Oh, Jilli, I am so sorry. Poor you and your poor dad--such a lot of loss for you both to deal with.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Scrappy - Mar 03, 2011 11:04:33 am PST #16631 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Beverly - Mar 03, 2011 11:07:05 am PST #16632 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, Teppalina, H heard me investigating the pantry last night seeking rice pasta answers for you, and today he investigated while shopping for us. The rice pasta shells are actually whole-grain brown rice pasta by Tinkyada. The recommended cooking time is 14-16 minutes, and it takes every second of it, maybe more. Tasty though, once it is actually done.
Hil R. - Mar 03, 2011 11:09:17 am PST #16633 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The Leibniz vs. Newton thing?
Sorry. Why do all the instructors share one midterm?
It's to standardize the grades and what's being taught. There are about 20 instructors here teaching Calc II, and 40 teaching Calc I, so the midterms and finals are the same for all the classes to make sure that everybody's learning the same thing and that there doesn't end up being some instructors who give better grades for the same work.
This time, several of us had some constructive criticism about the first draft -- one question was worded badly, one question required way too much work for the number of points it was worth, and there was a particular type of function that was asked about far too many times while ignoring some other types. Several of the people who wrote the exam got quite insulted when anyone suggested a change to a question they'd written.
hippocampus - Mar 03, 2011 11:26:57 am PST #16634 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Several of the people who wrote the exam got quite insulted when anyone suggested a change to a question they'd written.
then they forgot to put out the rubber stamps with the juice and pretzels at the meeting.
sj - Mar 03, 2011 11:32:04 am PST #16635 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{{{Jilli and Jilli's dad}}}}} I'm so sorry for your loss.
Maria - Mar 03, 2011 11:46:47 am PST #16636 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Vortex,I would like to eviscerate the idiots at your place of employment with a dull, rusty knife. Title fucking matters. I know.
Jilli, I am so sorry for your loss. Much peace, strength and love to you and your dad. 2011 has sucked mightily.
Hil R. - Mar 03, 2011 11:51:06 am PST #16637 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And then I graded quizzes from yesterday, and my students did horribly, and almost all of the errors were because they just didn't remember all the details of the things they were supposed to remember -- like, they knew a theorem that said, "If A, B, and C, then D," and they saw something where B was true and concluded that D was true without checking to see if A and C were true, too.
Fred Pete - Mar 03, 2011 11:56:39 am PST #16638 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
All sympathies to Jilli and family.
ChiKat - Mar 03, 2011 11:56:41 am PST #16639 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{Jilli and Jilli's dad}} I am so sorry. And, 2011? Change yer ways, post hasty.
Zenkitty - Mar 03, 2011 12:06:02 pm PST #16640 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jilli, I'm so sorry.