I got one from a boy who talked about net relationships helping him be less lonely and it struck a chord for him on that.
See, now that's what I'm talking about. So awesome.
The options are White, Negro, Oriental, Indian, and Filipino. I'm really wondering how they decided on those as the options.
That's just... odd.
There are also check boxes for complexion: Sallow, Light, Ruddy, Dark, Freckled, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Black. "Dark" seems to have been used for relatively dark-skinned white people.
Now this is something I still come across -- I like to do these market research surveys, and sometimes they're about makeup or something, and include a question about complexion. Usually it's just light/medium/dark, but I've already told them my race, so I'm never sure if they mean dark for a person or dark for a white person!
I probably buy four or five bags a year. Some of them are just "ooh! shiny!" and others are part of an ongoing quest for the perfect every day bag. Though my last buy is as close to that as I've managed, so maybe I can hold off for a while?
There is no water at work. A water main is broken right outside our building. In a humane workplace, they might send us home, but not here.
Oh, and my sincerest, laid-off-recently-myself commiserations to meara!!1!
I just got ny first crackpot asshole refuting one of my essays.
GRRRRRRR.
I just got my first crackpot asshole refuting one of my essays.
Boo! I guess the crunchy does come with the smooth.
D'oh! Refuting what? We did so save Firefly with apples?
I heard something this morning about an earthquake in the SF area? It sounds like it wasn't too serious, only a 4.2? But I hope folks will report in and let us know they're all right...
The Kerry fundraiser.
The person is saying that I trashed the event all over the net, spread rumors that it wasn't occuring, and then paid to get in.
I'm okay with people not liking my book for all sorts of reasons. I'm not okay with people attacking my integrity.
I responded to the post that everything in the story was in fact true, and posted the relevant discussion links, in which I did some rumor control about a planned meet and greet that was canceled, and then confirmed that the high stakes event would be occuring instead. I was on Joss' guest list for the event because of the work I did on it, so no, I didn't pay to get in.
And also that she was welcome to contact Michael Boretz at Joss Whedon's office to confirm this, since he was the one who asked me to help kill rumors and publicize the event, itself.
The part that really chaps my hide is that I told this woman all of this when it occured in 2004, and she's still spreading the crazy.
