Nowhere in the ballpark of JMPP, but the writing is hilariously awful.
And continue on to that trainwreck disguised as "Comments."
I didn't create the troll. I didn't date the troll. In fact I hate the troll. I helped deflate the troll-- All done.
Willow ,'Potential'
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.
Fred Pete - Aug 25, 2006 6:52:15 am PDT #4503 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
P.M. Marc - Aug 25, 2006 7:00:07 am PDT #4504 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Heh. I read this and didn't immediately flash on bon bon's post, so I was thinking in terms of a network server or something and couldn't make (much) sense of it.
Yeah, I read it the same way.
§ ita § - Aug 25, 2006 7:01:25 am PDT #4505 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been reading a bit of Allison Margolin, and a bit about her. She seems successful at what she does, so I can't rag on her too much. Still, I'm weirded out by such characters.
I don't much like servers knowing me. It's super efficient when the comic store (okay, not server exactly) guy has my pull bag ready for me as I open the door, but creepy. The Coffee Bean people know me well enough to greet me by my (last) name, but I alternate orders often enough that the only thing the assume is that "medium in a large cup" means extra room, not extra milk.
And they're right.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2006 7:04:14 am PDT #4506 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've had many friendships with bartenders and some with waiters and waitresses at my regular spots. Baristas too. Once you start bringing your servers mixed tapes, it starts the ball rolling.
sumi - Aug 25, 2006 7:04:15 am PDT #4507 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Plus, weatherbug sends severe weather alerts for things like yellow child-alert warnings.
Which I find annoying.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2006 7:07:08 am PDT #4508 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Okay, so, skimmy, I realize, but -- anybody else get very far into this discussion thinking it was a conversation about one's close personal relationship with one's tower of internet data storage and processing capacity?
Just me then.
Not just you. Points back upthread.
msbelle - Aug 25, 2006 7:09:57 am PDT #4509 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
mac will not have to be tested for school enrollment. YAY! full language assistance integration into regular kindergarten classes. YAY! YAY!
sumi - Aug 25, 2006 7:12:15 am PDT #4510 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, I was reading the bon bon story and I still thought "network" when "server" was mentioned downthread from the original story.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2006 7:12:49 am PDT #4511 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.
Ah. Bloglines has suddenly gone wonky on me. All of a sudded I have 11,432 unread posts.
Jesse - Aug 25, 2006 7:15:19 am PDT #4512 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay mac!
You people are crazy, thinking about your relationship with your computer server. IJS.
My department is 12 people in theory, ten in NYC, two in CA. We have some open positions. But it still seems crazy that there are just two of us here today!