A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.

Wash ,'The Message'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

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


Jessica - Feb 24, 2010 12:06:24 pm PST #10537 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ETA: given what flea says, they're all the same person, I'm guessing.

That was my impression as well.


Kathy A - Feb 24, 2010 12:06:37 pm PST #10538 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My library class is starting to ramp up. I'm taking a 1/2 day off of work next week so I can finally get my student ID to be able to check out books, and then I have to assess the library stacks for their weeding policy before next week's class and check out a book for our first project. After that, the teacher wants to talk to me about something I mentioned in last night's class about a project we're starting here at work and the issues we're having with our outsourcing court allocations to Malaysia and automating our online searches.

We'll also be doing a group project in April, and she had us get together with our groups for the first time last night for some in-class discussion. I have to keep reminding myself to work well with others and not dominate the discussion--everyone in the group is really smart, but one is pretty quiet, another is also a bit reticent, the third is really interested in discussing stuff but gets off track, so I was working with the more reticent member to keep her reined in and focused. We gave the quiet guy the task of presenting our results to the class to draw him out more.


flea - Feb 24, 2010 12:06:55 pm PST #10539 of 30001
information libertarian

I don't have any hard evidence for my conclusion, I should say - just "voice". When I was looking, there were forums, and there was a thread on the history of TVTropes and somebody asking "Who was Gus, anyway." Fast Eddie did the talking there, and did discuss Gus as a deceased founder.


aurelia - Feb 24, 2010 12:07:11 pm PST #10540 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

You just have to laugh about this part:

One day, deep in the middle of a thread about Buffy writer Tim Minear


Kathy A - Feb 24, 2010 12:07:55 pm PST #10541 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

OMG, I just read that link.


brenda m - Feb 24, 2010 12:08:42 pm PST #10542 of 30001
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

Oh good lord.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2010 12:09:07 pm PST #10543 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have to keep reminding myself to work well with others and not dominate the discussion--everyone in the group is really smart, but one is pretty quiet, another is also a bit reticent, the third is really interested in discussing stuff but gets off track, so I was working with the more reticent member to keep her reined in and focused. We gave the quiet guy the task of presenting our results to the class to draw him out more.

Your instinct is good, but if you're ever in a group with deadweight (I should say when you are), don't be afraid to steamroll. Better to end up with a good project than be a good team player, sometimes.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2010 12:11:03 pm PST #10544 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Buffy writer Tim Minear
Of course it was.


flea - Feb 24, 2010 12:11:07 pm PST #10545 of 30001
information libertarian

Well, this is distracting me from worrying about Casper, who got a crown today and is in pain. I actually reread the Bureaucracy thread about Gus last week while bored at work, coincidentally enough.


Jessica - Feb 24, 2010 12:11:35 pm PST #10546 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Buffy writer Tim Minear

Oh god, I just caught that. Heh.