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.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 5:51:45 am PDT #398 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
le nubian - Mar 26, 2011 6:24:13 am PDT #402 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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."
Theo, hilarious.
Sue - Mar 26, 2011 6:26:12 am PDT #403 of 30001
hip deep in pie
So I think Oz may have eaten a small bit of ribbon. I gave him some ice cream, thinking his lactose intolerant self would throw the ice cream and ribbon back up. Is he throwing up? NO. He squawking for more ice cream.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 7:07:03 am PDT #404 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Complete hatchet job of Mahatma Gandhi. I kinda wish I hadn't read it.
Tom Scola - Mar 26, 2011 7:24:33 am PDT #405 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The NYT review of the same book wasn't nearly as bad. A lot of that, I think, is the reviewer's own projections.
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 7:33:48 am PDT #406 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think people should be mean about Gandhi. I also don't think he should have erections. I don't care to be rational on that front.
Lee - Mar 26, 2011 7:47:37 am PDT #407 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hot stockings.
Huh. It turns out that for me, stockings, like tattoos, shouldn't have words in them.