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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters September 10, 2012 - 8:23pm

God, Emma, you're so pretty!  Also, very awesome shirts!  Thanks for sharing!

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. September 10, 2012 - 8:24pm

Emma, did you sneak over here from Scribophile? I thought you looked familiar.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 10, 2012 - 8:27pm

and seriously, how do you embed photos here without doing attachments?):

If you have it online somewhere else (facebook, photobucket [is that still a place?]. etc) then you click the little icon in the comment box that looks like a picture and put the URL in.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 10, 2012 - 8:41pm

@Jessica You're making me blush and OMG you are my most favorite.

@jacks No. I guess that means I have a doppelganger?

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland September 10, 2012 - 9:18pm

I am so jealous of your rad Rant shirt Emma. I got a chill Choke shirt. It is pretty cool. But that Rant shirt is badass. How did you pull that off. And I seriously would like to know how to embed without an attachment.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 10, 2012 - 9:36pm

@Jonathan They didn't have the Choke shirts in our sizes, so the Rant shirts were thrust upon Jane and me. I really like both, though I was excited for a blue Choke shirt as ALL MY T-SHIRTS ARE BLACK.

And see SparrowStark's note above for how to embed- you have to have the image on the web already, then use the picture icon to link to the url.

 
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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like September 19, 2012 - 7:53am

^ That was almost a sentence. Soon robots will be writing our best-sellers. Either robots or the Chinese who write the menus and horoscopes. Or maybe the menus and horoscopes are aleady being written by Chinese robots.  Not crazy. Used to be spam.

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Gordon Highland from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore September 19, 2012 - 7:40am

A couple weeks ago, some of my dirtbag friends grabbed a cheesy pic I posted and then memed me, with hilarious results. Here's the progression (right-click: View Image to embiggen).


       

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland September 19, 2012 - 8:01am

@Gordan. Oh my God I can not stop laughing right now.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 19, 2012 - 4:46pm

That is fucking beautiful, Gordon! I am cracking up!

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 19, 2012 - 5:17pm

Jeez, @JY, why do you think I'm a robot?

(Kidding; I saw the spam)

@Gordon That is brilliant! You made my day.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 20, 2012 - 3:00am

Gordon, that is fucking hilarious. Are you Jesus? If so, can you put in a good word for me. You know, with the fictiotious man in the sky?

And...now....this:

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 20, 2012 - 3:01am

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 20, 2012 - 3:03am

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Gordon Highland from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore September 20, 2012 - 7:28am

Glad y'all enjoyed those. And I'm not Jesus, Chester, that I'm aware of. I mean, who knows, maybe my holy activation switch will get flipped Reggie-Jackson-in-The-Naked-Gun style at some point, but for now I'm just a bloke who seems to show up at the worst-possible photo-ops. I did put in a good word for you with Jong-il, though, should your afterlife path be one of eternal damnation, as that last pic suggests.

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. September 21, 2012 - 12:02pm

HOW COULD THEY?!?!

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters September 21, 2012 - 12:10pm

"HOW COULD THEY?!?! "

By the power of the alphabet!

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 21, 2012 - 5:23pm

I wanted to say "Bite me" to Chester...but then I realized he'd probably take it literally.

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series September 21, 2012 - 5:30pm

 

Me and my boyfriend, Mark. He likes when drunk girls bite his ears.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 24, 2012 - 5:21pm

Yes, Ren, I take everything literally. 

Like Archie chewing on pussy.

 

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt September 26, 2012 - 10:58pm

My Stephen King collection. I'm still on the hunt for a DT1 first edition: 

 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 26, 2012 - 11:21pm

That makes me happy. I'm not at home or I'd throw my collection up for comparison. Is that a 1st of The Stand? It's in beautiful condition!

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt September 27, 2012 - 8:42am

Yeah, it's pretty awesome. That and my Night shift first edition are my favorites. I need a first edition Shining and Carrie, too. But the gunslinger is the one I'm dying to get. DT2 & DT3 are on their way to me :)

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break September 27, 2012 - 8:54am

Cheers, you dirty animals.

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Gordon Highland from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore September 27, 2012 - 9:57am

Ever wanted to know what getting roophied by Brandon looks like? Sealed bottle, please.

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break September 27, 2012 - 11:39am

I'm stealing that as a caption.

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Fritz September 27, 2012 - 11:28am

Sound - if you got $150+ you can buy DT1 no problem

Money money money

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 27, 2012 - 11:36am

Sound--I think most King collectors need a 1st of Carrie. Last I looked they were going for between $5k-7k. I don't know if I'll ever have enough money to feel comfortable throwing that kind of cash down for a book. My 1st of The Stand was a yard sale find. It's a bit beat up, but can't beat spending 50 cents on something people sell for a couple hundred bucks.

 

 

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Sound from Azusa, CA is reading Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt September 27, 2012 - 11:45am

The lowest I've seen for a DT1 is about $400..maybe I'm not looking in the right places. I got my copy of the Stand for 9 bucks. :) 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 27, 2012 - 11:53am

The thing about the original DT1 is that the people who have them don't want to let them go. I would say it is the same with Carrie, except you add the poor binding quality with it being his debut novel and that price jacks up even higher.

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Laramore Black from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8 September 27, 2012 - 7:37pm

I don't think I've ever posted pictures in one of these before. Or much at all on LR lately.

They aren't very flattering but here's me at a party with some cool people and friends.

This is what we were looking at: 

'Twas fun. Doing it again tomorrow.

Another random party photo from earlier this month. There was a random doctor there:

 

Oh, and I make the only audience cameo in this homemade music video (by the amp in the bar):

 

Fun stuff. I hope all is well with everyone else I don't keep in touch with around here.

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 27, 2012 - 8:17pm

Nice Klitts.

 

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 27, 2012 - 10:06pm

Henry Rollins was nice enough to take a photo with me after tonight's spoken word. I'm rocking my Illustrated Man tee. He looks like Sam the Eagle.http://instagr.am/p/QGzS2XgjQ1/

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig September 27, 2012 - 11:35pm

Ugh I am so jealous!! I took a pic with Hank last year and my friend's hand was shaking so much it came out looking like splashes of color and light with the ghost of Henry Rollins standing next to an awkward girl. I have some awkward pics of me talking to him though--

And my fave, Henry Rollins talking very sweetly to my toddler:

 

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz September 28, 2012 - 2:49am

Those are sweet pics Renner. Rollins kicks tits.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 28, 2012 - 9:12am

Aw! The other ones are good, though! And your kid is too cute.

Hank's such a good guy. My husband was super excited to meet him after being a fan for almost 20 years, and then he had to be all cool and tough-guy when he did. And Hank seems to attract awkward—the crowd waiting for him could easily have been a socially awkward support group (save for the out-of-place aging SoA superfan couple).

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Kicks tits. That he does.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres September 28, 2012 - 10:42am

Emma, are you the aging SoA superfan couple?  I hope so, because that is awesome.  I know some people would get mad at me for saying "I used to like him a lot more a long time ago," but it's true.  At least musically.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 28, 2012 - 11:30am

@Sean )*&%F$@)&$! I AM NOT "AGING".

I've not yet seen SoA but it's on my list. And then these people ruined it for me with their spoiler-heavy talk.

Musically, I have always preferred Black Flag to Rollins Band. So yeah. His spoken words are the same as they've always been, which is fantastic. Though he will never top BUN-BUN.

I was disappointed he was not in shorts. I paid to see shorts.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres September 28, 2012 - 11:41am

i didn't mean you were aging...i just meant we're all a little older now compared to before...with regards to punk shows.  But that's the thing that I DO know about MPLS.  It's ok to be old as hell and still into punk.  I love that.

I've never seen Henry Rollins do spoken word.  I never saw Black Flag either, but Rollins Band certainly bored me a few times live.

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Gordon Highland from Kansas City is reading Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore September 28, 2012 - 11:41am

I really miss his show on IFC. Was always one of the highlights of my week.

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sean of the dead from Madisonville, KY is reading Peckerwood, by Jed Ayres September 28, 2012 - 12:55pm

ok, i just re-read this...what is SoA?

I actually meant SOA, Rollins' old old band, before Black Flag.  But there wouldn't be many spoilers to a band that is no longer a band...what the hell is SoA?

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland September 28, 2012 - 1:13pm

Sons of Anarchy. Rollins had a role on that show for a while. Pretty good too.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 28, 2012 - 6:11pm

Hahahahaha, no, Sons of Anarchy. I didn't even think about that.

And I am not old! I get carded all the time.

Yeah, years ago I lived in a big house in Uptown with, among other people, a Nancy Spungen-era punk chick named Char. She was terrifying.

Never saw Black Flag (again not that old) or Rollins Band (not that interested).

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. September 29, 2012 - 8:56am

Rollins on SoA was a big dissappointment to me.  He played the role GREAT, but I wanted him to be in the show forever.  Much love for Rollins.  Him and Perlman just seemed like a great pair - good as enemies, but they would have been great as partners.

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Emma C from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah Dawson September 29, 2012 - 9:37am

Partners, or partners?

Rollins in The Chase. Standard Issue Street Soldier. BAM

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bryanhowie from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING. September 29, 2012 - 9:46am

I don't care if they make friends or make-out.  I just want those two on screen together.  They're amazing.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland September 29, 2012 - 9:43pm

It's a shame that Pearlman got his head blown off by Ed Harris to save Jude law on the screene. Don't get me wrong. I like Jude (Gattica) (A.I.) but Joseph Fienness gets to be the hero in a war flick. Come ON!

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Ethan Cooper from Longview, TX is reading The Kill Room, Heart-Shaped Box, Dr. Sleep October 30, 2012 - 8:28pm

Late to the game, but my shirt just got here recently: