Crap! My edX class started last Tuesday and I still haven't looked at the syllabus and what have you. I don't know if I'm up for that today.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
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.
-t - Oct 13, 2013 3:08:23 pm PDT #8901 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Connie Neil - Oct 13, 2013 3:12:58 pm PDT #8902 of 30000
brillig
I'm watching/listening to the lectures as I work. The lectures have a transcript scrolling down the side, so I can read ahead to get the gist, then keep half an ear and eye on the actual lecture. It helps that this is not brand new information I'm trying to acquire. I couldn't do this with a hard science subject.
Juliebird - Oct 13, 2013 3:14:17 pm PDT #8903 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I did what I always swore I wouldn't: swerve for an animal. It wasn't too bad, I slowed and just nudged over into the shoulder a bit and just barely missed the raccoon. The car behind me did a bit worse, swerving clear into the other lane. If there had been a car oncoming, that would have been exactly why I tell myself just to hit the poor bastards trying to cross the road.
-t - Oct 13, 2013 3:15:54 pm PDT #8904 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think I could do that, but maybe on my lunch break.
Eta: the lectures, not the swerving
brenda m - Oct 13, 2013 3:18:49 pm PDT #8905 of 30000
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
Lunch is the perfect time to aim for a big juicy raccoon.
le nubian - Oct 13, 2013 3:19:34 pm PDT #8906 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sounds like a couple of Carl Hiassen novels I've read.
Connie Neil - Oct 13, 2013 3:27:21 pm PDT #8907 of 30000
brillig
On this course, at least, the lecture's divided into 10-minute videos, much easier to consume.
Jessica - Oct 13, 2013 3:36:17 pm PDT #8908 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I used up this week's CSA lettuce! Granted, it was a pretty small head of butter lettuce, but still! I made a salad with it and took it over to the neighbors' for a mini-potluck.
Oldest child is currently wailing that he has ALWAYS* wanted to have the Batman doll in his bed and if he doesn't get him tonight he will NEVER SLEEP AGAIN** and he has NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP EVER*** without Batman in his bed so if he doesn't get it be will be AWAKE FOREVER!!!**** Youngest child is unmoved by this.
*For values of always which are equal to about the last fifteen minutes
**I wouldn't bet on it.
***He has never shown any interest in this doll until his sister started sleeping with it
****This is a threat we have heard before. Shockingly it has never yet come to pass.
Amy - Oct 13, 2013 3:41:46 pm PDT #8909 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, Dylan. Silly kid.
Jessica - Oct 13, 2013 3:43:39 pm PDT #8910 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Amazingly, she gave it to him right after I posted that. Thank you, youngest child, for being the mature and generous one tonight.