Sits in the corner with connie. Cries in pain from the splodey math. Notices connie and is much happier.

Seriously, I had a linguistics professor who would write fill in the blanks, where multiple answers would make the statement correct, but he never gave credit unless you guessed the one he was looking for. You are completely not like that, Hil. I get that, even if the math makes my head explode.

Also, much of linguistics is a lot like math, with rules and equations and all. And yet, I loved linguistics. Actually, when I think about it, I loved math too until I got the hockey coach for geometry, at which point, as mentioned above, splodey head.

Hil, DH still had to show his work on actuarial exams, with only partial credit given if the work didn't show how you got the answer--so explaining HOW you got the answer is still de rigeur. Getting a right answer with a lucky guess doesn't help you build the skills that will help you solve the next problem that comes along.

I agree, though, that this will probably become an Issue (with this student).

Aimee? Joe? Are you sure you brought home the right baby from the hospital? [link]

Oh, goodness. That was hysterical!

SUCH cutie Buffista toddlers!

I think they're "speaking" gibberish and hoping the rest of us will think it makes sense. I've got a better chance of understanding Xhosa

Sits with connie. Good corner it looks like!

Happy Birthday, Christopher!!!

Timelies, everyone!

I wake up and my bored (eta: this totally was a typo but I'm going to leave it because it's funny) is covered in MATH!

(Actually, I loved math all the way until I got to...some class whose name I don't remember but it had tons of matrices. I told this to Hil earlier this month - math was gret until I had to apply it to physics. Then it sucked.)

::ignores math::

I finally remembered to bring my big coffee mug to work which already makes this a better morning than the previous two.

-t, listening to the news this a.m., I guess we now know why your DH was grounded for so long in San Antonio and I'm now glad he was despite the misery of sitting there for 4 hours.

Askye, Andi and I were a part of the Hellmouth Cafe chat room, and I at least, came over here at Askye's urging.

Yup, it was Askye who introduced me to the Buffistas. I lurked a good long while, and de-lurked at Daniel's encouragement. I think I joined after this board was established, as I don't remember using the WX one.

Thanks, y'all for the good wishes and for the trip down memory lane. I'm reading it all this morning as yesterday the tree sex was bringing me down.

Daniel got me a gorgeous mini-roses and irises bouquet. Poor guy, I wouldn't even kiss him last night cuz I was afraid this is a cold, and didn't want to give it to him. I'm still feeling pretty crappy, but I'm a lucky, blessed, happy person.

Aimee, Em is so lovely in those pics.

I think there was more I wanted to say, but I am suffering from lack of oxygen. Lots of love to all y'all.

Poor guy, I wouldn't even kiss him last night cuz I was afraid this is a cold, and didn't want to give it to him.

You're a better woman than I; Tom and I pass the germs all sorts of back and forth. I feel the snuggles are worth it though.

I keep hearing stories about people kept on planes on the tarmac for hours and hours ... doesn't this count as unlawful imprisonment or something? I mean, anyone else who locked a bunch of people into a small, confined space for any length of time would be looking at some serious legal problems, right?

I keep hearing stories about people kept on planes on the tarmac for hours and hours ... doesn't this count as unlawful imprisonment or something? I mean, anyone else who locked a bunch of people into a small, confined space for any length of time would be looking at some serious legal problems, right?

I suspect you give up certain rights when you purchase the ticket. The airlines & staff can make decisions you don't necessarily agree with regarding your travel for various reasons. In these cases, I don't think the airports had empty gates to unload the travellers. Poor planning, certainly a horrible way to treat customers, but I don't know if the travellers could win a legal argument.

But then, I'm no lawyer and I've never read the fine print on my airline tickets.

I think that by buying the ticket and getting on the plane you consent to being detained on it while it is under air traffic control/airport regulations. America West may be a bunch of idiots but the decision about where they roll to on the tarmac isn't completely in their hands.

eta: for the physical safety of everyone, nsm the mental health of the passengers