I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.

Dawn ,'Selfless'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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 § - Apr 02, 2013 5:57:47 pm PDT #17021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Msbelle, you have experts on your team. You couldn't ask for better help.

The guy who drew the full colour ballpoint pictures answered my random "can I repost your art somewhere" dA note, as well as answering a couple questions about his stuff. It never ceases to amaze the level of connection that the internet can put at our fingertips. The learning opportunities are amazing. I saw a car today with the bumper sticker (among many, including handwritten signs taped to the window) saying "webs are for spiders." I'm not sure what the message is supposed to be there...are there significant pockets of people who think the WWW is so bad that other people shouldn't use it either? I did want to suggest to her that she use the internet to get slicker stickers, though. Zazzle would fix her right up. Her and Comic Sans would be a match made in heaven.

I'm trying to work out how much is too much when it comes to drawing random shit, and I think the sushi chef at lunch is perfectly fine, but trying to draw a woman wearing a subnet mask yesterday might have been a call for help. Also, really zero visual payoff. Sad on multiple levels.

Speaking of sad, I wonder if Ben Affleck is philosophical when he looks back at stuff like Paycheck. Because twenty minutes of that was really horrible. And many of the other actors were acting well.


DavidS - Apr 02, 2013 6:26:38 pm PDT #17022 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So, out of 30 teams, my A's have the 29th lowest payroll. Sigh.

AND they're the reigning AL West champs.


brenda m - Apr 02, 2013 6:32:28 pm PDT #17023 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

(Do online application systems even call for cover letters? I don't know that world.)

I've barely seen any resumes come through with cover letters the last couple of years. HR may see them I guess, since mine go through an initial screen. But it seems unlikely that they wouldn't pass them on.

Very small sample warning.


brenda m - Apr 02, 2013 6:33:29 pm PDT #17024 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

So, out of 30 teams, my A's have the 29th lowest payroll. Sigh.
AND they're the reigning AL West champs.

Wait, I saw that movie.


-t - Apr 02, 2013 6:36:13 pm PDT #17025 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Passover is officially over in the Pacific timezone, so I am having the chametziest thing I could come up with - toast with cookie butter. Yum.


Ginger - Apr 02, 2013 6:51:08 pm PDT #17026 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It's leavened spread on leavened bread, if they really start with cookies.


-t - Apr 02, 2013 6:54:25 pm PDT #17027 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The ingredients list a "raising agent", so your phrase seems apt!


SuziQ - Apr 02, 2013 6:59:38 pm PDT #17028 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Wait, I saw that movie.

I know. I know. The season in the movie is 2002. It is 2013. Nothing has changed. Ok, cause I'm a number's person I had to look it up. In 2002 the A's were 28 out of 30, so one position higher. Over the last 11 years, the A's payroll has increased by 40%. Over the same period the Yankees payroll increased by 57%. (Yes, I take this all too seriously, I know).

A side note - in looking this up, I saw that the Astros were 14th in 2002 and are currently 28th. Their payroll is actually less than it was in 2002. Yikes!


SuziQ - Apr 02, 2013 7:55:23 pm PDT #17029 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Accckkk. I killed Natter with numbers. Why is 6 afraid of 7?


Scrappy - Apr 02, 2013 8:17:52 pm PDT #17030 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Because 7 ate 9 OF COURSE.