'Destiny'
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
My new metaphor for massive influx of newbies is The Nile overflowing its banks, spreading it's warm effluvial and fertile mud (stellar new posters) and then retreating back to its banks (drivebys keep driving).
I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode where they build the pool, and the entire population of Springfield drops by. I've been feeling a little like Marge making eleventy million sandwiches for the guests.
How about...
Bureaucracy 3: The Lurkers Had a 'Sode
My new metaphor for massive influx of newbies is The Nile overflowing its banks, spreading it's warm effluvial and fertile mud (stellar new posters) and then retreating back to its banks (drivebys keep driving).
That's kind of sexy. Maybe I am closer to the earth.
Bureaucracy 3: We Spent 500 Posts Arguing About The Thread Name. Come On In.
I love it so much that I tried to shorten it.
Bureaucracy 3: 500 Suggestions, No Actual Decisions
Bureaucracy 3: It Took a Whole Thread to Come Up with a Name
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
That's kind of sexy. Maybe I am closer to the earth.
Mmmm, Dirty!Cindy.
Bureaucracy 3: 500 Suggestions and All We Got Was This Lousy Thread Title
You're such an optimist, Hec.
Maybe we should see what April and May look like, bandwidth-wise, and discuss, then.
Unless Joss comes in and announces in-thread auditions for Firefly Movie casting, in which case, we're sending him the bill.
You're such an optimist, Hec.
My opinion may be colored by the fact that I'm getting married, going to New Orleans, going to the F2F and my book is coming out this year.
I don't think we'll be in a position to consider a cheaper host any time in the near future, and we can afford what we've got so far, so I'm not worried. If a lot of new people stick around, they'll cough up.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music. Giles, 'The Dark Age'
Heh. Giles supports me in random quotes.
How badly am I brainwormed on this syntax now? Last week I walked outside around lunchtime, fretting just slightly because my work clock and my watch and my computer clock disagreed about whether it was noon or not. Then the Ferry Building clock tower began chiming and I thought, "Ahhh, the bells support me in clarion tones."