2010-03-12

michelel72: Suzie (Default)
2010-03-12 03:00 am
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Random US geography question

As always, this is for a fic: Anybody out there know northern Los Angeles County, specifically the Palmdale / Juniper Hills / Devil's Punchbowl area? I've done what research I can by Google Maps and Wikipedia, but if anybody out there knows this area personally and would be willing to cast an eye over a few passages to make sure I don't have any egregious milieu fail, please let me know. (Taking specialized beta passes to a new high! Besides, maybe lining someone up will inspire me to finish the damn thing already. And yes, I am in fact kicking myself for not finding a way to set the fic someplace I've ever actually been ....)
michelel72: Suzie (Default)
2010-03-12 12:11 pm

Friday fun: Review poetry

With a hat-tip to [livejournal.com profile] lyrstzha for the link: A very creative Amazon review. A sample to entice you:
Once upon a mid-day sunny, while I savored Nuts 'N Honey,
With my Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 gal, 128 fl. oz., I swore
As I went on with my lapping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at the icebox door.
'Bad condensor, that,' I muttered, 'vibrating the icebox door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
Seriously, though, check out the whole thing. Quite impressive.

ETA: Heck, check out the other reviews. Some bizarrely entertaining riffs in there. And [livejournal.com profile] violetcheetah points out the "also viewed" and "purchased" samples are quite eclectic, as are the purchase options.