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Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?

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.

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Jessica - Apr 20, 2006 9:25:33 am PDT #2527 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My other fear is using the word "pubic" instead of "public"

There is a parking garage in Bethesda MD whose sign out front has read "PUB IC PARKING" for as long as I can remember. And then I went home one year, and they'd gotten a new sign, and I was terribly disappointed.

In other "change is bad" news, F&B has completely revamped their menu, for like the bazillionth time this year. Now they don't even have garlic aioli for the fries anymore (I asked if they still had any, the cashier brightly told me they did, and then handed me a tub of tartar sauce), they've changed all the hot dogs, lost the chicken frites entirely, and added a bunch of lame pretentious wraps and salads. Dude! Bring back my freaking Prairie Dog!

I don't like how the ice cream choices in the Food Sign thing fail to reciprocate. Like, as a Coffee, I'm apparently best matched with a Strawberry. But Strawberries are best matched with Rocky Road, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Vanilla! WTF? Are we all doomed to unhappy ice cream love matches?

Strega - Apr 20, 2006 9:33:30 am PDT #2528 of 10002

Snack foods are so confusing!

This is true. Like, does "cheese curls" mean stuff like Cheetos, or stuff like Cheese Puffs, or both? And actually, was he talking about all pretzels, or only little snackfood pretzel twists, or only fresh soft pretzels?

Plus, I would get different kinds of ice cream depending on whether I was getting a cone or a sundae or whatever.

If me and my date are at the ice cream parlour, we're ordering at least two flavours. And then share. That's the way a good date goes.

Hm. I don't think it would occur to me to share. Which is probably due to a both my fussiness and my complete lack of dating skills. Or maybe just the latter.

Emily - Apr 20, 2006 9:33:38 am PDT #2529 of 10002

"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Emily, did anyone at the career fair ask to see your portfolio?

No, but keep in mind I really didn't talk to that many people. The LA guy I actually interviewed with asked for anything I had, but didn't seem to care that I only had a resume. Looking at the resume stacks, I think people did bring sample lesson plans and that sort of thing, but not me.

I ask because I have a deep and abiding loathing for working on mine as I feel it is a big ass waste of my time.

You too? Is there anyone who really digs doing this thing and thinks it'll be very useful? I suppose the real problem is that you have to shoehorn it in around student teaching, when you don't really have any time to spare.

Emily - Apr 20, 2006 9:37:15 am PDT #2530 of 10002

"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

So I've got a Works Cited question. I want to reference a video I saw but don't own. APA style says give the producer and director. Amazon doesn't have it. PBS does, but doesn't list either of those people. How do I find out the information?

TomW - Apr 20, 2006 9:38:14 am PDT #2531 of 10002

"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."

I don't like how the ice cream choices in the Food Sign thing fail to reciprocate.

I'm beginning to suspect that the science behind ice-cream personality matching is not as well-founded as we have been led to believe.

Jessica cites one example.

There are also major gaps in the ice-cream record. Are we really to believe that there are no flavours with fudge brownies or cookies? Oh, and don't get me started on the lack of transitional flavours between "Strawberry" and "Strawberries and Cream".

Oh, and what about sorbet? What about it? If science can't explain my personality based on the fact that I happen to like a blackberry lime sorbet, then what good is it?

Jessica - Apr 20, 2006 9:40:01 am PDT #2532 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Try IMDB, Emily -- they usually have full crew listings.

Nutty - Apr 20, 2006 9:41:23 am PDT #2533 of 10002

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I want to reference a video I saw but don't own. APA style says give the producer and director

1. If you know the company that put it out, look it up in the company's website catalog.

2. Go to a public library database (big library, Boston or NYPL or a major network) and look up the video's record. It will have all the data you can shake a stick at, and more you can't.

ChiKat - Apr 20, 2006 9:43:13 am PDT #2534 of 10002

That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Is there anyone who really digs doing this thing and thinks it'll be very useful?

I say no. Really, I completely grok lesson plans and unit plans and a philosophy. But the other 300-plus pages that my school requires? NSM.

Calli - Apr 20, 2006 9:44:36 am PDT #2535 of 10002

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Thanks for the link, tommyrot. I ~~may~~ have a new tagline.

tommyrot - Apr 20, 2006 9:46:19 am PDT #2536 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.

Thanks for the link, tommyrot. I may have a new tagline.

Yeah, I just changed my tagline an hour or so ago, otherwise I would have grabbed something from that article....

eta: Yep, that was line I especially liked....

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