That must have been a hell of a game! When I saw the score earlier, it looked like the Cubs were going to blow it out. Congrats, Chicago et al.!
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Jesse - Nov 03, 2016 3:37:43 am PDT #677 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
aurelia - Nov 03, 2016 3:58:06 am PDT #678 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Well, the train is running and I woke to a radio ad from my employer so I guess I have to go load in A Christmas Carol again.
Zenkitty - Nov 03, 2016 4:32:34 am PDT #679 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hey, remember that assistant of mine who made changes to a manuscript and didn't keep a copy of the original? So today I found out she rearranged a list of references without changing the corresponding citations. So now the references are all mixed up. She claims she didn't know they were linked. How did this woman get a job here? How did she get a degree?
Jesse - Nov 03, 2016 4:42:57 am PDT #680 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, we had that happen here one time -- the references page got detached from the citations and alphabetized and it was a g.d. disaster.
Kalshane - Nov 03, 2016 5:13:24 am PDT #681 of 30002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I was mildly surprised to discover the world didn't end while I was sleeping.
It will be interesting to see what cheering for the Cubs feels like next year without the overarching sense of dread of the inevitable screw-up that adds another year to the drought that I've had all my life.
That sounds incredibly frustrating, Zen.
Tom Scola - Nov 03, 2016 5:15:36 am PDT #682 of 30002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
If Cleveland had won the World Series, after winning Basketball and Hockey (AHL) championships this year, that would mean the Browns would have to win the Superbowl, which SURELY mean the world was ending.
Dana - Nov 03, 2016 5:18:02 am PDT #683 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I just watched the highlights, and holy shit, what a game. I'm kind of glad I didn't have to live through it as a fan. The Saints' NFC championship game was stressful enough for a long time.
Zenkitty - Nov 03, 2016 5:23:00 am PDT #684 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The author re-submitted the reference list, totally different from the first, and she accepted the new list without updating the cites and then alphabetized it. Might as well have thrown them at a wall. I ended up not even knowing which list was the right one to follow.
Steph L. - Nov 03, 2016 5:24:32 am PDT #685 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
she rearranged a list of references without changing the corresponding citations. So now the references are all mixed up. She claims she didn't know they were linked.
I physically recoiled when I read this. What. The. Shit, assistant???
Zenkitty - Nov 03, 2016 5:28:55 am PDT #686 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Seriously! How do you get through college without doing a paper with references in it? This is the kind of thing that blindsides me, I wouldn't have even thought to tell her not to do that, because who would do that?? She does learn from her mistakes, though, at least.