I've started the massive project of going through 20-odd chapters that constitute the "bible" for the association I work for. I'm finding that (1) the damn things weren't given more than a cursory proofreading before being laid out and (2) the person who did them changed style/usage throughout documents, even on the same page. oy
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
'Safe'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Mar 11, 2015 10:48:36 am PDT #21970 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
shrift - Mar 11, 2015 10:51:48 am PDT #21971 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
(tartlet)
Semantic satiation sounds like it should be dirty.
Connie Neil - Mar 11, 2015 10:55:13 am PDT #21972 of 30000
brillig
"across time" sounds like it should be used in a time-traveling story.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2015 10:56:46 am PDT #21973 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Burrell - Mar 11, 2015 11:05:07 am PDT #21974 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What about "rates increased between X DATE and Y DATE" or is that taking too much license with the original text?
-t - Mar 11, 2015 11:05:26 am PDT #21975 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Rates increased as time continued its inexorable march into the future.
-t - Mar 11, 2015 11:06:11 am PDT #21976 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
d(rates)/dt>0
Burrell - Mar 11, 2015 11:06:20 am PDT #21977 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
OMG I love that fight graphic!
-t - Mar 11, 2015 11:08:10 am PDT #21978 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME TO WORK!
Come on people.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2015 11:09:23 am PDT #21979 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What about "rates increased between X DATE and Y DATE" or is that taking too much license with the original text?
Sometimes the text just literally says "rates increased over time," without providing dates. Hence my pickle.