Whoops - read further in the email and realized there's a promo code for the Borders thing. BMC1216W
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
brenda m - Dec 16, 2009 8:10:08 am PST #25556 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jessica - Dec 16, 2009 8:12:31 am PST #25557 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fans of Anathem need to read this SciAm article - Looking For Life in the Multiverse
Dana - Dec 16, 2009 8:19:03 am PST #25558 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Roads were scary enough last night that I e-mailed my boss and said "I do not want to drive. I will work from home."
Seriously, this winter thing is nuts.
msbelle - Dec 16, 2009 8:30:10 am PST #25559 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am having a hard time getting into work, despite actually cranking through a good amount of thoughtless computer work I had. Taking a half day does that to me sometimes. I don't think American Psycho (which is now profoundly disturbing) is helping any and yet there is no way I can stop reading it.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:40:14 am PST #25560 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We have bumped into crazy data issues the day the data migration guys are to show up. Plus I'm wondering if there's more Power Consolidation Wrangling going on that I'm being dragged into. Don't wanna.
So everyone and their mother is releasing a best/worst/most of the decade list of some sort, it seems. Geeks were hard core about the millenium not starting until 2001, but I see a lot less sturm und drang about the decade ending with 2009. Different rules, or exhaustion?
Tom Scola - Dec 16, 2009 8:41:51 am PST #25561 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Different rules.
Jesse - Dec 16, 2009 8:41:55 am PST #25562 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Taking a half day does that to me sometimes.
It's kind of like a long weekend -- just long enough to remind you what not working is like, not long enough to be done with it!
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:44:39 am PST #25563 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Different rules.
Why does "the decade" get different rules from "the millenium"? The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
Team lunch got cancelled for our subteam. I'm both miffed and relieved.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 8:44:56 am PST #25564 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I concur on different rules. The twenties, for example, will be a discrete decade and are neatly delineated by having a "2" in the tens spot.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 8:45:36 am PST #25565 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
Milleniums and decades measure different things. Like weeks don't fit into months.