The drilling om the roof of my building is back. If it's anything like yesterday, it'll last for few hours.
... shoot me now.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Shir - Aug 13, 2008 11:09:06 pm PDT #3231 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Cass - Aug 13, 2008 11:11:09 pm PDT #3232 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, that's such a great shout-out.
I agree!
Cabybaras, yay.
Nilly - Aug 13, 2008 11:13:59 pm PDT #3233 of 10003
Swouncing
Shir, could you go work somewhere else? Even if your computer is not a lap-top, just take the files you need and go to some library or university room?
You know, you could even come to my place, if you anyway need to come to the area later today - my home computer would love some company.
[Edited to wave at Cass.]
Shir - Aug 13, 2008 11:18:50 pm PDT #3234 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Nilly, I can't move anywhere. I'm on vpn connection to a backoffice, and they don't like the idea of using wireless connection while using the vpn thing.
I have earplugs which I use for noise rock shows I go to. It helps, somewhat.
Also, not sure I'm posting it in the right thread, but you guys seen this?
Nilly - Aug 13, 2008 11:29:04 pm PDT #3235 of 10003
Swouncing
Oh, I'm sorry you have no choice. I hope the earplugs work.
Also, you know that there's a Firefly thread, right?
Shir - Aug 13, 2008 11:34:21 pm PDT #3236 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I know now, thanks.
And still don't understand how you people keeping track after all these threads.
Nilly - Aug 14, 2008 12:09:00 am PDT #3237 of 10003
Swouncing
You know you can subscribe to threads in your profile page, right?
Then they appear in your message center, indicating new posts when there are ones, or you can be directed straight to those new messages by clicking the Read New link.
[Edit: and now I wonder if I didn't understand your problem and just stated-the-obvious and your question was something else entirely. Oh, well.]
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2008 12:24:22 am PDT #3238 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Aztecs ROCKED.
This post is brought to you by the letters I (for insomnia) and B (for bloodlust -- seriously, how can a whole society be that hinged on offing people gleefully, and how badly do I want my sister to bring me back an Aztec knife from her current Mexico trip?).
Shir - Aug 14, 2008 12:26:55 am PDT #3239 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, dear, I know all of this, because you explained it so well in your emails the first time I tried to understand how this board works.
I'm just afraid that my brain will explode trying to keep track of threads and posts, if I'll add another tiny thread to my message center. Staying out of touch with a computer for more than 48 hours now seems quite impossible. It's like the term Fisheye.co.il uses, MMA (initials in Hebrew for Terrifying New Posts Monster).
Nilly - Aug 14, 2008 12:39:21 am PDT #3240 of 10003
Swouncing
ita, there's another "b", for "boo insomnia!".
Shir, um, how to break this to you? I don't think anybody keeps up. Skip and skim is your friend. Also, threadsucking. I personally love the message center, even if it tells me that I'm thousands of posts behind in the literary thread, for example, I still enjoy knowing that it's there and waiting for me.