J.P. Licks is changing its name to J.P. Puddle.
Hee.
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Jul 06, 2010 9:33:38 am PDT #10669 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Gudanov - Jul 06, 2010 9:40:44 am PDT #10670 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
74 degrees here. I'll take it.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 06, 2010 9:45:12 am PDT #10671 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I am amused that after all the dire warnings about how we would shrivel up in the heat (and make no mistake, it's been hot since we moved down, one of the hottest Junes on record) but since it's been Heat Wave Central up north it's been (relatively- 80s) cool and rainy down here.
Rewatching The Wedding Job which I do believe is my favorite Leverage episode.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 06, 2010 9:46:16 am PDT #10672 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
grammar question:
...., the rising cost of healthcare and healthcare spending has been on the forefront of political and economic agendas...
That should "have" not "has" right? This is my boss's dissertation proposal, and her advisors have read it, so I am questioning myself.
Jesse - Jul 06, 2010 9:47:56 am PDT #10673 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think has is right -- the rising cost has been on the forefront.
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 9:47:57 am PDT #10674 of 30001
Because books.
Sophia, yes, because you have two subjects there -- cost of healthcare and healthcare spending.
tommyrot - Jul 06, 2010 9:49:31 am PDT #10675 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fight! Fight!
I dunno. But since 'cost' is singular it seems to me 'has' is correct.
Polter-Cow - Jul 06, 2010 9:50:15 am PDT #10676 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 9:50:51 am PDT #10677 of 30001
Because books.
I'm reading it as two separate things. If she means the rising cost of both things, then "has" would be correct, and she might recast the sentence a bit for clarity. But I'm not sure how you get a rising "cost" of spending.
Jesse - Jul 06, 2010 9:51:28 am PDT #10678 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, I was reading it the way Jesse was: the rising cost of [healthcare and healthcare spending]. But I guess that doesn't make sense.
Exactly the train of thought I was just heading down... Is it the cost of healthcare spending? Hmmm.
I say re-write the sentence! (I know it's too late...)