In Florida, why you be that way, news. DeSantis is now suing the Biden administration and CDC to reopen the cruise industry. When we are spiking again. Of course he didn't have an issue with Trump's actions on cruises. That said, I would surely love to be on a cruise. But I can wait.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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 10, 2021 1:43:52 pm PDT #5461 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
JZ - Apr 10, 2021 5:52:13 pm PDT #5462 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I remember a children's book that hinged on solving a mystery, which was solved by reading Shorthand which had been stitched into a quilt.
I have no idea what the title is, but you will be completely unsurprised to know I also read and remember that book.
brenda m - Apr 10, 2021 6:11:09 pm PDT #5463 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The males get all the good press but female cardinals are so pretty.
-t - Apr 10, 2021 8:20:34 pm PDT #5464 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have the steno pads that my grandmother used to write lyrics she heard on the radio when she was teaching herself to take dictation. I don’t know if she ever used that particular skill professionally, but she thought it would be useful snd set herself to acquire it.
megan walker - Apr 10, 2021 8:25:52 pm PDT #5465 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have no idea what the title is, but you will be completely unsurprised to know I also read and remember that book.
As an Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew fan, I couldn't resist looking for this one.
Is it this? [link]
meara - Apr 10, 2021 9:19:05 pm PDT #5466 of 30000
Shorthand is very interesting and mysterious to me. I know my mom knew some at one point, I think she learned in high school. I took a typing class in high school which I hated at the time (also it was using like, word processors, but they were super strict about teaching how to format a letter and stuff, at some points, which was weird?) but it meant I touch-typed ever since, and that's been very useful in life. I do wonder if they even still offer that class or if they just assume kids picked it up earlier in life, now.
Vortex - Apr 10, 2021 10:11:52 pm PDT #5467 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I have no idea what the title is, but you will be completely unsurprised to know I also read and remember that book.
I seem to recall this as well. I always thought that shorthand would be a cool skill to have, but by the time I got old enough, dictaphones were all the rage.
I have been stabbinated twice, the second time today. Arm is sore (more sore than the first time, I think). I'm going to take some Tylenol and go to bed in a bit.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2021 10:38:02 pm PDT #5468 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is it this? [link]
Oooh, I think that's it! How funny that it's illustrated by Joe & Beth Krush, who also illustrated Gone Away Lake. That must have been why I was drawn to it initially.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2021 10:39:08 pm PDT #5469 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The key plot point revolves around the fact that there are TWO different schools of Shorthand. One common in the 20s, that was superseded by an entirely different approach later.
DebetEsse - Apr 10, 2021 10:52:29 pm PDT #5470 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
A shocking number of schools never actually teach typing or a lot of computer skills. Either kids are "too young", or they assume the kids already know it. So you end up with kids who are doing a whole series of spaces or tabs to get to the next line, or hitting caps lock for a single letter, and type with 3 fingers like a TRex.