flea, maybe it's better than Facebook because it's narrowly focused and strictly academic, with no distracting photo albums or comments to like or imaginary gold coins and silver chickens to dole out?
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
JZ - Aug 20, 2010 8:53:44 am PDT #19157 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Vortex - Aug 20, 2010 8:53:58 am PDT #19158 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't see why. I think that you can do everything that you want to do on Facebook or Blackboard. Their "value" may be in that you can do everything in one place and/or you control the platform and any information shared.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2010 8:54:48 am PDT #19159 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.
And the top sheet of my notepad has a long piece written by me in which I use the word "kinks" and this week? Currently distracting the hell out of me.
ION, call still not over.
I've been up since 3. It's increasingly hard to concentrate.
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2010 9:01:29 am PDT #19160 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.
Heh.
Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2010 9:26:17 am PDT #19161 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.
SPLUNK!
flea - Aug 20, 2010 9:26:24 am PDT #19162 of 30001
information libertarian
I don't even know what thread to post this in (movies? literary?) but here's the most awesome library research article title ever: [link]
Jesse - Aug 20, 2010 9:27:12 am PDT #19163 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love academia.
Here's a kind of funny article about the kinds of petty revenge tv writers get to take: [link]
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2010 9:30:26 am PDT #19164 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A client just sent me this email:
Thanks Tom !!
Have a great weekend !!
That means I can go home now, right?
smonster - Aug 20, 2010 9:32:17 am PDT #19165 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm working all weekend. Maybe going to see Inception for the fourth time, because one of my neighbors hasn't seen it yet, and I have a sick, sick sickness.
what she said, including the sick, sick sickness.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2010 9:32:31 am PDT #19166 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The article doesn't mention writers killing people out of love. It's like Tim doesn't exist. Or is, you know, weird.