because they're amounts, not countable things.
This is what messes me up, because I know that rule but my concept of "countable thing" is not super clear.
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
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.
-t - Aug 13, 2015 3:52:03 pm PDT #3249 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Aug 13, 2015 4:04:54 pm PDT #3250 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You guys, it's still fun when a Good Stuff post takes off, but I think I may have gotten all of the followers already. That guy giving free haircuts to kids has like 50K notes, but I only got 170 new followers!
Tom Scola - Aug 13, 2015 4:05:06 pm PDT #3251 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
because they're amounts, not countable things.
Said the person who thinks that “data” isn’t a mass noun.
Lee - Aug 13, 2015 4:32:07 pm PDT #3252 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse's sphere of influence should be infinite!
Today kind of kicked my butt. I would like a massage and a margarita, or maybe a bubble bath and a bourbon. Sadly, I have none of those things.
beth b - Aug 13, 2015 5:16:19 pm PDT #3253 of 30003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It was not a bad day, but it was not a great day good: feast day bad: because a coworker is moving to another branch good: mr aggressively passive agressive actually lied so he has been caught bad lost a thumb drive that has a lot of work that I hadn't saved anywhere else that needs to be posted tomorrow good: when I realized it was lost I re did about half of it - so it will be done
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-t - Aug 13, 2015 6:02:36 pm PDT #3254 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I didn't go for a walk, but I did exercise and that did make me feel better. Would still like to go to sleep but soon enough it will be time for that anyway, so I guess that all works out.
Also discovered that just reaching into 120° F water with a bare hand to grab my reheated fish doesn't really hurt. I didn't exactly mean to test that. I hope I don't flake out like that with a higher temperature.
Atropa - Aug 13, 2015 6:17:46 pm PDT #3255 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Things I say to my dog way more often than makes sense:
I tend to say things to the cats like:
"Really? How do you feel about that?"
"How is that going to work with your napping schedule?"
"What ARE you going to do about that issue?"
Sometimes I ask them where they've put the XML source files, because they're not in the dratted directory they're supposed to be. My work-from-home life.
sarameg - Aug 13, 2015 6:46:08 pm PDT #3256 of 30003
I yell "jazz hands" at Loki a lot. When he's wound up and acting like I'm chasing him. And yes, I do jazz hands,
Burrell - Aug 13, 2015 6:46:27 pm PDT #3257 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
would like a massage and a margarita, or maybe a bubble bath and a bourbon. Sadly, I have none of those things.
My day sucked and I am grumpy as all get out. I want all of it.
-t - Aug 13, 2015 7:37:32 pm PDT #3258 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DH always used to have political conversations with the cats. I mostly apologize to them for moving or otherwise inconveniencing them, I think.
Ha! I CAN fit a 10-egg frittata in my frittata pan. It just takes some ingenuity. Might be better to cut the recipe in half next time.