so there's six or seven dudes

[Novi]

Hello, I'm new to the group and I'm loving everything I see here.

I am an Indonesian and teach ESL here. I formally learned English until high school and from then on, I learn most about the language by myself. So anything that can help me learn more about English is exciting for me.

I do have to acknowledge my 5-years living in Ohio helps me get the sense of the language, but I get so annoyed every time people think that my knowledge of English grammar and my fluency come solely from that 5-year experience. To that I used to say: "Not really. I also read, watch and listen." Now I can add "I also joined L&G."

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Welcome Novi...look forward to your contributions.

[Ken, Moderator]

Hi, Novi. How did you land in Ohio (of all places)? To think, if you still lived there, your vote for president in two months would be considered GOLD to the candidates (Ohio being more important than most other states... it's a long story that starts with the Founding Fathers and ends with the Electoral College, where no one graduates).

[Hannah]

Hello! I'm another newbie here, although I actually joined a few months ago and lurked. I studied English Language at A-Level and really loved looking at etymology especially. I've just finished to go to uni though (and study English Lit instead) and already I miss it! :( So yes! I'm really looking forward to being around here and being wordy with you all.

[Novi]

I went to Ohio State. How I actually landed in Ohio exactly, I'm not sure...

I wouldn't vote. I'm not an American. And I'm glad I won't have to say "see, I voted for the other guy."

[Ken, Moderator]

I ALWAYS wind up saying, "See, I voted for the other guy!" because my candidates have a habit of losing. There's even a saying here in the states: "As Newengland goes, so doesn't go the country." Harsh, but true.

[Ruth]

Ha. I thought it was my vote that was the Kiss of Death.

[Marian]

In Ohio, your vote is worth even more if it gets counted.

[Ken, Moderator]

Fraud? In the Republic for which we stand? No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o! Couldn't be-e-e-e-e!

[Boreal Elizabeth]

don't get me started
i was in florida last election

the day afterward someone posted this website on the web

http://www.marryanamerican.ca/

i tried to find a hubby

ok i wasn't serious but i did find myself returning to the site again and again

oh and i turned off the tv
and couldn't watch the news for about 6 mos.

and of course there was more, gitmo, waterboarding, gonzalez let me legalize torture as atty general or whatever


errrrggghhhhhhhh

[Ken, Moderator]

Uh-oh. I think you started.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

yep

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

COME ON YOU GUYS!!!! 13 of us voted for a group read, and Bunny went to the trouble of setting up the voting poll for which title and only 6 have voted so far............
(Ooops....shut up Debbie.....your choice is winning....why screw that up??!!)

[Boreal Elizabeth]

ok
you can put some lipstick on rilke
but only deb can make moe squeal

really
rilke
a true classic that a lot of people put on their lists of authors to read before they die

and then they die

now's your chance
and it has brevity
wit and inspiration on it's side
vote soon
vote often

[Ruth]

I tried the Rilke, I really did. Maybe the trouble is that I'm an old poet.

[Ken, Moderator]

Wha--? You didn't like the Rilke either? Tough audience, Ruth!

[Ruth]

Getting cranky and crotchetty.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Don't believe you! Just look at that face! :-)

[Boreal Elizabeth]

yah sort of the epitome of not cranky and crotchetty more warm and kind hearted

[Stamatia]

Hear hear

[Ruth]

Well, I'm feeling warm and smiley reading this, anyway.

[Skylar]

I'm Skylar. I love to read, and I'm a freelance editor.

[Old-Barbarossa]

Hello again folks.
Nice to see the world didn't end when the folks at CERN switched on their new toy.
Loads of new folk since I was last here. Greetings.
Won't be doing the group read thing at the minute...hefty backlog, about to start the whole Musketeer's cycle by Dumas and a couple of chunky Hx books on the go. I enjoyed "The Mother Tongue" though when I read it for what it's worth, he did a similar book about American English as well.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Welcome Skylar....and welcome back Barbarossa.

[Ken, Moderator]

Hi, Sky... and Aloha Barbarossa.

[Old-Barbarossa]

Avast me shiverin' mateys!
Today (19th Sept) is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Ahoy, splice the main brace, time for a lick o' the cat, belay that order...where's the rum?

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Six men sitting on the dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

[Ken, Moderator]

It's my Auntie Barbara's Birthday where I come from (and she used to like rum and Ho-Ho's -- Hostess variety, no Yo Ho-Ho variety).

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Many happies to Aunty Barbara....tell her to have a rum for me!

[Ken, Moderator]

Will do. She's a Mainiac so I see less of her in the work season...

[Old-Barbarossa]

Summer, where are you studying? What's the course like? Much "hands on" or loads of theory at the minute?

[Summer]

I'm at a community college associate's program, and I am taking one extra course a semester towards the bachelor's degree. I have 12 hours of clinical time and 6 hours of theory/lecture each week. I think it's evenly balanced. This semester, I am also taking Microbiology (required) and Pathology (elective). All that science is proving to be a bit much for my brain right now, but I'm hoping it warms up to it.

[Tasha]

Hi, Everyone!
I am an aspiring novelist who is hear to learn as well as chat. Can't wait to get to know you all!

[Ken, Moderator]

Welcome, Tasha. Keep the aspiring flying! (I think George Orwell called it "aspidistra," but close enough!)

[Simba]

Hey Tasha.
I know this is late, but I can't belive I missed Talk like a Pirate day! My week is ruined.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

G'day!

[[deleted user]]

Bells here. Like literature and english and writing and.... goes on and on. Love to be here! : D

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Are you still here NE???? If you leave it much longer you may have to reintroduce yourself!!!

Welcome Bells.