en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1737960 Comments by schietree http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986942401 I'm going to be in Boston! Currently working on where, but it'll be an evening thing on the 26th of August probably. I'm also being interviewed for Mr Bear's Violet Hour Saloon on Boston Free Radio on the 25th. If you haven't listened to her, I can totally recommend the podcasts of the live show. Lots of cool writers paired with indie music choices. Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:01:16 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986942401 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986912551 !!! That sounds good! Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:48:31 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986912551 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986910188 I have questions about the texture of this - was it all wispy and delicious? Or kind of harder and sugary-crunchy? Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:33:07 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986910188 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986908397 Aw thank you so much! If you are in or near a tour city on that list do come and see me read (if you like readings obvi) and say hello!! Sausagedog is such a great handle btw. Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:21:02 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986908397 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986906899 um coming here to brag about my book going on presale (On the Edges of Vision - the one that Nicole kindly mentioned the other day) but mostly also to say BAD WORK IS AWFUL and I just had to quit a job that was driving me up the wall with stress. I have a new job with nicer colleagues now and hope you get through this! Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:10:14 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-77/#IDComment986906899 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/20/link-roundup-375/#IDComment986066618 Hi this is Helen here - regular lurker on The (beloved and wonderous) Toast. Thanks for the congrats, and here's a glass to Nicole and Mallory for playing fair and encouraging us writers along! Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:51:17 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/07/20/link-roundup-375/#IDComment986066618 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment970881362 my dad has a preference for buying me obscure comedic books by mostly upper-class english women writers of the early-mid twentieth century although he has been known to champion comedic / melancholic books by french writers of the early twentieth century. he is also the reason I read Three Men in a Boat and a sprinkling of PJ Wodehouse as a teenager. Let it not be said that I am at all ungrateful though. Novels/poetry/short stories are always welcome. Tue, 12 May 2015 19:45:21 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment970881362 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment970880508 for the UK: At least one Terry Pratchett novel (can't decide which) a memoir by a former SAS soldier guy At least one of those impossibly cheap classics (like £2 each) of 1. A Tale of Two Cities 2. oliver twist maybe? Definitely Dickens Tue, 12 May 2015 19:40:44 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/12/books-that-literally-all-white-men-own/#IDComment970880508 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/04/notes-from-edinburgh/#IDComment968771766 This is so vividly alive and wonderful. As much as Edinburgh, however much I might love it, is rather austere (and yes, almost everywhere in it is in a chasm, or at the top of a windblown hill) Mon, 4 May 2015 17:44:11 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/05/04/notes-from-edinburgh/#IDComment968771766 http://the-toast.net/2015/04/15/link-roundup-309/#IDComment964287250 I would hesitate to recommend this film to anyone with children or also without children but thinking about having children or stressed out by children or by grief or anything really. I felt not at all in a good place after watching. But it is an insta-classic, so. Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:11:07 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/04/15/link-roundup-309/#IDComment964287250 http://the-toast.net/2015/04/08/the-calendar-of-a-woman-who-travels-back-in-time-and-doesnt-have-sex-with-anyone/#IDComment962770272 Also important - the likelihood of sex being inadvertently had with a direct line ancestor. This is a definite concern for me in my genetically rather limited small northern european country of origin, where most of my family back as many generations as we have record of have come from. Also the past is horrible, full of racism and ignorance, and death stalks the land via simple infections or cholera or hypothermia (main concern if you are thinking of travelling back in time to Scotland in your negligee or somesuch) Wed, 8 Apr 2015 17:14:36 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2015/04/08/the-calendar-of-a-woman-who-travels-back-in-time-and-doesnt-have-sex-with-anyone/#IDComment962770272 http://www.venusianglow.com/2015/02/giveway-avocado-essentia-bras-review.html#IDComment951473623 My perfect lingerie for a date would be lacy - eyelash lace, in a vintage-style colour. Pale caramel or cream. Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:09:47 +0000 http://www.venusianglow.com/2015/02/giveway-avocado-essentia-bras-review.html#IDComment951473623 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/25/egg-nest-wild/#IDComment919310439 Brilliance from Casey Hannan again (you should go and read his stories) Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:02:56 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/25/egg-nest-wild/#IDComment919310439 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/13/video-games-set-protestant-wars-reformation-wish-existed/#IDComment911265969 The Rule of the Saints sounds like an actual game but it was a period in Scottish history with just ALL the religious murder. As opposed to slaughter on other grounds (which was every other time) Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:01:15 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/13/video-games-set-protestant-wars-reformation-wish-existed/#IDComment911265969 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/04/unassisted-childbirth/#IDComment904774150 Between this, having a grotesque birth nightmare the other night and watching The Babadook, those brief nudges towards broodiness have evaporated REAL quick. Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:53:38 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/11/04/unassisted-childbirth/#IDComment904774150 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891341797 I just remembered I have to read a gothic novel for this feminist book club I belong to. Hmmm. Going to look up Gaudy Night. I wasn't a huge fan of The Little Stranger. Felt rather too well put together for my taste. Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:45:21 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891341797 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891339896 They are all on youtube I think. I loved the WITHOUT MY PANTS episode, even though as a child it was a bit confusing since pants=underwear here. Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:41:25 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891339896 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891325700 Just on episode 8 of season 1 (Which I might watch in a bit. Underemployment! Woo!) I'm just letting the mystery sink around me like a fancy mudbath at a spa. Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:11:45 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891325700 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891318967 You're Next was really well done. I dunno if I can try TCM2, the first is so silly, and not in a good way. Killer Clowns??? The Others is great and so is The Orphanage Some on my list: The Innkeepers (slow is good imo) Stoker Don't Look Now Ringu The Cabinet of Dr Caligari I'm a bit too scared to watch Eyes Without a Face but I might do that one day. Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:57:49 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891318967 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891313944 AHS is great, but freakshow is really suffering by comparison to Carnivale. I think I should have waited until this season was over before starting the older show. Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:47:02 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2014/10/17/cocktail-hour-open-thread-56/#IDComment891313944