unsatifying lunch. everything feels all twitchy today. I cannot tell you how happy I am that I am working from home tomorrow.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
msbelle - Oct 05, 2006 8:31:25 am PDT #2210 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse - Oct 05, 2006 8:33:37 am PDT #2211 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How happy are you?
I would like a vespa, please.
I would also like some clarity at work and also several more hours of sleep. And some motivation. Thanks! I swear to god, next week, 10pm bedtime EVERY NIGHT. And no extra caffeine AT ALL. For realz this time.
§ ita § - Oct 05, 2006 8:54:31 am PDT #2212 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's incredibly unfair that today is not Friday.
I have gotten into the silliest "You're it!" "No, you're it!" debates so far this morning. And it's not yet 11.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2006 9:04:09 am PDT #2213 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's incredibly unfair that today is not Friday.
ITA, ita. What's up with that? Stoopid time continuum.
brenda m - Oct 05, 2006 9:08:49 am PDT #2214 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
Announcement: I have a big yummy salad from the caf downstairs for lunch. I have less than no interest in eating it.
Analysis: Feh.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2006 9:09:43 am PDT #2215 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.
A client of ours is having a major crisis, so time is flying as I busily try to fix it. Unfortunately, I think I've fixed it.
Allyson - Oct 05, 2006 9:19:47 am PDT #2216 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm just going to come out and admit it.
Track Changes confuses the hell out of me and I want to cry.
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2006 9:20:52 am PDT #2217 of 10001
brillig
Track Changes confuses the hell out of me and I want to cry.
Track Changes is of the devil.
P.M. Marc - Oct 05, 2006 9:22:32 am PDT #2218 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
It's made of Satan, Allyson.
What's the issue you're having with it right now?
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2006 9:28:07 am PDT #2219 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.
Here's a cool new blog I found:
Prides and Prejudices: Daily essays and cartoons about science, literature, history, and culture from Keira, a sardonic high school English teacher.
The current essay (permalink) is Keira's Guide to Easier, Faster, Results-Oriented Writing, which is pretty funny. She discusses how web pages should consider their readers:
Second, examine the readers:
-- Those considered Intelligent readers are looking for original content, and are able to discern quickly what the real agenda of the piece is, and thus avoid becoming a source of click-through revenue [3]. They are death.
-- Active readers are those who can quickly scan a page and figure out what next place the author is trying to take you: Whether they are trying to sell you on a new computer, political candidate, lifestyle, religion, or literary criticism, all writing is now expected to be presenting an argument, with the goal of moving a product of some kind [4]. In the simple-minded economics of these readers, if they are in sync with your next place, they are in sync with you, and will return. If not, they will go somewhere else more hospitable.
-- Passive readers are those who get easily confused, have poor locomotor skills, and click on advertising, pop-up ads, and false leads until their browser crashes. They are your meat, and it should be your aim to gather them to your writing.