MY Bruins are still desperately trying to assemble a team and get it into playing shape now that the lockout is over. No idea how the similarly named teams that have actually been doing their jobs the last year are.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter .38 Special
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2005 9:55:40 pm PDT #6543 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2005 10:03:23 pm PDT #6544 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What is a Bruin?
Nilly - Sep 11, 2005 10:04:44 pm PDT #6545 of 10002
Swouncing
Poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Polter-Cow's birthday. Happy birthday, P-C! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
It's also Herah's birthday. I hadn't seen her posts in forever, but I hope the well-wishes will find their way to her, somehow.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2005 10:07:14 pm PDT #6546 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hi Nilly!
I don't think P-C hangs out in Natter these days, but he'd probably see birthday wishes in Bitches.
Volans - Sep 12, 2005 1:03:55 am PDT #6547 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I need to solicit an "Amen." If you have ever stared at a piece of code you wrote and gone: "What the frack does that mean?", give me an "Amen."
Lordy yes! Back when I used to (pretend to) code for a living, I would get into the Coding Zone. The next day or so I'd look at my code and think, "This is either absolutely frelling brilliant, or it's spaghetti. And I don't know which."
Random things about the federal response to Katrina: the FEMA rank-and-file (and other responders) were just operating on last-known-good orders. Some people had been told to drive trucks of water there, others had been told to stop trucks. In a crisis, people will stick to what they've been trained to do. Unless there is leadership.
This is where that asshat in charge of FEMA really failed, and by extension, the administration that put him in charge.
aurelia - Sep 12, 2005 1:13:33 am PDT #6548 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just got home from work. Not only did I work on Sunday, it was the night shift. Now I have about 3 hours before I have to get up to work elsewhere.
Polter-Cow - Sep 12, 2005 3:12:21 am PDT #6549 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thank you, Nilly! And you're right, tommyrot, but I had to poke my head in here to see Nilly do her thing.
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2005 3:13:44 am PDT #6550 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
If you have ever stared at a piece of code you wrote and gone: "What the frack does that mean?", give me an "Amen."
I am infamous in my work group for forgetting completely what I wrote (or worked on) more than two weeks previous. I tell them I'm like that guy from Memento and they understand a little. In self-defense, I've come to using very explicit field names, parameters, as well as lots of helpful comments in the code as to what does which, and explaining what a function does when it's called.
It's like leaving a trail of bread crumbs....
Theodosia - Sep 12, 2005 3:14:15 am PDT #6551 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hippo Birdies, P-C!
Tom Scola - Sep 12, 2005 3:21:27 am PDT #6552 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Happy Birthday Polter-Cow!