I write - it's part of my job - factual, articles for our magazine, etc., and I copyedit a lot of stuff. Sometimes it's really hard; sometimes I just can't write the stuff. I have all kinds of respect for the people who can write entire books. Except for those who write badly or, like *that* guy. For the reasons everyone else has gone through.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Toddson - Nov 17, 2011 10:21:09 am PST #7297 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Ginger - Nov 17, 2011 10:28:36 am PST #7298 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What does one do to a loogie?
Hocks.
I can tell he's not an artist. Real artists know how to spell the name of their publishers. What he is, almost certainly, is bipolar. The "I am the Messiah and you're all morons" is characteristic. This is pretty much how my dad lost his job. Lithium, baby.
Hil R. - Nov 17, 2011 10:28:54 am PST #7299 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, the first charges in the riots at Penn State, against the guy who tried to set a garbage can on fire -- he's not a student. He's 41. [link]
Allyson - Nov 17, 2011 10:29:49 am PST #7300 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Usually the best stuff I write comes out of my hands at a frantic pace for no apparent reason and then when i reach the end I have to go back and read to figure out what the hell I was talking about. And I'm amazed that it seemed that important.
sarameg - Nov 17, 2011 10:32:33 am PST #7301 of 30001
Cromulent always reminds me of crullers. No idea why.
Jessica - Nov 17, 2011 10:33:36 am PST #7302 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's apparently going to be an "occupy Ditmas" gathering in front of my neighborhood library today in solidarity with the OWS protesters. I have no idea what this is supposed to accomplish - we're not protesting libraries.
Allyson - Nov 17, 2011 10:35:48 am PST #7303 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I come here because no one here will try to gaslight me into believing that the patriarchy doesn't exist and that women actually have all the power in the world.
Steph L. - Nov 17, 2011 10:38:55 am PST #7304 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
women actually have all the power in the world.
Right, because of our magical ladybits!
DavidS - Nov 17, 2011 10:41:06 am PST #7305 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right, because of our magical ladybits!
This just makes me think of all the dick-jokes I had to stifle while reading JK Rowling go on about wandlore.
Magical Ladybits would be a good band name, though.
Atropa - Nov 17, 2011 11:15:28 am PST #7306 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone!
Someone on Tumblr said "You're a Scorpio? It all makes sense now!" Huh. I've had other people say that to me, and I've never particularly thought I match a lot of the "Scorpio personality traits". (For one thing, I think astrology is amusing fiction.)
But hey! I share a birthday with RuPaul, which means it is a FABULOUS day.