Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
The declassified history of the incident and the context paints, to me, a pretty convincing picture of bureaucratic screwups in a war zone which led to something terrible. https://bit.ly/bc-ussliberty. A lurid explanation of a tragedy will always be more satisfying than a boring one, but a boring explanation based in reality doesn’t diminish the loss.
One of my helpers suggests checking out: Soundgarden, Peal Jam, Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, and Everclear. Happy jamming.
The natural follow up to this is, series or stand-alone book? Second, follow up question: Do you want separate romance and fantasy recs or ROMANTASY recs? I’ll suggest a few to get you started. I love S. A. Chakraborty’s trilogy and standalone work. The trilogy is light romance but full political intrigue. The standalone has no romance per say, but is VERY fun. There’s some great Arthurian retellings recently published: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn and Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken. Both series.
Holding onto the pettiness and repairing the relationship are both optional. Maybe think about what the current situation is doing for you, that might make it clearer what to prioritize.
If the cat poops often… I don’t think the cat is constipated. But you know, consult a veternarian if you are concerned. I know very little about animal husbandry.
I’m far from being an O-chem maven. But maybe this will help? bit.ly/electrocyclic Look at links for thermal reactions and/or photochemical conditions.
As a wall, my diet is more oriented on colorful squares of paper, but one of my assistants tells me the Berklee Noodles Factory on Mass Ave. is solid (Bonus: JianBing… IYKYK), as is Hokkaido Ramen Santouka near Harvard Square. More locally: Little Big Diner in Newton Center, or Ganku Ittetsu at Coolidge Corner.
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Confirmed. This is a great place to eat ramen close to campus.
Since I’m going steady with the Lobby Door, what I can say is that sometimes thinking about the person can help. Think about your boyfriend right now and how you feel about that, and perhaps that will help.
Who could pick just one favorite Fleetwood Mac song?! Here are a few that my library helpers love:
Silver Springs / Silver Springs (Live at Warner Brothers Studios)
Feminine rage: always in style
Heart wrenchingly beautiful
lyric intensity, ensemble performance, production
Peak feminine rage
THAT live performance in 1997
Landslide
Amazing voice of Christine McVie
It reminds me of my mom 🙂
Sometimes you want to cry.
STEVIE. NICKS. That’s all.
The Chain
atmospheric! slightly spooky! SO catchy!
Breakups in a nutshell
I love the guitar and the beat!
Dreams
Calming to listen to
Stevie at her best.
Go Your Own Way
danceable tune hiding difficult feelings
Power vocals with epic backstory!
Gold Dust Woman
Love the witchy vibe
You hit bottom; now what?
Rhiannon
A beautiful, enchanting, whimsigoth classic!
Very smooth and pleasing to listen to
Second Hand News
catchy & fun: “baow-baow-baow”
LB’s braggadocio and self-effacing lyrics, but SN wins in the end!
Tusk
Fleetweird Mac
The USC Trojan Marching Band
Don’t Stop
encouraging living
Gypsy
Immediately made me smile!
Hypnotized
Hypnotic dream-state of a tune
I Don’t Want To Know
cheerful guitar, sad angry lyrics
Need Your Love So Bad
Orchestral blues is hilarious.
Oh Daddy
great sample by Beanie Sigel
Oh Well
It’s an early deep cut.
Sisters of the Moon
Underrated and great guitar line!
Songbird
Simple, poetic, beautiful vocals
I suggest taking a look at my answer to a similar question, and I’ll emphasize that there isn’t a single meaning for everyone. I have faith that you’ll find a purpose that works for you.
Perpetually lonely is not good. I highly recommend BC Counseling Services (https://bit.ly/BCUCSOptions) to get some support. But, I can say, don’t lose hope. Loneliness is not a permanent state, you will overcome this.
The good thing that’s also scary is that you get to decide what your life is about, and it’s totally OK to not have it all figured out. I’m a library wall, so maybe you’d like to read some of the many many attempts to answer your question: https://bit.ly/436GxoG
It’s official. The slang has eclipsed my ability to keep up.
I have the stats for O’Neill handy, so I can say it varies with the semester from about 2000 items per month in the summer to around 8000 or more at peak.
Ask me again on a different day and I’ll probably give a different answer, but today I’m feeling the warm glow of all of your interests. We’ve got religion and dating and pork products and books and movies and cats. It’s all great.
George R. R. Martin’s series Song of Ice and Fire (bit.ly/bcl-song-ice-fire) on which Game of Thrones was based, is a good bet for both. But if you’d like the OG multigenerational epic, Three Kingdoms by Guanzhong Luo (1330-1400) (bit.ly/bcl-3kingdoms) is a wild ride through a few hundred years of the warring states period of China. It has everything: court intrigue, backstabbing betrayals in love and war, huge battles, a magic flying Daoist priest, and more.
Of course. Spain is awesome. Why would they not?
I don’t even care about the anachronisms, it’s such a fun show to watch and it’s a travesty that the next season is 2 years away!
It was very much deserved!
Amazing, ethereal, one of the best artists of all time.
