This is worse than Jayne being in charge of Public Relations....
Wal-Mart Public Image Advisor Quits After Criticizing Jews, Koreans, Arabs…
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I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 5:25:03 am PDT #3347 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2006 5:25:41 am PDT #3348 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2006 5:29:04 am PDT #3349 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dear lord. I used to have a crush on Andrew Young when I was a wee bairn.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 5:29:26 am PDT #3350 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
1970s decoration.
from the link:
examples of good decorating from the Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement (1970)
Huh. I guess there was crack in the '70s....
Lee - Aug 18, 2006 5:31:24 am PDT #3351 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Wal-Mart Public Image Advisor Quits After Criticizing Jews, Koreans, Arabs…
That's just...sad, maybe. I used to like him a lot.
Dana - Aug 18, 2006 5:38:08 am PDT #3352 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Tony Award-winning composers of Avenue Q will pen new songs for an upcoming musical episode of the NBC series "Scrubs."
EEEEEE!
Fred Pete - Aug 18, 2006 5:38:57 am PDT #3353 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I guess there was crack in the '70s
A couple of good ideas, a couple of "creative" ideas, quite a few "nice for an accent, but not for the whole room" ideas, and far too many "My eyes! My eyes!"
I'd forgotten that 1970 loved color that much.
bon bon - Aug 18, 2006 6:08:01 am PDT #3354 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Hey, guys, I have a British grammar question. One of Bob's dissertation advisers, a nitpicky Englishperson, claimed that in Britain you can end a sentence containing a quoted sentence with two full stops, one inside the quotes and one outside. I can't remember seeing anything like this before in anything I've read, and every time I try to construct an example it looks stupid. Can anyone confirm or deny this two-period sentence punctuation?
Note that this adviser was hectoring Bob for his terrible punctuation simply because standard American punctuation is, apparently, stupid. "A little like an American lecturing the French on sauces."
Theodosia - Aug 18, 2006 6:11:01 am PDT #3355 of 10001
'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"
The Tony Award-winning composers of Avenue Q will pen new songs for an upcoming musical episode of the NBC series "Scrubs."
You know what was a pleasant surprise in Scrubs last musical episode? The Janitor can really sing well.
Nora, Vox invite sent off!
Fred Pete - Aug 18, 2006 6:14:27 am PDT #3356 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
bon bon, I don't know how the British handle the situation. But unfortunately, I see two of my general principles colliding in that situation.
(1) When in Rome, do as the Romans. Or, since adviser is in America, he should punctuate as Americans -- or at least, not criticize Americans who punctuate like Americans.
(2) When writing for a boss, always accommodate the boss's quirks.