My customer base is doctors. Their grammar is as impressive as their hand writing. The emails I get are cringe worthy.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Laura - Apr 25, 2017 4:50:12 pm PDT #10363 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Amy - Apr 25, 2017 4:51:32 pm PDT #10364 of 30002
Because books.
Exactly, Tep.
sarameg - Apr 25, 2017 4:57:54 pm PDT #10365 of 30002
Asparagus for dinner. Expected results (I have no idea how my mom doesn't know this. She loves asparagus.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2017 5:22:44 pm PDT #10366 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Everybody should take writing courses! Just basic grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling for communication.
Is a basic English class that includes paper-writing techniques not a requirement at most universities? It definitely was at mine. (I tested out of the basics, but then I was an English minor and jumped directly into willingly writing papers on Greek Mythology and Dante's Inferno...)
-t - Apr 25, 2017 6:23:53 pm PDT #10367 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I went to a technical college. We had a required freshman class called Rhetoric that was basically a composition class with no option to test out of it, a Literature requirement (that could be gotten around with music courses), minimum requirements in an array of Humanities and had to complete a major paper in our chosen minor. Not to mention lab reports and the Senior Project write-ups that if nothing else taught us all to use LaTex to make our formulas readable.
All well and good, but one of the reasons I took the math route rather than engineering (which in hindsight I was probably more suited to) is that it gave me more room in my schedule to take non-required electives. I ended up with enough course credits for minors in Lit and Religion but officially was a Psych minor, and as an Engineer there's no way I could have taken all of those on top of the degree requirements.
Beverly - Apr 25, 2017 7:24:22 pm PDT #10368 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm so sorry about Java the cat, Javacat. I'm glad you had each other for two decades--that's a major achievement. May your memories give you solace.
Consuela - Apr 25, 2017 7:58:21 pm PDT #10369 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So sorry about Java. He was a nice boy.
Plei, re: cars, you might see if you can get a used Prius V. They have a surprisingly large rear: it's basically a wagon. Or on the cheaper side, an older Subaru wagon? Won't get the mileage of a hybrid, but they're reliable.
Or even a Honda Element, if you can find one. People hang on to them like woah.
Pix - Apr 25, 2017 8:09:51 pm PDT #10370 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Java. I'm glad you had him for such a long time, but it's never easy.
Atropa - Apr 25, 2017 8:11:41 pm PDT #10371 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
How about a class called "Editors: Not Your Slaves, Not Your Enemies"?
"Editors: will save you from yourselves when you try to name things". If only I could get project managers to understand that.
beth b - Apr 25, 2017 8:51:39 pm PDT #10372 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so sorry Java