Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.

'Serenity'


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.


Wolfram - Sep 20, 2005 6:29:03 am PDT #9188 of 10002
Visilurking

Okay, I'm suffering from that writer's thingie when you can't think of the words.

Had an interview last night and I'm trying to compose a thank you letter that praises the organization, and conveys my enthusiastic interest in the firm and why they must hire me immediately. But all I keep coming up with smells of sycophancy and desperation. Does have a good template for thank you letters or know a good website that has them?


Sue - Sep 20, 2005 6:29:05 am PDT #9189 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Thanks for the Brithday wishes you guys.


sarameg - Sep 20, 2005 6:29:43 am PDT #9190 of 10002

My tastes are scattershot. I grew up on my parents's stuff (which pretty much skipped anything popular in the 70s and 80s, but for my Dad, of all people, introducing me to U2,) was pretty unaware of music* until I got to college.

* but for the U2, TMBG, Siouxie and the Banshees, Tori Amos and the NIN tapes I tortured my brother with while driving him to school. I have no idea how I became familiar with them. Maybe the college rock station in town.


Daisy Jane - Sep 20, 2005 6:30:17 am PDT #9191 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I have nothing to add to the music talk. I'm looking at the sketches I made for this database I'm working on, and it makes no sense. It was fine three days ago, but two days removed from it and not enough sleep or coffee, and now it's a bunch of gibberish.

On the other hand [link] guh


Emily - Sep 20, 2005 6:31:14 am PDT #9192 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Can I just say, thank god for Google Scholar? I'm trying to fix a scanned-in version of someone's bibliography, and by just searching on his name I'm finding all the right citations.


Gudanov - Sep 20, 2005 6:31:29 am PDT #9193 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

I should mention that the Royals pounded Detroit last night. They're only 38 games behind in the wildcard race.


Dana - Sep 20, 2005 6:37:03 am PDT #9194 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Does have a good template for thank you letters or know a good website that has them?

You might try some of the job-hunting websites, like monster.com or careerbuilder.


dw - Sep 20, 2005 6:37:16 am PDT #9195 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

They're only 38 games behind in the wildcard race.

With 12 to go! I think this is the Royals' year.

I found out that in my fantasy league fourth place no longer wins "your money back" but only 75% of it. However, if you win a category, you win 3/16th of your money back. I didn't know this because I never got the updated rules at the start of the year.

And someone will use the numbers above to figure out how much money it cost me to buy into roto baseball this year. It's an integer.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 20, 2005 6:40:17 am PDT #9196 of 10002
What is even happening?

Eurythmics? Eurhythmics? It should be spelled with the "rh", because that's how rhythm is spelled. *googles* Nope, it's spelled Eurythmics.
I think this speaks to my hate which speaks for itself, or something.
Whuh? You don't even like "Would I Lie to You?"
This is the song I hated the least. I might have even liked it at one time, but I do not remember on account of trying to completely block out the Eurythmics, and all their works.

I do think Annie Lennox is stunning, though, as is her voice.

Cindy is dead, dead, DEAD to me now. DEAD, I tell you.

I've been dead before. I like the quiet.

I'd say, "Here Comes the Rain Again" ranks up there....

Ugh! The horror! The horror!

Sweet dreams are made of cheese...

And...the abomination that causes desolation.

Had an interview last night and I'm trying to compose a thank you letter that praises the organization, and conveys my enthusiastic interest in the firm and why they must hire me immediately. But all I keep coming up with smells of sycophancy and desperation.
Don't lawyers get off on that?


§ ita § - Sep 20, 2005 6:42:59 am PDT #9197 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Happy birthday, Sue!

What timeframe of your life are you supposed to become attached to the music of?

Is there a supposed? Me, I'm very simple -- British music of the 80s, Jamaican music of the 70s, the 60s music I discovered in the late 80s, and hip hop from 1995.

I love Simply Red, and I love The Eurhythmics (see above).

There was Prison Break yesterday? Dammit, I have a lot of TV to watch.