That's really fucked up, Steph. I'm not sure that wouldn't mess with the validity of the sample, for that matter. Certainly it's introducing an income-level variable.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
brenda m - Apr 22, 2005 6:37:19 am PDT #5130 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
Topic!Cindy - Apr 22, 2005 6:38:42 am PDT #5131 of 10001
What is even happening?
Why would I pay someone to study me?
brenda m - Apr 22, 2005 6:40:20 am PDT #5132 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
That's possibly an even bigger variable. I'm guessing that people willing to do that would tend to be more educated and informed about medical research and its importance. Otherwise why do it, since they're not getting other meds, etc. So your sample would seemed to be really skewed.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2005 6:46:48 am PDT #5133 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yup. This is what I'm saying. I'm not sure why we're publishing it, b/c the results don't seem very unbiased.
-t - Apr 22, 2005 6:47:49 am PDT #5134 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's weird, Steph. Though I think my parents paid to be in a program that was also a study because they were fairly sure they would get a lot of beneit out of it (reversing heart disease, Ornish). That seemed reasonable at the time.
Susan, I'm sorry you haven't heard from the contest, but winning contests isn't your goal, publishing your book is. It would have been nice to get some validation, but I doubt the judges are going to give you terrible feedback and advise you to stop writing right now. And even if they do (which they won't), screw them, what do they know?
Nora Deirdre - Apr 22, 2005 6:54:23 am PDT #5135 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
OK, we have signed the P&S and left a very large check with it. Eek! Thanks for the house~ma, and I'm sorry for grumpiness.
It's a nice day out. I came into work late, and am thinking about leaving early (I have enough OT hours to cover this plan) Tom and I may hang out with my high school ex-BF tonight. Weird!
Maria - Apr 22, 2005 7:00:10 am PDT #5136 of 10001
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
Susan, I'm sorry about the contest. When you're a published novelist, you can look back and say "told ya so."
Nora, I love your tag. (For posterity's sake, it's "OMGWTFing.") Congratulations to you and Tom, and what grumpiness? You were making a major purchase. A freak-out is warranted.
(I have enough OT hours to cover this plan)
What does it say about me that I saw "OT" and immediately thought "off-topic"? Then my brain woke up from its nap and realised that didn't make sense.
I'm damn glad it's Friday.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2005 7:00:25 am PDT #5137 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This Kikkoman ad [note: has sound] is surreal, confusing (why does the cat hang itself? did he run out of soy sauce?), and very VERY slashy. (Though Kikkoman appears to be bisexual, as we actually see him in bed with a woman.)
This does not make me want to buy soy sauce.
Calli - Apr 22, 2005 7:05:52 am PDT #5138 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry about the contest, Susan. A similar thing happened to Edna St. Vincent Millay when she was first starting out, and no one even remembers the person who won the contest she entered. So, while I wish the contest folks had recognized your talent and skill, I don't think it says anything about whether or not a publisher will.
tommyrot - Apr 22, 2005 7:07:02 am PDT #5139 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This Kikkoman ad [note: has sound] is surreal, confusing (why does the cat hang itself? did he run out of soy sauce?), and very VERY slashy.
Oh yeah, I've seen that. It's got to be about the strangest commercial ever.
I found it disturbing that he has a fish head, and his eyes are in the side of the fish, not the fish's head.