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If anybody's been wondering why I don't update much (yeah, I'm sure you're all dying to know...) it's because ~~Guitar Hero has eaten my life~~ I do most of my LJ reading at work and despite being pretty sure that even if the bosses had the tech savvy to check on what we're doing the sys admin - i.e. me - would not turn me in, I start entries and then get paranoid and don't post them.

I forgot to eat lunch today, due to spending my dinner hour wallowing in the gorgeous secondhand bookshops near my work. The owners are lovely; narry a Bernard Black in sight. One of them gave me a beautiful hardcover of Nancy Mitford's novels for free because I didn't have enough cash to cover it. I also got a bunch of books about books, some history - including a book about the Battle of Culloden, have a guess why - and a book on Northern Ireland Protestants (of which I am one), which starts with the somewhat alarming question "an arrogant, bigoted minority or Ulster's chosen people?" I note he's missing the all-important "TICKY BOX" option.

People in my office are talking about Torchwood. Most of them don't watch Doctor Who; they've fallen for Mr Barrowman in How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria and are looking for chances to perv. I do hope we pick up fandom types who haven't seen Who, I'd be interested in seeing the fic that comes from that ~~and the flamewars that are going to inevitably erupt~~. Speaking of Torchwood, I wrote a rather silly crackfic about Sarah and Torchwood's pet (if you don't know what this is and feel the knowledge would spoil the show, avoid)

Oh, does anybody know if

femslash_today uses a common flist? (For example, the

who_daily editors have

whodaily to keep everything together.) I want to check if they're watching

dw_femslash since I keep meaning to leave links to DW stuff but always forget.

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Surely it would be 'an arrogant, bigoted majority'? I seem to recall the question of majority being somewhat important when it came to choosing a First Minister for the chosen land of Ulster...

Have I been so blind that I missed Torchwood starting? Tell me no.

Good point! I just checked the book and it definitely says 'minority' which is just weird. Maybe he's writing it from a strange parallel universe?

Torchwood starts on Sunday, which is also the day Funderland closes in Belfast. Can I fit both things in? I will make a heroic attempt.

Is it written by a Brit, maybe? Unless one's actually from the province, Ulster Protestants do seem like a strange and small tribe. He could be using the term in a wider context.

Nope, he's from Belfast - but he mentions in the first chapter that he's spent 18 years living Across The Water, so that might explain it.

Who is it? I have a suspiscion, but dunno without title.

Is the book on Culloden the one by John Prebble? I read that one a few months ago, and quite enjoyed it.

I note he's missing the all-important "TICKY BOX" option.

How could they forget that option? It shouldn't be legal to omit a ticky box.

Most of them don't watch Doctor Who; they've fallen for Mr Barrowman in How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria and are looking for chances to perv.

I was just remembering that I fell for John back when he did Titans and been waiting since then for a show that would fully showcase his talent and impossible hotness. At last! At last!

*looks forward to the wank*

It does use a common flist, but the list is offline at the moment apparently, and it's incredibly difficult to find even that info out (I just did it a few days ago, and now can't recreate my steps. Argh!) I know that during the ficathon they were informed of dw_femslash but they don't seem to be including it anymore so I wanted to get it back on, but I can't see how at present. If you can figure it out, power to you and thanks kindly...

I'm terribly curious about people watching Torchwood without knowing DW; do comment on what the office folks think after they watch it! Everyone I know who is going to watch it is a DW fan.

Oooh, which second-hand bookshop was that? I think I know most of the ones in Belfast, although there was one that disappeared and I caould never find it again. Possibly it dropped by from another dimension.

a book on Northern Ireland Protestants (of which I am one), which starts with the somewhat alarming question "an arrogant, bigoted minority or Ulster's chosen people?" I note he's missing the all-important "TICKY BOX" option.

I think I saw that book in a library or somewhere. Possibly it was the same second-hand bookshop.

Battle of Culloden, have a guess why

Does it start with a J and end in an e and have an ami in the middle?

People in my office are talking about Torchwood.

Ooh, mine too! Also discussed that find-your-roots programme that Tennant was on, and went to London/derry and was creeped out by the Orangemen in his ancestry. I learned to my surprise that one of the middle-aged women—she actually has a daughter my age in the office—is a big fan of Star Trek and SG-1.

The "arrogant bigoted minority" question is obviously put by someone who sees the answer in an all-Ireland (or possibly but less probably all-British Isles) context!

You could always update by email if you are really worried!

girlwatch is the watch list. Doesn't look like Who is on it, but apparently they're re-working things.