Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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


DebetEsse - Dec 30, 2006 7:50:34 pm PST #7402 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Oh, I think "Press some buttons, see what happens" better than the first sentence.


Cass - Dec 30, 2006 8:37:06 pm PST #7403 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Oh, I think "Press some buttons, see what happens" better than the first sentence.
This!

It's canon *and* it's pretty much what I'd do without the thread too.


esse - Dec 31, 2006 7:15:44 am PST #7404 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I like it too!


amych - Dec 31, 2006 8:53:41 am PST #7405 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Love Press Some Buttons. Too hung over to touch genre.


DavidS - Dec 31, 2006 6:08:54 pm PST #7406 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ponder ponder ponder. I'm thinking about Gus passing and thought I'd float an idea. We've never lost one of our own, and I like Trudy's idea of an online wake. I was wondering if we'd want to make a special thread for it. Might be superfluous, and we could certainly do it in Natter and that would be perfectly appropriate.

But it would also be nice to have a place to gather Gus together to remember him and celebrate his stay with us. We could Nilly up links to his first posts, or conversations we remember. His delurking. His re-delurking after the monkey bite. Coming home to find his house occupied. His kites. His COMMs. And share our memories there. A wake thread, I guess that would just be open when we'd need it. Of course, I'd like to think we'd never need one, but this community has gone on for a while, and I know that when I go I'd like a place for my friends online to gather and raise a glass. A place you could go back to and visit when you were missing him and have it all pulled together.

Thoughts?


DebetEsse - Dec 31, 2006 6:12:23 pm PST #7407 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Would having a special thread (started for the occasion) be...not Kosher? Because I think I like that idea better.


DavidS - Dec 31, 2006 6:16:04 pm PST #7408 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Would having a special thread (started for the occasion) be...not Kosher? Because I think I like that idea better.

I'm not sure which idea you prefer, Debet.

As for the Kosherness - well, we've never lost anybody before, and I'm proposing something new. Thinking of how we handle that as a community. What our rituals will be.


Anne W. - Dec 31, 2006 6:23:28 pm PST #7409 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I think that starting a thread would be an excellent idea. It might also be a nice thing for Kimi to be able to read through when/if she wishes.

If that's a formal proposal Hec, I second it.


DavidS - Dec 31, 2006 6:24:25 pm PST #7410 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

If that's a formal proposal Hec, I second it.

Well, I thought we could kick it around first to see if that was a good idea. But ultimately, yes, we'd take it to Lightbulbs.


Connie Neil - Dec 31, 2006 6:24:49 pm PST #7411 of 10001
brillig

What our rituals will be

Generally voting is involved . . . though if anything could be carried by acclimation, I'd think this sort of thing would be.