And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

Mal ,'The Train Job'


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


amyth - Apr 15, 2003 8:56:16 pm PDT #364 of 10005
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Just got here, and haven't even read Buffy yet. What a great episode, though.

{{DX}} Thank you for doing the hard work tonight.


Kat - Apr 15, 2003 8:57:43 pm PDT #365 of 10005
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Thank you, DX. I appreciate you doing the onerous work.


Burrell - Apr 15, 2003 9:43:17 pm PDT #366 of 10005
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Wow, go away for a few hours and lookee what happens.

Thanks DX, for playing the part of the meanie, and thanks Kat, for getting the ball rolling.

I for one think that the two instances we've seen of troll-like behavior pretty much confirm for me the "walks like a duck" theory. I don't see the need to plex and break our own hearts over these matters.


Holli - Apr 15, 2003 10:24:14 pm PDT #367 of 10005
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore

My sanity and good humor thank you, DX.


Connie Neil - Apr 15, 2003 10:28:27 pm PDT #368 of 10005
brillig

BTW, is the search feature still disabled? I need to go see if I put a piece of fic in Bitchy Fic without having the sense to save a copy.


§ ita § - Apr 15, 2003 10:45:36 pm PDT #369 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yes, search is still disabled, and will be for the nonce.

I skimmed through WX and enforced our suspension there also, as much as I can.


Jon B. - Apr 15, 2003 11:04:50 pm PDT #370 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Add another "thanks" to the pile, DX. Sorry I wasn't around to help out. You done good.


Elena - Apr 16, 2003 1:01:33 am PDT #371 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.

Stompies are often put in difficult situations, thank you DX and everyone else.


Jim - Apr 16, 2003 2:38:03 am PDT #372 of 10005
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

I was going to come, after reading UnAm, and rescind my previous arguments against banning her. I'm glad I was preempted. Holli, Consuela, DX, Sean; Nicely handled.

Oh, and secret message to Allyson you weren't out of line. You were perfectly nice to her.


Noumenon - Apr 16, 2003 2:59:24 am PDT #373 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

Talk about spending more time reading than writing. I read both bureaucracies and lightbulb and didn't have a thing to say for all my elevated pulse rate (train wrecks are exciting, even secondhand). I just have to post once to feel like I participated.

I had the same problem in Natter the other day, with the word "schmoopy." Seriously.

Does this word have an offensive origin?

I've pissed off several people (maybe up to 10, but hey, amnesty!) but have, with those exceptions, been, well, maybe not the model poster, but certainly not that bad. , even if I do use runon sentences.

(hearts) Gandalfe