Let's discuss!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Hit "refresh," not "post" again!

[Sarah]

I dunno, when I posted I got an error message.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Wow, Meghan. Think we get the point! LOL

Hit "refresh" rather than "post" again.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Yeah, it can't seem to keep up with us.

[Erica]

Um it won't post my last message!


Oh, it says nine dead now! Ugh this sucks!

[Sarah]

Michele, I didn't hit "refresh" OR "post." I only hit post once, got an error message, clicked on "back to the Rory Gilmore Book Club" and then this thread and my comments were there.

[Erica]

Blech, have you talked to Otis about setting up stuff for live chat??

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I only asked him about making it clear who is online in a group for such occasions.

[Erica]

Ah, we should suggest that!

[Sarah]

OK guys, sorry to bail but I'm not feeling well. I think I'm gonna make it an early night.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Yeah, but that would be a major overhaul. He'd have to design a whole new interface basically. It'd be better if we just made a date for an IM system.

[Erica]

ok, back to the book, I think that what I loved so much about it is that while a fairly outrageous topic, it handled it in such a way that I could see it really happening! she was so matter of fact about it!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Too much wine, Sarah?

[Erica]

Sniff, sorry I was so late Sarah! Feel better!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

We left you waiting too long?

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Feel better girl. We'll miss ya!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

You know I think I'm the only one here, but I didn't love this book. I liked it alright. I liked the time-traveling concept. But it just didn't do it for me.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Seriously, did everyone leave with Sarah?

[Meghan]

still here

[Erica]

Nope, here, sorry, trying to do some backreading on the thread.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

It's all good... I got to watch us kill a 5 on 3.

[Erica]

Huh? Ok, they won't let you post anything with less than 5 characters? That is interesting.

[Erica]

So did you guys wanna talk about another book or something else?

[Meghan]

I didn't do it. It did it on its own. Apparently it felt I said something really important! lol. I cleaned it up.

I wonder if we should try this for the next book. Did we talk this one out?

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I don't know... we keep discussing Wicked!

[Meghan]

So anyone reading anything other than book club books?

[Erica]

I am re-reading some smut at the moment, I go through these phases where all I wanna do is re-read comfort novels.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I'm reading a book on Left-handedness. It's really interesting. Although because I was sick I haven't been reading anything really.

[Erica]

Hm, are you left handed?

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I get it, Erica. I do that with mysteries and certain chick-lit authors and WW2 stories... and classics even. I will start craving. Also, Harry Potter because that is like revisiting long-time good friends.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Yes I am left-handed.

[Erica]

Anyone here read the Outlander series??

[Erica]

Ah ok, so are you learning anything new about yourself from this book?

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

The world is against us, I tell you! But we're elite! Only about 10% of the world's population!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I'm only a few chapters in, so it's a lot about the history of the science of it - how science has tried to explain it. But it has begun to discuss the ways society has treated it as evil over the years and things like that.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Meghan, how about you?

[Meghan]

sorry had to put Jade down. Let me back read.

[Erica]

yeah, society isn't great with anything 'different'!

[Meghan]

I tend to be right-handed but I am ambidexterous. I played basketball and they wanted us to be really strong in both hands so we did all these exercises to strengthen our weaker hand. So now I can use both.

[Meghan]

But even though I am right handed, I tend to think right brained. I'm weird that way.

[Erica]

Aw man, I wish I could do that!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

No joke. Yet it is the "different" that make the great strides in the world. So to me, now at least, it is something to be proud of and aspire to!

[Meghan]

My friends grew up in Catholic school and they use to force kids to all use their right hands. They didn't want anyone to experience the "pain" of being different, but we all tease them that the left hand is the devil's instrument.

[Erica]

Kids are so sweet! :)

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

It talked about that... then about the one place in scripture where an entire left-hand army was used... plus there is they guy that got to kill the evil king because when he got to see him he was searched on the left side and so he got a sword in on the right side where a left-hander puts it!

[Meghan]

Do you see those ads for the Lewis and Clark organization? I haven't checked it out and have no idea if it's a crock. But I like what they say in their ad. They talk about how these two were successful because they embraced the world's differences. They not only accepted the differences but wanted to learn more. And considering they were going into untraveled wilderness, they had to adapt. The site implies that more of that attitude is needed in this world, and I have to agree.

It's weird. This country is so big on individuality, but nonconformity is almost taboo. I say let's be happy we're different and rejoice in our similarities.

[Erica]

Wow, such a simple thing as which hand you use can dominate so much! It is amazing.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

I'm excited to finish it, but want to read our club books first. (Excited about them, too!)

[Meghan]

But I think it's interesting that every left-hander I know writes the same.

[Meghan]

It's really a square living in a round world!