I just saw some ADORABLE pictures of my niece and nephew. My sister sent an ophoto link, totally made my day.

Erin now (almost 3 months)looks JUST like my sister. And Sean (2.5 years)- he's totaly a child model, the way he works the camera, with his Blue Steel gaze, and his beautiful smile on command.

P-C, man, you have a great smile!

Aw, thanks.

vw, you look lovely.

She did.

I'm going to transcribe an interview! I'm so journalistic. Except I suck, cause I should have pointed the damn microphone directly at him rather than leaving it upright between us. I can hear my own stupid voice clearly, but his is harder to make out.

Pretty pictures of pretty people. I am so jealous of everyone who gets to meet Emma.

Learning experience, P-C. You won't do that again, will you?

Wonderful photos, vw! Isn't Emaline a cutie?

Learning experience, P-C. You won't do that again, will you?

Nope. It's not that bad, now that I listen to it in the quiet of my own room rather than on the bus. But another thing I won't do is try to transcribe in real-time. Stop-start makes it much easier. This is going to take a while, though.

But another thing I won't do is try to transcribe in real-time. Stop-start makes it much easier. This is going to take a while, though.

If your tape recorder supports it, I recommend getting a foot pedal to turn on and off the pause feature....

Good luck transcribing, P-C. I hate transcribing and working from tapes, which is why I just take notes. I know some people love tape recorders -- for me, the time and bother of listening and transcribing outweighs the accuracy advantage. The only exception might be straight Q&As, but I've only doone a few of those.

Am I the only one who spent half an hour trying to decide if my face is symmetrical, and playing with photos of myself in Photoshop to determine which is my good side, after reading the conversation upthread? (Conclusion: Not quite symmetrical, right side is my better side, left side doubled looks weirdly like my brother.)

No, but now I'm going to.

I haven't done it with photoshop, but I've stood in front of a mirror and bisected my face with another mirror to see how different the two sides were (not today, I did this a while ago after reading an article about it). Very different indeed. The right side of my face is much sharper and better defined than the left side. 9eta: I think of my right side as my "good" side, when I give it any thought, but when I do the doubling thing it's definitely yields a more evil and darker face than daoubling open and friendly left side)

Timelies, everyone! If I have any sense, I should get offline shortly and start finishing Crip Noir 1.0, but I said "if" I and sense, so it may be a while. Karl, insent to profile.