At this point I'm just trying to cancel my return flight so I can book a flight to Toronto on another airline, but there doesn't seem to be a good way to do that without canceling my entire reservation. Which of course is a stupid thing an airline would do, because plans never change, right?
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
shrift - Apr 22, 2019 10:11:29 am PDT #7115 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
hippocampus - Apr 22, 2019 10:13:25 am PDT #7116 of 30019
not your mom's socks.
yes Peeps! although ... now that you mention it? ... hmmm.
NO. Peeps. I am a good person.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2019 10:16:16 am PDT #7117 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Here's an accusation about my editing from an author that I haven't heard before: it's a tiny (2-page) commentary on a big research article, and the author is part of the Department of Defense (the big research article used active military members for their study, so the DoD is involved).
The author of the article said that I made "an unprecedented amount" of changes to her commentary, and it would require a week of new review by the DoD because -- I swear she said this -- "the changes could be damaging to the Department of Defense."
GUYS. YOU GUYS. I think I know how to take down the Trump administration. I'll sneak in through the DoD with my wily editing skillz! (Seriously. My editing to her tiny commentary could be *damaging* to the DoD??? If that's true, our country's military is is grave danger.)
This author made sure to copy the editor-in-chief on her email so I could see that she was pissed and was making sure the higher-ups knew it. (I mean, I respect that level of pettiness, but still.)
About 20 minutes later, the editor-in-chief replied to the author (and copied me) and said "Respectfully, these changes are neither extensive nor surprising for our journal's high standards, and I do not believe they will be damaging to the DoD. Your commentary is already overdue, so please answer the editor's queries and return it today so that it will not be pulled from publication."
I want to print this email out and fucking frame it. Getting vindication from the editor in chief is like a drug!
Jessica - Apr 22, 2019 10:18:56 am PDT #7118 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Wait Teppy are you saying the key to undoing the damage caused by the 2016 election is...correct punctuation and properly formatted citations? HOLY SHIT BUFFISTAS THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR
Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2019 10:20:43 am PDT #7119 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
WOO, Teppy Validation!!!!
Jesse - Apr 22, 2019 10:21:32 am PDT #7120 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You should definitely print out that email! Or at least save it to your "good emails" folder.
hippocampus - Apr 22, 2019 10:28:40 am PDT #7121 of 30019
not your mom's socks.
I truly believe good editing, Teppywise, could save us.
Steph L. - Apr 22, 2019 10:38:50 am PDT #7122 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Wait Teppy are you saying the key to undoing the damage caused by the 2016 election is...correct punctuation and properly formatted citations? HOLY SHIT BUFFISTAS THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR
I am dizzy with the power. DIZZY AND READY TO UNLEASH SEMICOLONS UPON THE WHITE HOUSE
Atropa - Apr 22, 2019 10:41:33 am PDT #7123 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(I keep thinking the sugar crystals would burn too quickly.)
They do, which is a bonus! Who doesn't love waving around sticks with flaming balls of sugar on them?
Laura - Apr 22, 2019 10:42:38 am PDT #7124 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Answer the editor's queries, bitch.