Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Jul 13, 2006 10:42:07 am PDT #6660 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Anyone withdrawing from the course after the first class session will be responsible for the full tuition charge.


brenda m - Jul 13, 2006 10:43:47 am PDT #6661 of 10002
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

Sophia, go with "no refunds" and add a separate sentence to address that directly. That seems like the kind of thing that's going to need to be spelled out.

ETA: Or what Jesse said. That could work.


ChiKat - Jul 13, 2006 10:44:52 am PDT #6662 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

No tuition refunds are granted after the first class session.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 13, 2006 10:47:04 am PDT #6663 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you! That is perfect


Jesse - Jul 13, 2006 10:50:50 am PDT #6664 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am still close enough to academia (and even closer to government talk) that I can come up with a ridiculous yet precise way to say things.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 13, 2006 10:52:14 am PDT #6665 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I do get really frustrated that everything here is written in this rather bizarre combination of immature, non-business-like prose and pedantic, jargon filled sentances that don't actually make sense. Not that I am a great writer, but I just feel like everything that is here already sounds moronic and it just takes so long to fix it. I was just rewriting a whole set of instructions for applying for a program that a) had no actually instructions except for a checklist that was not explained b) had a checklist with different names for application parts than were printed on the application and c) is written entirely in passive voice.


brenda m - Jul 13, 2006 10:55:09 am PDT #6666 of 10002
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

CNN Breaking News

-- Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame sues Vice President Cheney, his former aide, Scooter Libby, and presidential adviser Karl Rove.


Jesse - Jul 13, 2006 10:56:11 am PDT #6667 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Writing by committee. Always a good time.

Also, it's kind of a problem that employees can't be expected to understand "no refunds" in this context. I'm just saying.


DavidS - Jul 13, 2006 11:02:26 am PDT #6668 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

-- Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame sues Vice President Cheney, his former aide, Scooter Libby, and presidential adviser Karl Rove.

Oooooh. I hope that has enough bite to drag them through the mud at least.


tommyrot - Jul 13, 2006 11:03:26 am PDT #6669 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame sues Vice President Cheney, his former aide, Scooter Libby, and presidential adviser Karl Rove.

Yay!

Lets hope she has good lawyers. With bazookas.

Oh brenda, I keep forgetting - I have to get that book to you. Where abouts-ish do you live? Are you near the Red Line?

eta: Ooh - sexy, evil number....