The ridiculous thing about those searches is I spend twenty or thirty minutes researching facts for ... one sentence. ::facepalm::
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Consuela - Jan 22, 2012 12:29:30 pm PST #17840 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Vortex - Jan 22, 2012 12:35:56 pm PST #17841 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Know that we readers appreciate it. When an author gets a detail wrong, it can throw me right out of the story and then I'm suspicious for the rest of the book
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2012 12:40:54 pm PST #17842 of 30001
brillig
The ridiculous thing about those searches is I spend twenty or thirty minutes researching facts for ... one sentence.
Oh, lord, yes. An hour later I look up from some site on Renaissance history and I say to myself, "I only wanted to know when Leonardo finished The Last Supper."
shrift - Jan 22, 2012 12:56:17 pm PST #17843 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The ridiculous thing about those searches is I spend twenty or thirty minutes researching facts for ... one sentence.
Perfectly acceptable. I have spent quality time looking things up for a throwaway joke. Sometimes the lion's share of the research I do doesn't even make it into the story, but it informs the plot and characterization.
sarameg - Jan 22, 2012 12:58:49 pm PST #17844 of 30001
Post-its have a new purpose: blinder so I can briefly read.
I know I'm not supposed to swim today. But I feel guilty anyway.
Also? I really hate the texture of my ceiling.
smonster - Jan 22, 2012 1:11:11 pm PST #17845 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
HOLY CRAP FOOTBALL.
Tom Scola - Jan 22, 2012 1:11:42 pm PST #17846 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I don't really watch football, but whoah.
smonster - Jan 22, 2012 1:12:24 pm PST #17847 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Me either, Tom. It's on at the laundromat.
flea - Jan 22, 2012 1:14:26 pm PST #17848 of 30001
information libertarian
I think football broke Twitter just now.
DavidS - Jan 22, 2012 1:26:53 pm PST #17849 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Billy Cundiff - don't go home to Baltimore.