today i got:
atom - steve aylett - 50p
deepness in the sky -vernor vinge - £1
the namesake - jhumpa lahiri (hardback) - £1
the jewels of aptor - samuel delany - 50p
big planet - jack vance - 50p

i resisted
city of saints and madmen by jeff vandermeer
iron council by china mieville
-since even though they were dead cheap i already had them both, the iron council was pretty damaged and the copies of city of saints were missing their dust sleeves.

On Sunday I found "Random Acts of Senseless Violence" by Jack Womack. Hardcover, $3.00 US.

Found this in the alley behind our house, one of the neighbors seemingly purging their garage of absolutely everything. I forsee barbecue parties in my future. . .

Crazy sale at the dvd-store:

"¢High Noon
"¢Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
"¢Waiting for Guffman
"¢Best in Show
"¢New Rose Hotel
"¢The Corner (miniseries)
"¢Sports Night (The Complete Series)
"¢Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

All for 300 SEK (or around 43$ / 32€)!

I don't mind the rain much now.

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"¢The Corner (miniseries)

Enjoy The Corner if you've never seen it. Then watch the first 4 seasons of the Wire for more awesomeness.

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Enjoy The Corner if you've never seen it. Then watch the first 4 seasons of the Wire for more awesomeness.

I haven't seen "The Corner" but I was a big fan of "Homicide: Life on the Street" which David Simon was involved with too. And I will definetely go on to The Wire - I'd already gotten hold of season 1 and 2 so finding "The Corner" was great, it feels like a link between the two.

Totally and utterly devoted to Homicide: Life on the Street, I have bid on boxsets of The Corner several times on eBay. I haven't won one yet. I have had season one of The Wire waiting in the wings for months but I kinda feel like I should see The Corner first. Call me Mr Stickler.

Ooh! I love this thread! In the past year or so, I've been working on my coupon/grocery skills. Yesterday I bought $85 worth of groceries for only $50. I was fairly pleased with myself.

last night, on way home, stopped at 24hrs supermarket.
resisted "century rain" by alastiar reynolds for £5. since i still haven't finished either of the two books i have by him. also resisted his two novellas in one book, since i have half of it already in best SF collection.

did buy "felix the cat: movie" on dvd for £1.
and "nina simone:songs to sing" for £5, my third nina "best of", all of them having some overlap, but i don't think i have half these tracks, and it has a non-live version of one of my favourites (see line woman).

having talked to blueshift about robert ludlum and the bourne series, and seeing the trailer for the new film, i decided to give in and buy "the bourne identity" last night for £4 on dvd. however, standing there with the last copy in my hand, i flicked through the multi film packs - the random films pacakged together for no apparent reason - and buried in that pile was the bourne pack - both identity and supremacy for £5. i left the single disc sitting and bought the double, score!

Managed to get 5 Kodak 400TMax films for a total of 12 euro. Now that's an excellent bargain.

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having talked to blueshift about robert ludlum and the bourne series, and seeing the trailer for the new film, i decided to give in and buy "the bourne identity" last night for £4 on dvd. however, standing there with the last copy in my hand, i flicked through the multi film packs - the random films pacakged together for no apparent reason - and buried in that pile was the bourne pack - both identity and supremacy for £5. i left the single disc sitting and bought the double, score!

good deal!

Bought a lovely blue dress for 100 DKK (approx. 18 USD)

Did anybody notice that the 24th of the last three month was Bargain Day?

i hadn't yet. 't seems like it must be a good day for bargains.

Found these two for 30 sek, or about $4.50. Haven't really read any of Banks sci fi stuff before so I'm looking forward that one. And hey, he's got a WG-blurb: "Banks is a phenomenon...wildly successful, fearlessly creative."

black tights - $2
pin-striped pants, dress pants, 4 lace-bottomed tanks, and two hooded sweaters - $200 (normally would've been about $500)

also got a dress and blazer for free.

i rock.

Pallets.

Hugh shipment at work and the lorry driver refused to take them back. Shame to waste. Threw them in my VW and dropped em at my dad's allotment - he keeps chickens and raises everything - access for cats i.e no rats!

A little something for nothing. I felt good.



Where do they all come from and where do they go? A year in the life of a pallet...

I've got 4-5 pallets laying in and around our carport. Shipments of dirt, play houses, etc.

I just keeping - I'm sure I can use them for something.