What I Do When I Should Be Working

[jarandhel]

So, I liked the Dresden Files tv show so much that I've started the books. Audiobooks while I'm at work, as I rarely have time to sit down and read fiction in my "free time" anymore, but I mentally vocalize when I read anyway so the experience is largely the same. I've just started Storm Front, and I'm already loving it.

"My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure it by your own risk. I'm a wizard."

(Yes, I am at work today. Overtime is a good thing after the holidays.)

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[helen99.livejournal.com]

I like audio books too, for the same reason... There are books I don't really feel motivated enough to read myself - but if someone reads them to me (especially in a spooky voice or a British accent), I'll be glad to listen while I'm doing something else...

Multitasking for the win...

Do you suppose this rhyme is on an audiobook?

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Various versions I've found of a certain rhyme:

Ooey Gooey was a worm.
Ooey Gooey loved to squirm.
Ooey Gooey went down by the railroad tracks.
Ooey Gooey!

~~~

Ooey Gooey was a worm,
Ooey Gooey loved to squirm;
he squirmed upon the railroad track
just as the train was coming back
ooey gooey, worm chop suey!

~~~

Ooey Gooey was a worm.
Ooey Gooey liked to squirm.
Ooey Gooey squirmed too far;
Ooey Gooey got hit by a car.
OOEY GOOEY!!

~~~

Ooey Gooey was a worm,
A big fat worm was he.
He sat upon a railway track,
A train he did not see.
The train came roaring round the bend,
The driver gave a squeal,
The guard got out his pocket knife,
And scraped him off the wheel.
Ooey Gooey!

... you get the idea. The version I remember was

Ooey Gooey was a worm
Ooey Gooey learned to squirm
Ooey Gooey crossed the road
Car go "BEEP! BEEP!"
Oooey Goooey.

There is obviously no definitive version of this classic rhyme.

[draerendi.livejournal.com]

It comes in books???? Who writes them I want one.

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

It was originally books, the tv show was based on the books. (Loosely.) The author's name is Jim Butcher. http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/