Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.

'Destiny'


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.


Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2016 8:09:16 am PDT #26289 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Much job ~ma for Danaa's DH.

Matt, glad to hear good news about your mom!

-t, that's such a gorgeous area! I'm almost envious of your vacation except for the "backpacking" part. Have a great time!

The landscaper is here. I touched a plant I shouldn't've and now my hand itches. Work continues to kick my ass but I am slowly winning this battle. Q'apla.


Beverly - Aug 18, 2016 9:31:38 am PDT #26290 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Good mom news is great, Matt!

Job~ma, husband of Dana!

Happy vacationing, -t!


Dana - Aug 18, 2016 9:50:14 am PDT #26291 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Fellow grammarians, have we lost the battle for not hyphenating an adverb adjective combo before a noun? In other words, phrases like "poorly defined law" rather than "poorly-defined law"?

I'm pretty sure CMOS agrees with me, but I see it all the time now.


Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2016 10:14:11 am PDT #26292 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

We don't hyphenate adverb phrases when it's clear that the adverb modifies the following adjective, like when the adverb ends in -ly.


Connie Neil - Aug 18, 2016 10:25:07 am PDT #26293 of 30003
brillig

I'm with Zen on not using the hyphen when -ly is involved.


Dana - Aug 18, 2016 10:34:18 am PDT #26294 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Good. I'm going to cling to you guys in this era of deteriorating standards.


Steph L. - Aug 18, 2016 10:39:59 am PDT #26295 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I'm with Zen on not using the hyphen when -ly is involved.

Yeah, that's never needed.


Jesse - Aug 18, 2016 10:59:53 am PDT #26296 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I only learned that rule recently! I'd call it a recently learned rule, even.


Gudanov - Aug 18, 2016 11:01:24 am PDT #26297 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

There should be a reality TV show about editors making difficult calls on punctuation.


Steph L. - Aug 18, 2016 11:12:50 am PDT #26298 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

There should be a reality TV show about editors making difficult calls on punctuation.

Which TV chef yells at the contestants and makes them cry? Because that would be me.

(You can tell I don't watch cooking shows. I just know from commercials that there's at least one show with a really mean chef.)