Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.

'Potential'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

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


SailAweigh - Feb 27, 2006 5:15:45 pm PST #9983 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I only have two and a half months of bag-wearing time left before grad.

You also probably have 20 years on me. Someone should have warned me when I went back to school in my 30s that some things were better attempted when one's bones haven't solidified yet. All you one-shoulder-wearing bag-carriers get offa my lawn!


tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:17:14 pm PST #9984 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.

Huh. This thread is almost done....


tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:19:15 pm PST #9985 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.

Bummer:

There have been quite a few stories over the years concerning universities accidentally sending out congratulations emails to applicants when they didn't mean to. By this point, you would have figured that most universities would have put in place a decent process to prevent this from happening -- but apparently not. The latest is Berkeley's law school. The director of admissions there was apparently teaching a new hire how to use the email system, including (uh oh) how to send a single message to many people at the same time. He just so happened to pick the "you've been accepted email" and the list of all 7,000 applicants and then, naturally, pressed the send key. Seems like those first year classes might get a little crowded this year....

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Steph L. - Feb 27, 2006 5:22:32 pm PST #9986 of 10002
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

At least I got to see the gay cowboys on ice first though.

I am SO sorry. I hope you don't have nightmares....

And speaking of nightmares, I'm off to bed, hoping to NOT have nightmares of any sort, but especially not gay cowboys on ice.


Jesse - Feb 27, 2006 5:26:19 pm PST #9987 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Schools send emails now? That seems lame -- no fat envelopes!

SA, I wouldn't be buying a fancy backpack at the end of college, unless you really like backpacks.


Theodosia - Feb 27, 2006 5:26:40 pm PST #9988 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"

Some people just should not be allowed computers. Or possibly, fingers.


esse - Feb 27, 2006 5:26:53 pm PST #9989 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I think I get an anti-toaster for that one.


tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:27:06 pm PST #9990 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.

There is a novelization of Snakes on a Plane: [link]

ION, don't you hate it when a couple in your building is having a loud argument, but one person't voice is so much louder than the others so you only hear one side of the story?


esse - Feb 27, 2006 5:27:32 pm PST #9991 of 10002
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I do really like backpacks! I just am going through a neat-looking arm bag phase, I think.


Lee - Feb 27, 2006 5:28:01 pm PST #9992 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I just had the first power outage of the evening. Whee!