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On several topics:

* Fathers who could ... I so nearly managed to finish it last week, despite the ENTIRE UNIVERSE coming up with ridiculously stupid ways to delay me. But it's still not there, and I really will not have time to do it before I hand in my worldcup fic. I am sorry! And now to get cracking with said worldcup fic. Absolute deadline is March 15, so not that bad.

* The cat does have pneumonia. She has at least one and probably two months of antibiotics ahead of her, along with bronchiodilators, which will be reassessed in a fortnight to see if she gets a puffer. She must be sick, she put up with us dosing her with pills and paste. The vet says that he thinks it will all be well at the end of her travail.

* The peachicks down to one survivor, last I heard. Sorry.

* The peafowl farmer, it occurs to me, looks very much like Lucius Malfoy, especially the hair. But shiv5468 would not  want to associate with him, too broad an Australian accent and too great a tendency to tear apart walls in order to re-engineer.

* P.G. Wodehouse is one of those writers whose works you assume you know, because you read him many years ago, or because people quote him all the time, or because you are a great fan of Stephen Fry. I have spent all of February in a complete Wodehouse binge, and if you never listen to me on anything else, listen when I say: Read Wodehouse!

Two quotes to convince, both from Summer Lightning. In the preface (I apologise for the length, but couldn't bear to cut it):

A certain critic – for such men, I regret to say, do exist – made the nasty remark about my last novel that it contained 'all the old Wodehouse characters under different names'. He has probably now been eaten by bears, like the children who made mock of the prophet Elisha: but if he still survives he will not be able to make a similar charge against Summer Lightning. With my superior intelligence, I have outgeneralled the man this time by putting in all the old Wodehouse characters under the same names. Pretty silly it will make him feel, I rather fancy.

And then half-way through:

'Oh?' said Millicent dully. She had dropped into a chair and picked up a book. She looked like something that might have occurred to Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments.

He really is as good as I remembered him being, which in my experience is very rarely the case.

* I am so far behind with my recs that I am declaring the month after Worldcup to be rec month, and I shall catch up!

I had more, but after a month of wheezy cat on end of bed and subsequent sleeplessness, I am too stupid to continue without a nap.

Comments

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

You? Too stupid? Surely not.

[who_la_hoop]

I think it's fair to say that anyone who doesn't like Wodehouse has no sense of humour. Wodehouse rocks so hard <3 You only need to mention the words "luminous rabbit" or "giant squirt" and I get the giggles :) I adore Bertie so very much.

[tnumfive.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your cat, that sounds terribly expensive. I took mine to the vet and she came out pretty easy. A week of antibiotics and she should be fine again. The vet said that the lump was from a fight with another cat (that I assume she lost). It actually burst Friday morning and was all oozy and gross through the weekend. She goes back next Monday to have it looked at one more time and to get her yearly boosters.

Poor peachicks.

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

Wodehouse is marvellous, and I'm glad you're rediscovering him, old thing. I can't manage a binge of more than about four books at a time, because, sad to say, the critic-eaten-by-bears has the certain ghost of a point, and they do feel same-y after a while. But they are wonderful, and I love them with all my heart.

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Oh, your poor cat. :( And the poor peachicks too! *feels oddly hungry now* :/

Heheh, the quote had me chuckling madly, PG Wodehouse sounds hilarious indeed. ^_^

*hugs your busy self*

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

[*takes a moment to love wodehouse all over again*]

alas for the cat, but not so much as for the peachicks and their rather short stint on the planet. cat will most likely hack her way better and be clawing you with your vain pill attempts in no time.

[*mourns slightly for lack of fathers, but totally understands*]

[cordelia-james.livejournal.com]

I've never read a thing by Wodehouse, but I've been hearing quite a bit about him lately. Can you recommend something to start with?

[cordelia-james.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll be making a trip to the bookstore this weekend.