My condolences, Calli-- here's hoping you have some peace in the coming days.
Darn your sinister attraction!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Barb - Feb 03, 2009 11:55:15 am PST #4890 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
tommyrot - Feb 03, 2009 12:14:20 pm PST #4891 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 dunno - I have a hard time believing this Cake Wreck story: [link]
Alibelle - Feb 03, 2009 1:06:25 pm PST #4892 of 30000
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I am so sorry, Calli.
Speaking of JT, my friend M is in town from NYC and we went to a Greek restaurant in the Valley tonight. We were the only people in the restaurant except for one group. M. and I think we saw Jessica Biel join that group, and now Bob thinks another one in the group was JT. That's a good sighting for an out-of-towner, right? Especially in the Valley! I never see anyone in the Valley!
Well, clearly, what do I know, since I do think JT is cool. And he does seem to enjoy the Valley, from other sightings I've heard about. So I'd say awesome sighting!
Alibelle, if there's still time and you still want those sentences translated into real German, let me know.
Thank you, Fiona! It's okay. The problem was that they were adding these sentences into the finished file, and were streaming to Germany within the hour. Which begs the question, wouldn't someone on the receiving end be able to translate the sentences? But it has apparently all worked out. I totally appreciate the offer, though!
(What Babelfish will have given you won't be German.)
Yeah, totally. I tried explaining that it's not magic, and is not actually all that accurate, but I was outvoted.
Sheryl - Feb 03, 2009 1:17:40 pm PST #4893 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
My deepest sympathies, Calli.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2009 1:42:43 pm PST #4894 of 30000
brillig
A spelling question. When I was young, the word judgement was spelled with the e in the middle. Still does, in my writing, so there. But apparently the "preferred" spelling is judgment. I've been paying attention, and apparently there are lots of people on the net who learned to spell the word the way I did. It could be "people on the net have horrible spelling" syndrome, but if it is it's just on that one word.
So, did some of us have British-based school systems? Who decided to excise the e? Can I claim my friend the e-in-judgement as a valid alternative?
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2009 2:10:20 pm PST #4895 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Who decided to excise the e?
Noah Webster.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2009 2:12:22 pm PST #4896 of 30000
brillig
So how come it's stuck around? I wasn't taught to spell color "colour" but I was taught judgement.
Ginger - Feb 03, 2009 2:16:15 pm PST #4897 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was taught judgment, and I still edit that e out at every opportunity.
amych - Feb 03, 2009 2:17:20 pm PST #4898 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oooh! Edit cagematch!
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2009 2:23:22 pm PST #4899 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I always put the e in, look at it, take it out, put it in, glare suspiciously at the word from many angles, and then try to use a different word.
When pressed, though, I leave the e in. It looks weird without it.
t edit I also never, EVER know if 'hilarious' has 1 L or 2. Ever. So I use a different word every. single. time.