Commander Burrell is like the Powerpoint King of Baltimore PD. Loves nothing like a good slideshow.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
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.
erikaj - Sep 27, 2006 5:13:28 am PDT #512 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2006 5:15:07 am PDT #513 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
John Hodgman interview: [link]
bon bon - Sep 27, 2006 5:21:04 am PDT #514 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I feel like that's half of being successful with written work (for school, for your job, for whatever) -- figuring out the little tricks that the person you're submitting to will like.
This is interesting. I feel like I'm doing that all the time with one person I work for-- she's persnickety and yet inconsistent.
I had a professor in college who liked long paragraphs, so I literally just smooshed paragraphs together after I had written my paper.
Who likes long paragraphs?!
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:22:21 am PDT #515 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Congrats JZ and DavidS!
What's the name?
A little late, but I've been out of town.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2006 5:29:06 am PDT #516 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matilda, Gud.
My bosses at this company before this one let me style my writing myself. This manager likes to preach against the Oxford comma, and won't approve documents until they're tweaked just so. I don't want to be sold on why the serial comma is wrong--just remind me you hate it and lets move on.
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:31:49 am PDT #517 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Happy Birthday Nicole!
Jesse - Sep 27, 2006 5:33:28 am PDT #518 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Who likes long paragraphs?!
This one person who thought they were more academic or something. Sure, if I had actually been putting together more complex arguments or whatever. But no.
Off to add more dots to a thing I'm working on.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 5:35:28 am PDT #519 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.
Birthday Happies for Nicole!!
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:35:55 am PDT #520 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Wow, what a depressing report about Iraq....
In a bleak National Intelligence Estimate, the government's top analysts concluded Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for jihadists, who are growing in number and geographic reach. If the trend continues, the analysts found, the risks to the U.S. interests at home and abroad will grow. (Read the NIE's key judgments -- PDF)"We also assess that the global jihadist movement -- which includes al-Qaeda, affiliated and independent terrorist groups, and emerging networks and cells -- is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts," concluded the estimate, compiled by leading analysts across 16 U.S. spy agencies.
It seems to conclude that the Democrats are right in that the war in Iraq has fueled jihadist and that the Republicans are right that we shouldn't withdraw from Iraq. So basically we screwed up big time in invading Iraq, but now we're stuck there.
brenda m - Sep 27, 2006 5:38:16 am PDT #521 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
Ah, but see Gud, President Bush doesn't believe the report, so there's really nothing to worry about.