LINCOLN'S DREAMS

* Yaaaawwwwwnnnnnnnnn. * I'm never, ever up until past 5 a.m. -- except for those times, once or twice a year, when I get abducted by a book. You know how it goes: One more chapter. One more chapter. One more chapter. And finally, only 40-50 pages til the end; might as well keep going ... (Though I did actually stop about 20 pages shy of the end.)

This time around, it was Connie Willis' Lincoln's Dreams. To which I say, wow. Just, wow.

Anyone else out there read it? What did you think?

Words: Um, OK, that's kind of obvious.
State O'Mind: Impressed

A PASTEL-COLORED CARRIAGE IN THE AIR

As promised, or threatened, I bring installment #2 of the Opening Lyrics Quiz, The Meme That Wouldn't Die. (It's been picked up by erinwrites and phillip2637 since my original go-around. Anywway, the ground-rules for me, once more: Access your iPod, Media Player or music storage device of choice, set it to random, and post the opening lyrics to the first 20 songs that come around, then let the friends-list guess the songs and artists (or songwriters, if you will). Offer fabulous prizes if do-able; if not, offer virtual pats on the head. The ground-rules for you: Guess away, and have fun. Just refrain from peeking at the comments until you've made your guesses, because otherwise that's, well cheating like a cheating cheater. And if you happen to have WRITTEN one of the songs, you've probably got an undue advantage. *smiles*)

I didn't automatically bypass a song if its title was to be found within the opening lyrics this time, unless it happened to be patently obvious. As in, for example, the Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine," which begins: "Good day sunshine/good day sunshine/GOOD day SUNshine ..."

Here we go: ( THE SONGS )