Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!  

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.


Theodosia - Jul 24, 2008 1:56:27 am PDT #9241 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

msbelle, if a comic series is from 2007 -- "coming soon" might mean later in 2008. Pub dates in a lot of comics companies are a slippery concept. Better tell us which series they are!

My computer, after two long phone support sessions, is still mysteriously rebooting in the night. I foresee having to take it in to MicroCenter where it's still under warranty.

(Incidentally, I've BACKED UP all my important personal files so at least I don't have that free-floating anxiety of DOOM DOOM DOOM to worry at me.)


Laura - Jul 24, 2008 2:12:51 am PDT #9242 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.

WTF? Do we really look that old?

Poor Cash's DH. People have kids at a wide range of ages. My sister was a grandma at 39. I'm old enough to be my kids' grandmother. In summary, guy at park = nozzle.


Sue - Jul 24, 2008 2:50:50 am PDT #9243 of 10003
hip deep in pie

Does anyone get the ad on Facebook for SinglesNet, which is showing a picture of Jensen Ackles as one of the "hot guys" you can meet on SinglesNet. WTF?


Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2008 3:49:20 am PDT #9244 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Grrr. I've had an earworm of Rush's Tom Sawyer ever since they appeared on the Colbert Report (a week ago at this point). Do. Not. Want.


Barb - Jul 24, 2008 3:51:24 am PDT #9245 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”

Yeah, my husband saw the vid of them playing Rock Band and said they lost-- poor Geddy can't hit the high notes anymore.


Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 3:51:41 am PDT #9246 of 10003
Swouncing

Dear hivemind, an English question (I've been phrasing it back and forth for quite a few times now, so each of the option sounds wrong to me right now). Is it correct to say the following sentence? If not, how should I re-phrase it?

The larger X is, the better Y may be chosen.

Ta, ever so.

[Edit: oof, each way I write it seems wrong now.]


Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:57:58 am PDT #9247 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

What does the "better" refer to? Is the act of choosing better, or is the Y better?


Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:59:48 am PDT #9248 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

If you're saying that a bigger X will, say, give you more information and thus let you get Y closer to what you want it to be, then that construction is good.


Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 4:02:19 am PDT #9249 of 10003
Swouncing

Um, choosing a better Y means that Y is better, no? Silly brain. [Edit: obviously an x-post. Thanks, Hil!]

I'm taking a step back here: in general, how to phrase these sentences, of

"the blah-er X is, the blahblah-er Y (is?)"


Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:15:38 am PDT #9250 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The more embarassed you are, the redder your face is.

The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.