Fourth. Fourthed? I second it again.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Ginger - Jul 02, 2004 9:32:50 am PDT #1460 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jon B. - Jul 02, 2004 9:44:38 am PDT #1461 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How would it be different from the literary thread? Would it be sorta like a spoiler thread for one specific book at a time?
Wolfram - Jul 02, 2004 9:51:22 am PDT #1462 of 10001
Visilurking
How would it be different from the literary thread? Would it be sorta like a spoiler thread for one specific book at a time?
No, it would be more like a show thread where people who've seen that specific show come in to discuss it, as opposed to a general tv thread where all tv is talked about. It wouldn't be spoilery for people participating in the discussion because the folks in the thread would be expected to have read the book or books being discussed.
brenda m - Jul 02, 2004 9:51:41 am PDT #1463 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
More or less. There's a perception that the lit thread as it stands really functions more as a rec thread (and it's much appreciated for that) but is not as hospitable for focussed discussion of individual books, both because of a perceived resisitance or disinterest, but also because of the fact that we're not all reading or thinking about the same things at the same time.
But this discussion should go in LB, I guess.
Can I ask that we make sure to let the discussion continue well past the holiday (including the 5th, which many of us have off), says she, about to hit the road to a place of uncertain access.
Wolfram - Jul 02, 2004 9:54:11 am PDT #1464 of 10001
Visilurking
Can I ask that we make sure to let the discussion continue well past the holiday (including the 5th, which many of us have off), says she, about to hit the road to a place of uncertain access.
I was actually going to say if'n we got a fourth second, that we should extend or delay discussion so that it does just that.
Jon B. - Jul 02, 2004 10:12:43 am PDT #1465 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It wouldn't be spoilery for people participating in the discussion because the folks in the thread would be expected to have read the book or books being discussed.
I think we're saying the same thing, 'cause in my head that's exactly what a spoiler thread is. Anyhoo, I get it.
Daisy Jane - Jul 02, 2004 10:18:20 am PDT #1466 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
S'fine with me. I'll be pretty busy with friends and the bar and whatnot.
ETA- I could still discuss even up at the bar because as I said yesterday in my scotch and Jager induced entusiasm "WE ARE WIRELESS!!!"
flea - Jul 02, 2004 10:25:14 am PDT #1467 of 10001
information libertarian
I will be your fourth second.. I will note in the dicsussion, however, that it seem entirely possible to have this club within the existing literary thread, and thus avoid thread proliferation if that is an issue. Those who are spoiler-phobic could unsubscribe for a week, we could whitefont, or whatever. It wouldn't have to be a new thread.
Daisy Jane - Jul 02, 2004 10:43:28 am PDT #1468 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
We could probably hash all that out during a lightbulb discussion.
Wolfram - Jul 02, 2004 10:44:12 am PDT #1469 of 10001
Visilurking
Thanks flea. Will discuss your points in LB. So should we open LB now, or wait until after the holiday?