Grumples: this book on my boss’ kindle is awful
Grumples: i think i will just read it at work
Grumples: it totally reads as a first book written by a 19 year old
Fink-Nottle: what is the book?
Grumples: it's called "faking it"
Grumples: i have no idea by whom, since it isn't easy to tell on the kindle
Grumples: here's a sentence i just read
Grumples: "I couldn't be sure from the angle I was standing, but I thought I saw her give his rear left cheek a squeeze, like Charmin."
Fink-Nottle: elisa lorello or jennifer crusie?
Fink-Nottle: is one of the characters Matilda Goodnight?
Grumples: not that i'm aware of, but i'm only up to chapter 3
Fink-Nottle: is it about a writing professor and a male escort?
Grumples: YES
Grumples: that's it
Fink-Nottle: chick lit
Fink-Nottl e: disgusting.
Fink-Nottle: I'm afraid you can't be friends with your boss anymore
Grumples: here's some foreshadowing for you, "For sure, this guy would never get past my front door."
Grumples: this is so bad
Grumples: i think she chose this at random when she used the kindle to go to the amazon site
Fink-Nottle: ah
Grumples: she is starting "World's End" tonight, courtesy of me
Fink-Nottle: still
Grumples: she said she just saw the stars on the review (lesson learned there)
Fink-Nottle: in-fucking deed.
Grumples: if she doesn't like "World's End" then we will know our taste do not align at all
Grumples: "Those sparks that flickers in the specks of his pupils."
Grumples: sorry, FLICKERED
Fink-Nottle: on the plus side, it's good to know that my nanowrimo novel isn't the worst thing ever written
Grumples: um, no
Grumples: not at all
Grumples: which gives us something to ponder when we're kicking our asses again in november
Grumples: seriously, SPECKS OF HIS PUPIL! exactly what kind of disease does he have to have shit flickering in SPECKS of his pupils?
Grumples: "...re-tracing his hazel eyes that slit in sunlight..."
Grumples: i swear "bridget jones's diary" was better than this
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I am totally new to the Kindle. My boss stayed up until 2am last night to finish reading this novel, "Faking It," by Elisa Lorello, and thought I could get to know the Kindle and enjoy this fun book she read. Um. Eh. Well, I'm all for on-the-clock sanctioned reading. However, this is tending to be a bit difficult. Just go back and read those sentences I quoted! That was just a few gems from the first two chapters. I can only hope the battery runs out before I'm made to read much more. I really like my boss, so I want to really go through with this, no matter how much it hurts.
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During my commute to and fro work I always listen to NPR. Sometimes I actually hear what is being said, and other times it is just words for my mind to zone out to while pretending I'm paying attention to traffic. This afternoon I paid a bit more attention because the news was all about the Toyota car recall. My Prius doesn't fall under the recall scope, but it was still interesting to hear all the back-pedaling. I love Toyota. My first car was an Echo, and I only gave it up when it was totaled (no one was hurt except my poor red car). The Prius is might nice, too, except its name continues to make me giggle due to word association.
Sadly, since I was driving, I wasn't able to do anything more than take mental notes of the conversation between an NPR correspondent and some high-up Toyota dude. However, NPR has nicely provided a link to the convo and transcript. Basically he went on and on about how he drives a Toyota, his wife drives a Toyota, his family drives Toyotas, his neighbors drive a Toyota (does he live on a Toyota compound or something; also, does he get an amazing friends-and-family discount?). What the correspondent neglected to ask, was if all those friends, family and third-world children are driving vehicles that are part of the recall. What a missed opportunity.
There was also a nice part where the correspondent did softly dig at him for promoting current Toyota recall drivers get the the pedal modification and not a whole new pedal, even though all the new Toyotas are being fitted with new pedals. She asked if it was more expensive to have the pedal replaced versus getting the modification, and he was like, oh, no, not at all, the costs are comparable. Again, sadly, she did not follow up on this, because he went on to really insist that customers go for the modification, you know, to try it out. Nothing like a recall that insists on making guinea pigs out of the customers who had already unknowingly risked their lives. Way to go Toyota! He also said if a customer insists on getting a new pedal entirely, then that will be between the customer and his/her mechanic. What is this? Seriously, I suddenly feel like we're insurance shopping and seeing who will cover my horrific disease and who won't. Nothing like having to haggle over something that can kill you.
Just remember your physics, fellow Toyota drivers. If your accelerator is stuck, shift the car in to neutral, and literally slam on your breaks with both feet. No pumping! Just slam it down and try to get to the side of the road. I understand that sounds terrifying; especially if when your accelerator got stuck when you were only 10' behind a Hummer, and while your brain is processing the problem and attempting to shift and brake, you are already eating the back of a super-large vehicle. Anyway, it will make for a nice story if you live through it. Best of luck to all of you out there.
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