Because those people were not literature experts...they were oral history experts, and they didn't consider all of the ways that that just didn't matter.

Huh. Maybe they just didn't want literature claiming their stuff -- like that thing on the Daily Show about Paterson (Patterson?): "The first black governor. Not the first blind governor -- you hear that, blind people? He's ours. Back off."

Congratulations, vw! Enjoy your unscheduled weekend.

Sometimes I forget that reacting to posts only in my head doesn't actually work.

Just wanted to steal that sentence for a moment because it so perfectly encapsulates so much my b.org habits.

Way to go, vw! Early!

This "shared authority" business is interesting. It helps me understand a little the thing that is making my brain hurt right now - DH is reading i A History of the Jewish People and giving me some of the interesting bits as he goes. The big new idea for both os us that I'm being all boggled by is that Genesis, et al, are both historical documents and imagined stories that illuminate the period they were written down as much as the period they are supposed to be about. It's hard to hold both ideas about the same bit of text. Though what that has to do with Literature I don't know, I'm sure.

Seconding the police report filing for Laga's sister if he took funds he didn't legally have access to. It's the only way the bank will be able to do anything at all.

Seconding the police report filing for Laga's sister if he took funds he didn't legally have access to. It's the only way the bank will be able to do anything at all.

I think that's the problem. He had legal access to them, but didn't have her permission to take all of them.

Sometimes I forget that reacting to posts only in my head doesn't actually work.

Just wanted to steal that sentence for a moment because it so perfectly encapsulates so much my b.org habits.

Yeah, sitting here nodding my head which, ummm, you can't see.

Honey - Juno is playing at the dollar movies. Wanna go tonight after we drop off Da Punk at your dad's?

Woo! VW, go you!

Seriously, the objection to shared authority only holds if you assume that a single author is any kind of requirement for literature, which is a gigantic pile of steaming poo to begin with

What she said.

And has never once given him a straight answer about exactly how many sick & vacation days he has to use in the first place.

This sounds illegal, but I could be wrong depending on the type of work.

He had legal access to them, but didn't have her permission to take all of them.

I was afraid of that. The same thing happened to my grandmother and there was nothing to be done. She should probably contact whoever is holding outstanding checks from that account and make alternate arrangements for payment because putting mire money in to cover them is potentially a never-ending spiral of suck. if she can go to them and say "That check I gave you will bounce, here have a money order instead" she might be able to close the account quicker.

Juno is playing at the dollar movies. Wanna go tonight after we drop off Da Punk at your dad's?

Maybe.