Hi all. I need advice from someone with better social skills than mine - i.e. anyone on this board. I approach a leading expert on alternatives to fossil fuel in hopes that he would take a look at my book and consider giving me a forward. He agreed, and asked me if I was related to so-and-so. I thanked him effusively, and explained that so-and-so is my second cousin, and shared an amusing story about so-and-so and my late father - making it clear that my father knew so-and-so well, but I only met him a few times. The expert e-mailed me back to let me know that so-and-so is his uncle by marriage. Obviously it is my turn, and I'm stumped as to what to write back.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
Typo Boy - Mar 17, 2006 11:19:56 am PST #4655 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
brenda m - Mar 17, 2006 11:20:15 am PST #4656 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
Heh. I love the idea of contacting Canadian Senators for anything more important than restaurant reservations, but what a response.
Puppies!!!
(Extra exclamation points courtesy of the three-Guiness, company-dime lunch I just returned from.)
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 11:22:02 am PST #4657 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would really like a life-time appointment that allowed me to mouth off in public.
Obviously it is my turn, and I'm stumped as to what to write back.
"Wow, small world. Thanks again for agreeing to write the forward to my book."
Lee - Mar 17, 2006 11:24:38 am PST #4658 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Perkins, my cats don't pee in their carrier, so sad for you that yours do.
Makes new note in the "not so nice after all" file
brenda m - Mar 17, 2006 11:24:40 am PST #4659 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
Obviously it is my turn, and I'm stumped as to what to write back.
"Wow, small world. It's always great to discover these connections. So what did you think of the book?"
Typo Boy - Mar 17, 2006 11:24:57 am PST #4660 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Thanks. Er he hasn't agreed to write the forward. He has agreed to look at it to consider to doing so - which is a hell of generous thing for him to do with his time. Your advice still applies; just did not want to mislead anyone about how far along I am in the process.
brenda m - Mar 17, 2006 11:25:16 am PST #4661 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
Jesse is in my brain!
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 11:26:10 am PST #4662 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I misread. Then go with Brenda's. Obviously great minds think alike, and "Wow, small world" is the only possible opener.
Sparky1 - Mar 17, 2006 11:28:29 am PST #4663 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Typo Boy, is your befuddlement about what to write because you think he may believe that you knew of this connection all along and were trying to use to to gain his favor?
§ ita § - Mar 17, 2006 11:28:40 am PST #4664 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All ita's fault.
Hey!
Hmmph.
I kept coffee on hand at all times--and some time after that, I started keeping coffeemaking apparatus on hand too. I finally drink it once or twice a week, so it's not as theoretical. I also keep beer and gin and other alcoholic beverages that I don't drink on hand.
No decaf coffee though. It seems wrong. Decaf tea, though, as well as herbal, and a number of undepleted black teas.