Polar is the best and local to me.
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'The Message'
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.
sj - Jun 29, 2016 4:36:55 am PDT #23811 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
shrift - Jun 29, 2016 5:01:43 am PDT #23812 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've never had this Polar Seltzer. If I ever see it in a store, I'll have to try it. Then I'll know whether I can trash talk Jesse's opinions.
I am on the way to the office. And wow, there is a bad wreck in front of me judging by the number of emergency vehicles.
Zenkitty - Jun 29, 2016 5:01:50 am PDT #23813 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Is this Monday?
Assistant messed up the references in a paper, asked me what to do. I said, compare it with the original manuscript and fix it. She said, we don't HAVE the original manuscript anymore, that's what she worked on.
WHAT
Are you fucking kidding me? She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals. I want to strangle her.
Dana - Jun 29, 2016 5:05:55 am PDT #23814 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Good morning! I hate everyone.
sj - Jun 29, 2016 5:12:09 am PDT #23815 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Zen, that's insane.
Sorry that people are being annoying, Dana.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2016 5:12:41 am PDT #23816 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals.
I legit just gasped like a character in a bad radio play. WHAT THE SHIT, assistant? WHAT THE SHIT. Why? WHY????
Gudanov - Jun 29, 2016 5:15:43 am PDT #23817 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right? Or she is tracking changes she can see what the original was, right?
Dana - Jun 29, 2016 5:17:31 am PDT #23818 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right?
That was my thought, but I bet they delete the emails. Just a feeling.
Zenkitty - Jun 29, 2016 5:22:38 am PDT #23819 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Dana, I'm in the I hate everyone boat with you. We'll hate together, it'll be cozy and warm from the fire of our hate.
Steph, I KNOW, good god. I was calm, I said, ask the author for another copy and from now on keep the original and work on a copy, and she agreed, but man. She's been doing this for years, long before I took over this journal. I had NO IDEA this was happening. It never occurred to me that I'd have to tell anyone not to destroy the original. Idiot. Thank Bosco I found this out in a relatively harmless way before she did any real damage.
Zenkitty - Jun 29, 2016 5:25:38 am PDT #23820 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right? Or she is tracking changes she can see what the original was, right?
NO. We get the submissions through a 3rd party service (called ScholarOne). AFAIK S1 doesn't hold on to copies of anything that passes through its mighty halls. And apparently she wasn't tracking changes. She just blithely rewrites the original submission. I just... can't even.