Charles P. Pierce has an article about a movie coming out about Maxwell Perkins and his experiences editing Thomas Wolfe. Sounds relevant to many here; from the comments (yes, I read the comments ... some of them): A missing Oxford comma is well worth a war.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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 - Apr 12, 2016 4:47:34 am PDT #19441 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
juliana - Apr 12, 2016 4:58:57 am PDT #19442 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Someone who grew up here looked askance at me for driving up to Eugene (~500 miles) for the weekend. I was all, buddy, we once drove 720 miles round trip in one day to see a movie (Fairbanks to Anchorage, Much Ado About Nothing), this is nothing.
Dana - Apr 12, 2016 5:05:40 am PDT #19443 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The local color commentator for the Saints died from cancer today. Between him and Will Smith, it's been a rough week for the Saints.
Every Saints fan has their favorite "Hokie-ism."
"He's running around down there like a sprayed roach."
"He's so fast he could go rabbit-hunting with a hammer."
"I've never seen anything that big without John Deere stamped on it."
SuziQ - Apr 12, 2016 5:09:51 am PDT #19444 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm in the office today. My commute was 45 minutes instead of the usual 2 minutes. I know I'm whining. Especially since once a month my commute is about 4 hours (flying to SLC).
My boss is here, so at least we get to touch base. He visits the office only a bit more often than I do.
Lee - Apr 12, 2016 5:27:07 am PDT #19445 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Is anyone else watching The Family? The last episode was amazing... like Out Of Gas level storytelling.
I am. I am really enjoying it, even though I don't much like any of the characters.
-t - Apr 12, 2016 5:35:32 am PDT #19446 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't know Hokie was so young, somehow. Such an eternal fixture. Been a rough week, no doubt about it. I wore my New Orleans hat on Sunday and was kind of surprised when I got home to realize that no one had commented on it at all - Will Smith was looming so large in my mind I figured he must be on everyone else's radar, too.
Dana - Apr 12, 2016 5:39:01 am PDT #19447 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Another Hokie quote:
I had deceptive speed. I was slower than I looked.
-t - Apr 12, 2016 5:49:58 am PDT #19448 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh, I think I remember that one.
Jesse - Apr 12, 2016 6:28:22 am PDT #19449 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It me.
I hate when I mismanage my food/meetings. I had an 11 and a 12 on the calendar, so I had a snack, but my 11 was real short, so I could theoretically eat lunch before the noon meeting, but now I don't want to because of the snack! I guess it will be OK even if I feel hungry during a meeting. I guess that's a thing that people do live through.
msbelle - Apr 12, 2016 6:28:39 am PDT #19450 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
People on my Twitter are saying twop is back. Anyone?