Amber Spyglass, More British Phrases, Sigs

[Amy Z]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Simon" <simon.branford at h...> wrote:
> Simon: "I will be posting my comments on The Amber Spyglass later, 
have to
> "write them first!"
> Ben: "Should I read this? As I've nearly run out of new books and 
don't want
> to start 'almost like a whale' yet, not feeling like launching into
> Darwinism."
Simon:
> Read the first two in the series, but do not bother with the third. 
It is
> not as good, as I will explain in my message later.

Ben--THE Ben?  The Heir of Gryffindor?  ::kisses ring::

Returning off, therefore on, topic:

I agree that the 3rd is not as good, but the three books are really 
one, almost like Lord of the Rings; The Subtle Knife leaves you 
hanging off a very high cliff.  Besides, 3 has its own charms.  It 
just has a bit of a feverish tying-up-ends feeling to it now and then, 
IMO, but it is all worth it, also IMO.  

"Gander" may be British in origin, but it's in use, albeit a little 
out of fashion, in the US too.

I like Simon's sig line.  Much better than "Dilbert lives," whatever 
that was.  The Peg Kerr one is nice too.  I have to find her books.

Parker, re: your old post on signatures:  different e-mail programs do 
it differently.  Look under "options" or "my profile" or something 
like that.

I usually don't use my e-mail when I post to HPforGU--it's easier to 
go to the group site and use "post" or "reply," for a variety of 
reasons--so my "signatures" are not in actual fact signatures.  I have 
a file full of favorite bits from HP and cut and paste one each time. 
 (I just counted and there are 25.  My oh my.)

Amy Z
who hates Dilbert