I was really confused by that post, Kat, as I thought perhaps (as I read it) "to help her take her tie off" meant I'd missed the stripping implications of the whole thing.

Also, the Hunger Site has a banner for a Rwandan Goat Kit. I was more intrigued when I thought it was a Random Goat Kit. Like, give us money, and tomorrow someone, somewhere in the world, wakes up with a goat outside the front door! Could be anybody!

There were some loose goats in my neighborhood a few days ago.

Yeah, I don't get the rage. Just the bogglement. I'm all about the bogglement. How is it that some people manage to survive to adulthood without, you know, accidentally poisoning themselves with dish detergent?

Yesterday, one of the headlines on Yahoo said "IAEA to help in Iran Crisis" which I thought read "Ikea to help in Iran Crisis" and wondered what the hell they were going to do.

Nah, Emily. Time. Edited now.

I'm boggled too 'suela, mainly at the ballsy stupidity.

But the rage? Whoa. It's a totally effective shunning from fandom. But I can't just get invested emotionally to whip myself into a rage over this.

It makes me think about how the sense of anonymity allows people to act/react in ways they wouldn't IRL and how amazing that is.

I guess the moral is never underestimate the craxy of fandom.

Yesterday, one of the headlines on Yahoo said "IAEA to help in Iran Crisis" which I thought read "Ikea to help in Iran Crisis" and wondered what the hell they were going to do.

Send laminate bookshelves to EVERYONE!

Send laminate bookshelves to EVERYONE!

And meatballs!

Yesterday, one of the headlines on Yahoo said "IAEA to help in Iran Crisis" which I thought read "Ikea to help in Iran Crisis" and wondered what the hell they were going to do.

What they really need over there is some affordably-priced yet stylish furniture!

Anyway, I mostly need help with, like, how to start the email. Because I'm thinking maybe not, "Yo, professor lady! 'Sup with the prerequisites? Level with me here, I do not need calc three to learn about how many cultures knew the Pythagorean Theorem before the rise of Greece, right? Cut me some slack, Jack."

"Dear Dr. X: I am extremely interested in the History of Math course you are teaching this fall, and am wondering if there is any flexibility with the prerequisites. I have taken Calc 2 and linear algebra and [blah blah love math or something], so I just wanted to check with you to see if there was any way for me to get into your class. I plan on being a math teacher blah blah...."

Like that. It doesn't have to be all that formal, just slightly smarty-pants and love-of-learning-ish.

I imagine some of the rage is coming from people who have as little, or less, and consider it right that they pull themselves up by their bootstraps. And other portions of it from the unwanted attention cash-for-fic could bring.

I think that if people ask for money and get it, power to them. The problem is in how large a shadow that request throws.

There were some loose goats in my neighborhood a few days ago.

Where are they now?

Roland, huh?

Yesterday, one of the headlines on Yahoo said "IAEA to help in Iran Crisis" which I thought read "Ikea to help in Iran Crisis"

Sadly, IKEA might be able to handle reconstruction better.