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
Thirdly, if someone gets in your face at a bar, no matter how big they are, take a swing and make sure it lands. Even if they kick your ass in the end, everyone else in the neighborhood will think you're pretty ballsy and you'll keep your cred.
The only piece of fight-related advice I got my father, the proto-geek, basically boils down to: "People like us, if we get into a fight, have one chance to land a punch. Make sure it's the first one, make damn sure it's a good one, and don't hang around after."
Would a stompy mind updating the first post in Book Club with the following new book information:
What we're discussing:
The Intuitionist,
by Colson Whitehead.
What we're reading:
My Name is Asher Lev,
by Chaim Potok. Discussion begins September 13, 2004.
Upcoming book(s):
Small World,
by David Lodge. Discussion date to be determined.
For extra credit - here are the books' respective amazon links although I don't know how to turn them into Buffista affiliate links:
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Curse you wee DX!!
(I'll change the Amazon links)
The tinyurl for Asher Lev brought me to The Chosen (by the same author). I fixed them all up.
What does "pigpile" mean? Is it a new word for anyone else?
(Yeah, that's all I got. Well, not really, but really I don't have anything to say that would be of any use whatsoever, so I'm hoping to at least enhance my vocabulary.)
Whoops.
I also thought you'd just turn the book announcements into the links, but either way is fine.
Thanks a lot, guys.
What does "pigpile" mean? Is it a new word for anyone else?
I assume it's like a dogpile...with pigs.
I've never heard "dogpile" used to describe social behavior either, though.
