Anyone up for a spot of beta reading? I volunteered to post a thrifty tip on a LiveJournal community today, and it went from what could have been just a paragraph to a whole essay. The thing is, it's on a topic that can be a bit touchy - pet food. That is to say, because I am a self-proclaimed pet food snob, it would be perilously easy for me to sound condescending or judgmental against those who are happy with Purina. Which is not at all how I want to come across, if not out of basic civility, then out of awareness that it won't change anybody's mind to put their backs and hackles up.
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Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Feb 04, 2009 11:23:21 am PST #89 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Vortex - Feb 04, 2009 11:33:19 am PST #90 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Windsparrow, you can shoot it to my profile addy if you like, I'm happy to beta.
omnis_audis - Feb 04, 2009 11:37:12 am PST #91 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Okay, that was hysterical, especially when you know who does you know what to you also know who (for the spoiler averse).I think I should go home, because that confused the hell out of me. Clearly I need more rest. Plus. I'm bored. Slllloooooww day at work today.
Vortex - Feb 04, 2009 11:38:34 am PST #92 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
har. Omnis, I posed a question to you in F2F
WindSparrow - Feb 04, 2009 11:46:00 am PST #93 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Vortex, I don't think your profile addy is cooperating today. So I sent it off through Facebook. I hope that is ok with you. And thank you so much for taking a look at it.
Liese S. - Feb 04, 2009 11:48:00 am PST #94 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Mmm, bacon. I just had a late lunch of a cafe americano and a bacon & bleu cheese quiche. I love bacon.
omnis_audis - Feb 04, 2009 11:50:30 am PST #95 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
har. Omnis, I posed a question to you in F2Fthanks for letting me know. I try to keep up, but then the F2F dates went up when I was working crazy hours, and I hadn't skipped ahead. Perfect excuse to.
Ginger - Feb 04, 2009 11:51:32 am PST #96 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'd like to at least see it some time, WS. I'm rather unnerved at some ingredients in pet food and it none of it smells like food.
My yard was full of birds today, including starlings, and I just had to run out and fill the feeder, because it had run out of seed and they were attacking it like a Hitchcock outtake. They tore off two perches.
vw bug - Feb 04, 2009 11:53:35 am PST #97 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
They tore off two perches.
Oh, goodness!
WS, I'd love to see it too.
Emily - Feb 04, 2009 11:59:45 am PST #98 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh no! Should I not be using Purina? What should I use? I totally want to pamper my [brat of a cat], but a) vet recommendations have been contradictory and b) she doesn't seem to give a shit what she eats.
Er, or perhaps I should just go read it when you post it.