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Theodosia - Mar 26, 2011 5:15:15 am PDT #392 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Somerville has a 311 number, and it's really useful, if only because you'll get directed to the right city department that CAN deal with a problem.

Tho' there was the time I saw an injured goose in Cambridge, and when I tried to call their Animal Control department, the off-hours recording said to call 911 for animal emergencies, which I did apologetically. I have to say the 911 operator didn't think I was out of line. The goose was right by the side of a busy road and could have provoked an accident, after all, and I know my brothers-the-cops are as worried about hurt animals as anyone.

billytea - Mar 26, 2011 5:17:13 am PDT #393 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

And now the evolution stuff? Where does this even come from? I would not have expected that.

He was saying that back in the 90s, it's in one of his books. The Dilbert Future, possibly. It seems to be a special case of some problem he has with scientists and sceptics.

Sue - Mar 26, 2011 5:23:54 am PDT #394 of 30001
hip deep in pie

I woke up at 7:30, and realized that I wasn't going to get back to sleep anytime soon because I was too congested and my throat was sore. So I got up, took some cold meds, turned on the TV, had breakfast. Within an hour, I was fast asleep on the couch, awkwardly positioned around Oz. I just woke up, and I swear I could sleep a few more hours. Damn these cold meds!

Jesse - Mar 26, 2011 5:26:43 am PDT #395 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The other thing about Stand By Me is I saw something with adult Jerry O'Connell that had a kid actor playing his character as a kid, and it was just funny, because of course we all know exactly what he looked like as a kid, and who would have guessed he would grow up into a hunk?

§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 5:38:08 am PDT #396 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't believe Jerry didn't recognise Wil. Hello!

Jesse - Mar 26, 2011 5:40:42 am PDT #397 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, Wil looks the same. I'm willing to bet he wasn't looking to recognize anyone, if that makes any sense.

§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 5:51:45 am PDT #398 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister just sent me an email asking me to sort a spreadsheet for her. Numerical descending order on one column. Nothing flashy.

I don't get it.

Theodosia - Mar 26, 2011 5:56:48 am PDT #399 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's like that old expression: "Give a sister a sorted spreadsheet and she'll be grateful. Give a sister instructions on how to sort a spreadsheet and you'll spend more time writing out the instructions and she won't nearly be as grateful."

Sparky1 - Mar 26, 2011 5:57:39 am PDT #400 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

I don't get it.

Maybe she's laughing at the stuff she can make you do? Oh, right - that would be *my* sisters.

Nanny taxes, oi. Not that our nanny doesn't earn every penny, but it's a shock to the checking account.

§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 6:06:22 am PDT #401 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Precisely that, Theo. How do you get a PhD in Anthropology with all the accompanying stats work that I know she's done and not know how to sort a spreadsheet?

If she asks me how to connect her iPod to her wireless network, or how to install apps on it, I won't be surprised. That's new to her. But she's been using Excel almost as long as I have. But for what?

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