I believe that's my hey. Hey!

Xander ,'Storyteller'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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


Jesse - Jan 05, 2016 9:23:04 am PST #12819 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I would think so, except for the part where today they said that no, both Tim and I had our policies terminated after November 30. Someone at Humana has gotten into the bad LSD. I think it's the claims-processing squirrels.

Oh yeah, I mean, clearly you have to follow up!

I know Zenkitty has mentioned this before, but there are several scientific journals where the official abbreviation does contain "Anal." And depending on your citation style, you use those abbreviations a lot.

That's not OK! But then, I came up in a youth organization where the conventions were called "Assembly" and we were very firmly told that you can never abbreviate Assembly in any way. Not Ass., not Ass'y!


tommyrot - Jan 05, 2016 9:31:14 am PST #12820 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Years ago I worked for a company that attracted an investment from an outside group. This group was called the Venture Division, or VD for short.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2016 9:36:05 am PST #12821 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My boss used to work on the "PWP" project. I could never tell her why I found the meetings designated PWP on her calendar so funny!


Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2016 9:39:53 am PST #12822 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

This is the worst sentence ever:

Each section consist of a PowerPoint lecture, most have a series of video lectures of a colleague of mine lecturing, assigned readings, learning activities, web resources to assist is your learning the material.


Jesse - Jan 05, 2016 9:59:11 am PST #12823 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh my.

You guys, I think I actually feel better! Not 100%, but still.


-t - Jan 05, 2016 10:14:51 am PST #12824 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yay for betterness!

That is impressive, Sophia.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2016 10:23:15 am PST #12825 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

It took me so long to re-write it! I hope the professor isn't upset, but that was incoherent!


Connie Neil - Jan 05, 2016 10:27:43 am PST #12826 of 30003
brillig

I used to help people fine tune their papers in college. I remember combining some short sentences into a compound with an introductory clause, and the person who wrote the paper originally looked at me like I'd performed successful open-heart surgery right in front of her, with a paper clip and a pocket knife. "That's brilliant! How did you do that!" I really should have charged more.


-t - Jan 05, 2016 10:29:05 am PST #12827 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have had The Elements stuck in my head since I heard a story on the radio yesterday about some new unstable elements that have been confirmed. I apparently know it slightly better than Modern Major General, although I doubt I ever knew the whole thing. Also, kinda surprised that Tom Lehrer is still alive.


Liese S. - Jan 05, 2016 12:09:55 pm PST #12828 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hahahah, we're technically Hope in Transit Association, which is formally abbreviated Ass'n, which never fails to amuse me.