Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Aims - Feb 18, 2008 8:27:02 am PST #9986 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

(*I practice a very laissez-faire brand of teaching.)

Something Mary Kay Letourneau should have done.


aurelia - Feb 18, 2008 8:28:48 am PST #9987 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

"Do these documents need to be added to Section A or Section B?"

Maybe it should be in multiple-choice quiz form.

These documents need to be added to (pick one)
•Section A
•Section B

Sumi, can you contact your landlord to ask for a safe pathway? Or, if you or you neighbors have cats, kitty litter provides pretty good traction on ice. If all else fails then strap some hand towels or something to your knees and crawl out.


Jesse - Feb 18, 2008 8:30:03 am PST #9988 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Or,

Section A? Y/N

Section B? Y/N

I have laundry in... that's something.


Emily - Feb 18, 2008 8:32:28 am PST #9989 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Something Mary Kay Letourneau should have done.

Yes, ideally one should be hands-on only metaphorically.


Dana - Feb 18, 2008 8:32:41 am PST #9990 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

The guy who was cc'd on the e-mail pointed out to the first guy that it was an either/or question.

First guy replied, saying it should go in whatever section was easiest to find. Which also misses the point, but I am taking the decision out of his hands.


Pix - Feb 18, 2008 8:32:49 am PST #9991 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I just ate a bowl of oatmeal and am now trying to motivate myself to get showered and grade. My tendonitis has returned with a vengeance. I've been wearing my brace on and off for a week, but it doesn't seem to be working. Which is bad since I have to grade with that same hand.


aurelia - Feb 18, 2008 8:36:35 am PST #9992 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Kristin, could you make audio comments instead of written ones? I'm guessing you just might have the technology at hand to do so.


Emily - Feb 18, 2008 8:41:11 am PST #9993 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Harder to circle mistakes aurally though. "Third paragraph, second word -- question mark. Fourth paragraph, second sentence -- big x drawn through it, with an arrow up to where you contradicted yourself two paragraphs up."


tommyrot - Feb 18, 2008 8:43:33 am PST #9994 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.

You could have a voice synthesizer read the paper out loud. Then on top of that you record yourself yelling "Wrong!" at random intervals the appropriate times.


Cashmere - Feb 18, 2008 8:46:47 am PST #9995 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

This is the slowest thread ending I've ever seen.