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Favorite Literary Characters

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The Independent put together a list of well-known literati’s picks for their favorite literary characters. I’m sure I’ll think of more later, but here are mine, off the top of my head:
1. Anne Elliot, from Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
2. Rosalind, from Shakespeare’s As You Like It.
3. Auntie Mame, from Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame : An Irreverent Escapade.
4. Bertie Wooster, from the P.G. Wodehouse series of Jeeves and Wooster books.
5. Nick and Nora Charles (and Asta!), from Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man.
6. Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle’s four novels and series of short stories.
7. Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s intrepid little old lady detective that knew human nature.
8. Nancy Drew, the girl detective creation of Edward Stratemeyer and Mildred Wirt Benson.
9. and of course, Curious George that adorable little monkey from the series of children’s books by H. A. Rey.

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Xbox.com

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I bought an Xbox at lunch today. I got it used, but just barely. The guy who had it played it once and brought it back to exchange for the new Playstation 2. It’s the limited edition Halo box, which came with the Halo game and is transparent green. I also got a second controller and the game Fable. And Rachel loaned me a game Morrowind.
But another game I might want to get: Super Monkey Ball Deluxe.

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Slow Food U.S.A.

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Recognizing that the enjoyment of wholesome food is essential to the pursuit of happiness, Slow Food U.S.A. is an educational organization dedicated to promoting stewardship of the land and ecologically sound food production; reviving the kitchen and the table as the centers of pleasure, culture, and community; invigorating and proliferating regional, seasonal culinary traditions; creating a collaborative, ecologically-oriented, and virtuous globalization; and living a slower and more harmonious rhythm of life.

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Red Marble Games (Mac video games)

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I got a free download of the Holiday Express video game (similar to a Tetris game) with my .mac account through Apple, and because I enjoyed it, I looked up the company that made it, Red Marble Games, and played a few of their other free demos. I ended up buying Digby’s Donuts, which is a lot of fun. You run a donut stand, and as the finished donuts are flipped through the air at you, you have to catch them on a tray and place them in a display case with other donuts of the same color. With out dropping them, and without shelving burned donuts. It’s hard to do.
The have a new game called Witch’s Yarn that seems really interesting. I may try the demo of it and other games such as slot gacor hari ini.

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Wild Divine

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When I first started looking at this bio-feedback game called Wild Divine I thought it was pretty hokey, (I tend to take Deepak Chopra with a grain of salt) but watching the demo made me think it might be pretty fun to play around with. You have a machine hooked up to your fingertips that measures your bio feedback, and when you’ve reached a meditative state you move to next levels in the game. Visually, it’s nicely done with a lot of cool graphics and things to explore.

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