Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Connie Neil - May 29, 2009 8:11:11 pm PDT #22009 of 30000
brillig

What do you think pandering means anyway?

Obsequiously currying ideas from a patron and then creating something for the sole pleasure of receiving a reward for that act, without regard for the quality of the product.

It presumes you're writing to satisfy your own standards without regard to who will read it if anyone.

Or who, if anyone, will pay you for it? A noble goal, go forth and write the work of art that lives in your soul.


DavidS - May 29, 2009 8:28:07 pm PDT #22010 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Obsequiously currying ideas from a patron and then creating something for the sole pleasure of receiving a reward for that act, without regard for the quality of the product.

Well, as the (possibly belated for you) link points out it just means: "to provide gratification for others' desires."

And the reason the word has a negative and whoreish connotation is because it's not a good idea.


shrift - May 29, 2009 8:57:32 pm PDT #22011 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Okay, officially don't care if we want to deploy this weekend. Am tired of testing and updating code issues. Will now drink some Drambuie and then sleep for a millionty billion hours, and hope the peripheral edema is better when I wake up.


Theodosia - May 30, 2009 2:20:04 am PDT #22012 of 30000
'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"

Spare Cat has removed her staple by catching it in the soft fabric edging on her fabric e-collar. That damn cat is just talented, you know?

At least the wound is actually closing up and looking like it's healing well.


sarameg - May 30, 2009 3:08:53 am PDT #22013 of 30000

I don't want to conference call in 20 minutes, damnit.


tommyrot - May 30, 2009 3:49:00 am PDT #22014 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm lying in bed. There is a cat on my back.


Shir - May 30, 2009 3:50:17 am PDT #22015 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I'm lying in bed. There is a cat on my back.

And they say there's no definition to happiness.


sarameg - May 30, 2009 3:59:09 am PDT #22016 of 30000

Please let this meeting end; someone already addressed my point, but I have to stick around to answer questions.

And I'm the last item on the agenda.


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 30, 2009 4:01:16 am PDT #22017 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

I'm lying in bed. There is a cat on my back.

I'm quite enjoying working in bed (don't intend to move much today). A cat would definitely complete the picture. The hamster just doesn't cut it. He always wants to run off the bed...


msbelle - May 30, 2009 4:03:18 am PDT #22018 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

mac wants food. I was happily sleeping.