Backflung, sj! Sorry it took so long, but I was at work-teaching a class for first time homebuyers.
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Apr 28, 2007 9:24:36 am PDT #7146 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Laura - Apr 28, 2007 9:37:52 am PDT #7147 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I'm melting. Just had to help DH with a chore outside. Came back in to check the weather to see what was what and if any rain was possible. The forecast is for a high of 82 today with a current temperature of 90. That ain't right. They say the high tomorrow will be 81. I think they lie.
sj - Apr 28, 2007 9:56:18 am PDT #7148 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, DJ!
{{{Raq}}} That is completely unacceptable. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 28, 2007 10:31:42 am PDT #7149 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
are there any mathy types about? I'm trying to figure out the percentage change from 253 to 494. The context:
In the first eight years of the program’s existence, the number of women college presidents increased from 154 to 253, a 65% increase. Of the 2,148 colleges surveyed by the ACE in 2006, over 20 years later, only 23% had women presidents, about 494, a xx% increase over 1985's total of 253.
God, I'm stupid. I know this is very basic but I don't know it.
Hil R. - Apr 28, 2007 10:37:39 am PDT #7150 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
494 is 195% of 253, so that's a 95% increase.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 28, 2007 10:40:52 am PDT #7151 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Thank you! Man, I am so useless at this stuff. I'm going to go back over it and make it make sense to me so I remember for the next time.
Hil R. - Apr 28, 2007 10:51:40 am PDT #7152 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
To get percent increase, first subtract the old value from the new value, to get how much the increase was. Then divide that by the old value -- that'll tell you how many units of increase there were per every one unit of original. Then multiply by 100 to get percent (since what you get from the division is per 1, and per cent is per 100.)
Nora Deirdre - Apr 28, 2007 10:58:28 am PDT #7153 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Awesome! How sad is it that I'm kind of proud of myself for at least getting the first step right? Then I was like, um.
I really appreciate the explanation, that makes total sense in my non-numerically inclined brain.
Polter-Cow - Apr 28, 2007 11:05:20 am PDT #7154 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, that's what Hil does, don't you know?
Congrats on the candidacy, Hil!
Nora Deirdre - Apr 28, 2007 11:07:39 am PDT #7155 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I definitely do know, and damn, it rocks.