We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.

Willow ,'Potential'


Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.  

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.


sarameg - Mar 20, 2007 8:00:09 am PDT #7989 of 10001

Yay! He can be taxed!

Um.

Anyway, one of mom's coworkers decided to make their interface "prettier" so she changed the color of the font. Each character a different color. Like a spectrum.

Ohdear.


Kathy A - Mar 20, 2007 8:05:28 am PDT #7990 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Yay, mac!! Now he can get a savings account. Just make sure he doesn't start getting credit card offers.

Speaking of bills and savings, I'm thinking about stopping by Borders this week to see if they're hiring. Money's in short supply right now because of the cost of the diet and the fact that I'm going to have to start buying clothes pretty damn soon because all of mine are getting too big for me!! Also, I'll need cash for school and my sister's wedding. I was thinking about waiting until next year because of school and the wedding, but I need the money now and have time between now and Labor Day to rack up some hours and earn some money.


Dana - Mar 20, 2007 8:07:50 am PDT #7991 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Those bastards at the Ben and Jerry store just sent us coupons.


Kathy A - Mar 20, 2007 8:09:38 am PDT #7992 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

See if they have any of Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream, Dana! I've been checking out the supply at the corner store (because that's the one thing I'll break my diet for), but nada so far.


Ginger - Mar 20, 2007 8:10:09 am PDT #7993 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Whether you are for or against the serial comma, this is just crazy talk:

One use of a comma is as a replacement for "and" or "or," so to use a comma before the last word in a series is to say, for example, "the flag is red and white and and blue."

When explaining usage rules, logic is not your friend.

I have written under the dictates of the AP Stylebook for about 30 years, which means I have used very few serial commas.


Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2007 8:15:13 am PDT #7994 of 10001
brillig

Hubby gets memory erasers all the time when he has surgery. He never remembers being wheeled into the ORs or about half an hour after they pull him out. The post-op memory loss can be tricky, because with out-patient procedures the doctor comes by in the recovery room to tell him how it went. Of course, I'm always there so I get the report, but still.


tommyrot - Mar 20, 2007 8:18:33 am PDT #7995 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.

When I had my TMJ (jaw) surgery, my mom and sis waited until it was over and I came out of it to talk to me. Then they left. Later, I woke up and had no memory of talking to them after the surgery, and was disappointed they didn't wait to talk to me.


Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2007 8:20:47 am PDT #7996 of 10001
brillig

I woke up and had no memory of talking to them after the surgery, and was disappointed they didn't wait to talk to me.

I can always tell when Hubby's brain begins recording to permanent memory again, because he'll look around for me and say "There you are," even if I've been talking to him for ten minutes.


Daisy Jane - Mar 20, 2007 8:31:10 am PDT #7997 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Hah! sarameg, it was you and ita I was thinking of specifically when I told mom that heads would go splodey. She also had a whole rant about people wanting things with radio buttons and checkboxes instead of tab and type.


§ ita § - Mar 20, 2007 8:34:17 am PDT #7998 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yesterday a co-kravver came up to me and said he was looking for a specific image for something to do with the video games he's part of producing, and did I know anyone who could help.

He totally claims he was going to ask me if I'd help, but didn't want to lead out that way.

The specific image? A woman's cleavage. Just cleavage. No face. Dude, you better put my rack appreciation a little sooner in your pitch for help.

I am miffed, not to mention wounded.

Great. Suddenly I am become all punctuation paranoid. Should that comma really go there? Am I punctuating for grammar or am I punctuating for breathing space?

This is how the rules get degraded.