Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.

Glory ,'Potential'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Calli - Aug 02, 2013 9:46:52 am PDT #1164 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Insent, WindsSparrow.

I would enjoy seeing him eaten by zombies.

He sounds like a petite would-be tyrant.


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 9:47:35 am PDT #1165 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hopefully this weekend I will have my house cleaned (9AM on a Saturday! Dumb idea! Do Not Repeat!) and see a movie and draw the fuck out of everything.


Strix - Aug 02, 2013 9:48:41 am PDT #1166 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Are Coursera, edX and/or duolingo free? I love me some knowledge, and miss classes.

Also, check out this AMAZING owl tattoo. [link]

If I weren't ethical, I would get it in a hot second. It is GORGEOUS. And if the artist weren't based in PR, I'd love to have him do my next tat.


Jesse - Aug 02, 2013 9:49:17 am PDT #1167 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, this morning I was going to say I know someone who works at EdX, but I think I just overheard in the hallway that he got laid off, so.


Hil R. - Aug 02, 2013 9:50:24 am PDT #1168 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Are Coursera, edX and/or duolingo free? I love me some knowledge, and miss classes.

Yep. I've taken a few courses at Udacity, and liked them, but that's a somewhat different format. That dinosaur course mentioned sounds interesting.


Calli - Aug 02, 2013 9:52:15 am PDT #1169 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Duolingo and Coursera courses are free. I haven't worked with edX myself. I think you may have to pay a fee to get certificates and whatnot from some free courses, but if you're just in it for the knowledge, that's not an issue.


le nubian - Aug 02, 2013 9:58:59 am PDT #1170 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

that is a beautiful tattoo.

I love the fantasy of wishing someone would be eaten by zombies. There are a few people I would put in that category too. Mostly I just want about 3-5 people to fall down a sinkhole.


Strix - Aug 02, 2013 9:59:04 am PDT #1171 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Cool! Once I have a little time, I'll have to check them out.

I am (when I am not working) turning myself into an unofficial "lawyer" at present. And doing pretty damned well at it, too. (Yes, we have an official lawyer. But I am Research and Proactive Girl, and when someone fucks with my family, I do not play around. But where's my damn $250 hour retainer?!)

To real lawyer Buffistas: not dissing real lawyers, but I am just researching KS Family Law statutes and acquiring shittons of carefully documented notarized evidence to rebut every perjurious accusation and spurious assertion, and seeking info on frivolous and vexatious lawsuits. It's fun!)

On that note, back to work-work!


Steph L. - Aug 02, 2013 10:02:07 am PDT #1172 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

"Potterverse elf freeing?"

That was it. Because Jesse said "Now you own him," and freeing a house-elf is the first thing that jumped into my mind.


Ginger - Aug 02, 2013 10:04:34 am PDT #1173 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Because PDFs do what they do, there's no simple way to convert from one to the other.

In Acrobat Pro, it's just Save As Excel Worksheet.

My car is having $1,800 in repairs. For that, it should be able to fly. Or park itself.