But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?

Fred ,'Smile Time'


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.


Gudanov - May 18, 2010 9:25:21 am PDT #118 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

A Computer Algorithm That Can Detect Sarcasm

Yeah, that'll be useful.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 9:30:01 am PDT #119 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.

These look cool: Sleek MIT concept planes burn 70% less fuel than today's jets

Scroll down for bigger pics.


Steph L. - May 18, 2010 9:33:38 am PDT #120 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

A Computer Algorithm That Can Detect Sarcasm

AHA! There IS tone on the internet!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

You win at today.


§ ita § - May 18, 2010 9:34:01 am PDT #121 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

AHA! There IS tone on the internet!

Gold star for being the first person to go there.


Zenkitty - May 18, 2010 9:37:41 am PDT #122 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Fuck. I screwed up the pagination of that verdammt journal again. That wretched thing has been the bane of my life for a year now. At least this time it's a gap and not an overlap. I told them from the start the software needed a way to check that pagination matched sequence numbers, but no. And I would rather it hadn't been me who proved me right. My boss has been fairly calm and supportive, but she hasn't talked to her boss yet.


Steph L. - May 18, 2010 9:40:33 am PDT #123 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I screwed up the pagination of that verdammt journal again.

I *so* feel your pain. (Pagination is my responsibility here.)

Not quite the same thing, but -- have I told the story about how we had a run of hardcover textbooks printed...with NOTHING printed on the spine??? We even got a cover spread color proof from the printer, and we all looked at it, and not one of us twigged to the fact that there was NOTHING ON THE SPINE.

All the textbooks had to be sent back to the printer, stripped of the covers, new hardcovers reprinted, and re-bound.

Oh, yeah.


Scrappy - May 18, 2010 9:42:16 am PDT #124 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ouch, Teppy.


Jessica - May 18, 2010 9:42:52 am PDT #125 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Oof. I went to the diner across the street for lunch w/ co-workers today and am now feeling the effects of Too Much Penne.


SuziQ - May 18, 2010 9:44:36 am PDT #126 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Ouch Steph.

I just officially ordered my CSA, with my 5% discount (thanks work). I was so tempted to add a fruit and a flower share. Maybe next year.

How come the one day I come into the office, there is no one else in my corner? Ok, if I'd stayed home today, I would have slept instead of gotten work done, but dang it...someone entertain me.


brenda m - May 18, 2010 9:45:16 am PDT #127 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

Ooh, if they offered a flower share I would totally do that. I never end up eating much of the fruit I get though.