If I had the oomph I'd bring a pile of goat. And take all the leftovers home with me.
Hmm. That is okay at a potluck, right? There isn't anything else sensible to do.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 7:22:24 am PST #3714 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Dec 15, 2009 7:53:58 am PST #3715 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thing # 5678 in Ways People Abuse Grammar: advice/advise.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 7:54:07 am PST #3716 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd eat your goat, ita. Would it be jerked? BBQed? (You can get BBQ goat in Oakland.)
Rick - Dec 15, 2009 8:09:11 am PST #3717 of 30000
I lost track of how many job applications I sent out. I think I'm somewhere around 135. And, so far, two interviews.
Hil, have the math grad students set up a Wiki for keeping track of their mutual job search? It's quite an improvement over the old days when you really didn't know what was happening unless you got an interview. Here is the Psychology Wiki for this year as an example:
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 8:10:09 am PST #3718 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd eat your goat, ita. Would it be jerked? BBQed? (You can get BBQ goat in Oakland.)
It would be curried. I wonder if the Indian staff would turn their noses up at Caribbean curry.
I've only had Oaxacan BBQ goat. It's pretty good. It's been way too long. I also need to try the goat tacos near Kat.
My biggest grammar/spelling STOP DOING THAT is currently loose/lose. I have no idea why it gets me so riled up. Worse than their/there/they're by a country mile.
WindSparrow - Dec 15, 2009 8:22:13 am PST #3719 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.
My biggest grammar/spelling STOP DOING THAT is
...people who abuse apostrophe-s. Grrrrrrr.
-t - Dec 15, 2009 8:29:23 am PST #3720 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Loose/lose also bugs me out of all proportion. And it could just be a typo, so really I should learn to overlook.
Lee - Dec 15, 2009 8:31:09 am PST #3721 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yes, you should!
Who, me?
Strix - Dec 15, 2009 8:31:57 am PST #3722 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
it's/its is my biggest.
smonster, we have to have pix when you're done! If you weren't getting a salon do, I'd recommend Feria's Cardinal. I have lots of luck with it.
smonster - Dec 15, 2009 8:33:52 am PST #3723 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I work with someone who's barely literate, and academically it's somewhat fascinating the errors he makes. Unsurprisingly he avoids emailing at all cost, which is tough for me because I need a written record.
In professional publications, though, stuff like that drives me batshit.