Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Jan 26, 2005 12:17:04 pm PST #996 of 10002

Dear god I need to go home.

t boring rant

I read 565 papers over the course of the year. I've ascertained that I screwed up (as in, something in the format make the program barf but they are done, so easy fix) 21. 36 are impossible because people can't adhere to a very simple standard of paper writing. And there are 32 extra were never sent to me.

And I just had to track down every stinking one of those 89 to figure that out. I hate high visibility projects that are mostly grunge work. I'm pretty damned happy with a 4% error rate (that is correctable) when it is 4% of sixfuckinghundred academic journal papers mostly written by people who can't.

t /boring rant

With mac you can get educational and institutional discounts. When buying new stuff, I always go through my dad who has several arrangements with them.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 12:17:15 pm PST #997 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Really, LADY MACBETH?

At least tell me I got a cute MacBeth.

More and more I believe I have multiple personalities, and the other one? Having more fun than me, and probably punctuating properly too.


Kat - Jan 26, 2005 12:20:07 pm PST #998 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

dear people,

leave sarameg alone.

love,
kat


Maria - Jan 26, 2005 12:20:21 pm PST #999 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

I believe I have multiple personalities, and the other one?

Probably spells her name using a, GASP, initial capital letter. She likes to walk on the dangerous side.


JZ - Jan 26, 2005 12:20:36 pm PST #1000 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Re Apple/Mac discounts: There's usually some smallish discount available for anyone affiliated with a college or university (and some K-12 schools), which I am and I think a number of other Buffistas are. You can check to see if you qualify here.


sarameg - Jan 26, 2005 12:21:43 pm PST #1001 of 10002

And I won't be the one getting the raise or bonus for it. I'll get a footnote.

Anywho, must go fight the parking wars now.


Scrappy - Jan 26, 2005 12:25:14 pm PST #1002 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

A cute Macbeth? Well, Ewan McGregor is Scottish...


Maria - Jan 26, 2005 12:26:32 pm PST #1003 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Last question for the enablers: Do I get an iPod mini or the regular 20 or 40 gig version?


Stephanie - Jan 26, 2005 12:26:54 pm PST #1004 of 10002
Trust my rage

My most favorite thing about my iPod is that I can carry all my music everywhere I go - car, gym, home stereo, just walking around, etc.

My second most favorite thing about my iPod is that it has allowed me to throw away my CDs. It took me a year and a half to get up the courage to let them go, but when we moved into the new house, we didn't even bother to hook up the CD player to the stereo. It plus the CDs and cases just took up room and I have not even listened to a CD since I got the iPod. Now, if I buy a CD, I rip it and chuck it.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 12:27:22 pm PST #1005 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A cute Macbeth? Well, Ewan McGregor is Scottish...

You know, I'm going to have to take Dougray Scott instead. Giving alter!me Ewan is way more than I'm willing to do.