The Good and Bad of Buying Wodehouse

[amphitritie.livejournal.com]

I purchased my first Wodehouse novel today; I read many in the library, but started mourning my lack of true ownership and set off to Barnes and Noble to resolve the dilemma. However, my joy turned to horror when I opened the first page to see these words (albeit this is a slightly abridged version):

The Libary of Congress has cataloged this paper back as:
Jeeves and the Tie that Binds | P.G. Wodehouse.
1. Jeeves (fictitious character) 2. Wooster, Bertie (fictitious character)
3. Single men - fiction 4. Butlers - fiction 5. England - fiction

Not even the Library of Congress is willing to recognize the difference between a Valet and a Butler. What a travesty.

BUT ON THE GOOD SIDE . . .

The cover actually is rather nice and doesn't make me cringe in pain (as most Wodehouse covers do.) Sorry about the fuzzy picture quality, but here it is.

And one of the clues in my crossword puzzle in New York Magazine today was "Gentlemen's gentleman."

Yup, you guessed it, the answer was five letters: v-a-l-e-t. This made me extremely happy.

Sneak peek? Edit! (Viking Bertie)

[detective-wolf.livejournal.com]

When the 'Movie challenge' came I so wanted to participate. The problem was that I... I didn't have any movie ideas to crossover with. I know this is late, but anything to be a little silly, right?

TODAY, I saw...

How to train your dragon.

This is a mere sneak peek, and if people are interested I'll produce more stuff <83;; I just know that this isn't for everyone...

Also it's a good enough reason to draw dragons.

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