Don't know why anybody would consider it insulting for us to use our regular procedures.
I can't explain it without sounding like an asshole, so I'm thinking on a better way to write it down.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Allyson - May 11, 2003 10:05:07 pm PDT #1687 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
DXMachina - May 11, 2003 10:06:20 pm PDT #1688 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I'm wondering, and I'm not trying to be a PITA, but, would we vote on the creation of a new ME show thread?
Yes, because that is now the procedure.
Julie - May 11, 2003 10:21:07 pm PDT #1689 of 10005
Frankly, I think this can all wait until at least after the F2F.
Can I just ask how the F2F impacts this discussion/decision?
Deena - May 11, 2003 10:37:14 pm PDT #1690 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I don't think it does, Julie. I think it's just an arbitrary "after we get back home and the season is over and we're settled back in again" sort of thing.
§ ita § - May 11, 2003 10:43:47 pm PDT #1691 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd think the pickups announcement would be a more logical time, if one has to wait. So, we propose, discuss, vote, and sometime in that period it becomes apparent there's no show -- no big deal, as I see it.
Noumenon - May 11, 2003 10:46:41 pm PDT #1692 of 10005
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Anyway-- now someone is going to come along and want to vote on my password.
I propose that we change Sophia's password to "hobbitslash." Any seconds?
Allyson - May 11, 2003 10:46:59 pm PDT #1693 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm proposing a thread dedicated to Minear. The thing is, if this show does go away, Tim will get back on the horse, and also is likely to get his fingers sticky in all sorts of projects over the course of our board. I think that Tim isn't just a Buffista, but our patron saint, as well.
Noumenon - May 11, 2003 10:49:11 pm PDT #1694 of 10005
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Patron saint is good. Even if he stops coming, like he did after "Billy" for several months, he can still be an iconic figure like Agnes Bertiz.
DCJensen - May 11, 2003 10:50:06 pm PDT #1695 of 10005
All is well that ends in pizza.
Then, by all means, we have a suggestion of 'Minearvana," so..any others?
DavidS - May 11, 2003 10:50:50 pm PDT #1696 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think that Tim isn't just a Buffista, but our patron saint, as well.
See, I'm all for canonizing him as St. Tim of the Scythe too. I'd be fine with a Tim-dedicated thread that follows any of his work as long as he's bothering to put out product. It's just...even Mickey Mantle had to be voted into the Hall of Fame. Even the President has to turn in his taxes.