I still remember the exact moment I realized that certain publishers had gotten rid of their proofreading departments--it was when I started seeing "it's" for "its" in multiple books by the same company.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Kathy A - Apr 30, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #17482 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
msbelle - Apr 30, 2009 11:21:11 am PDT #17483 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
see, people should mark up those books/papers in red and send them back to the publishers.
forget tea parties, we can have massive EDIT INS.
Cashmere - Apr 30, 2009 11:40:03 am PDT #17484 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I saw some news footage of the National Guard in Ohio guarding the Tamiflu stock in "an undisclosed location."
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2009 11:40:58 am PDT #17485 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Why does Dick Cheney need all that Tamiflu?
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2009 11:42:15 am PDT #17486 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I saw some news footage of the National Guard in Ohio guarding the Tamiflu stock in "an undisclosed location."
Oh good lord. Yeah, THAT won't add to the unnecessary fear-mongering.
Burrell - Apr 30, 2009 11:42:56 am PDT #17487 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Of course she's factually wrong in every possible way. You don't suppose someone on her staff is giving her this stuff and then cracking his or her shit up watching CSPAN?
But the tv news reports aren't correcting her, are they? It could be a disinformation campaign.
forget tea parties, we can have massive EDIT INS.
Can we have tea while we edit?
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2009 11:44:17 am PDT #17488 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
But the tv news reports aren't correcting her, are they?
I haven't really seen it reported anyplace that wasn't mocking her.
Barb - Apr 30, 2009 11:44:18 am PDT #17489 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Back from the doctor-- incision's being a pain and healing slow and my blood count is still super low which would explain why I've got all the energy of a wet dishrag.
Really fucking bored now.
Liese S. - Apr 30, 2009 11:47:17 am PDT #17490 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Bummer, Barb. How long's it been now?
Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2009 11:47:46 am PDT #17491 of 30000
hwæt
So the plan at my company is that some of the people will have to start going to a different site, with no overlap.