Comments for Ravings of a Textual Deviant http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net My opinions...if you don't lke 'em, get your own Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Important Distinctions by sharktank http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/11/30/important-distinctions/#comment-2298 sharktank Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:55:40 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1869#comment-2298 I favor longbows. Good range, quiet, and no permits required. I favor longbows. Good range, quiet, and no permits required.

]]> Comment on Culture Shock by sharktank http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/11/22/culture-shock/#comment-2290 sharktank Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:33:05 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1867#comment-2290 The mind boggles. The mind boggles.

]]> Comment on So Many Kinds of Wrong by Joan http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/10/23/so-many-kinds-of-wrong/#comment-2204 Joan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:26:11 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1862#comment-2204 When I was Treasurer of the ballet company, I dropped off a financial report for a meeting that day at the home of the President of the Board on my way to the hospital to give birth. When you take care of those things at a time like that, it's one less thing to worry about while you are actually giving birth, and unless you are driving yourself, you don't really have anything else to do except think about how much pain you are in. When I was Treasurer of the ballet company, I dropped off a financial report for a meeting that day at the home of the President of the Board on my way to the hospital to give birth. When you take care of those things at a time like that, it’s one less thing to worry about while you are actually giving birth, and unless you are driving yourself, you don’t really have anything else to do except think about how much pain you are in.

]]> Comment on So Many Kinds of Wrong by Li http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/10/23/so-many-kinds-of-wrong/#comment-2203 Li Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:42:33 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1862#comment-2203 Setting aside the question of whether that job is actually worth having...I guess I'm something of an anomaly in that I *expect* that the people on my team have lives and occasionally need to attend to them without worrying about work. Setting aside the question of whether that job is actually worth having…I guess I’m something of an anomaly in that I *expect* that the people on my team have lives and occasionally need to attend to them without worrying about work.

]]> Comment on So Many Kinds of Wrong by sharktank http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/10/23/so-many-kinds-of-wrong/#comment-2202 sharktank Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:20:45 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1862#comment-2202 Fear of losing the job. Fear of losing the job.

]]> Comment on What’s That Word? by Angela Brett http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2003/10/01/whats-that-word/#comment-2192 Angela Brett Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:45:27 +0000 /?p=291#comment-2192 I've heard 'gaggle of geeks' often, though I think 'network of geeks' would be appropriate. A set (or simply a group... Abelian or not) of mathematicians. I googled 'collective noun for physicists' and got 'grand unification of physicists' which I rather like. But what about programmers? A library? (assuming they're not all attending the same function) A framework? A repository? I’ve heard ‘gaggle of geeks’ often, though I think ‘network of geeks’ would be appropriate. A set (or simply a group… Abelian or not) of mathematicians. I googled ‘collective noun for physicists’ and got ‘grand unification of physicists’ which I rather like. But what about programmers? A library? (assuming they’re not all attending the same function) A framework? A repository?

]]> Comment on Not Typecast* by Joan http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/09/29/not-typecast/#comment-2183 Joan Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:48:15 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1855#comment-2183 So he's not a method actor...? So he’s not a method actor…?

]]> Comment on Yard Time by Li http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/09/23/yard-time/#comment-2181 Li Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:28:39 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1854#comment-2181 We don't really have a good fence-able area in our yard, more's the pity. We don’t really have a good fence-able area in our yard, more’s the pity.

]]> Comment on Yard Time by Mazlynn http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/09/23/yard-time/#comment-2180 Mazlynn Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:52:54 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1854#comment-2180 I found that the h-harnesses worked best for yard time with my boys - harder for them to wiggle out of them. Of course you have to take them off when not in use so they don't get hung up on stuff in the house, but much more secure. Our current setup is a "catproof" fenced area (two out of the three stay in it - one isn't allowed out because he'll climb the fence) that they really love. Lets them get outside and watch the birds and eat grass and sniff around without me having to worry about them getting beat up by the local ferals. Taltos ended up with one too many infected wounds and vet visits for me to let him oustide unsupervised around here. (Our fence was loosely based on the ones here http://www.feralcat.com/fence.html) I found that the h-harnesses worked best for yard time with my boys - harder for them to wiggle out of them. Of course you have to take them off when not in use so they don’t get hung up on stuff in the house, but much more secure.

Our current setup is a “catproof” fenced area (two out of the three stay in it - one isn’t allowed out because he’ll climb the fence) that they really love. Lets them get outside and watch the birds and eat grass and sniff around without me having to worry about them getting beat up by the local ferals. Taltos ended up with one too many infected wounds and vet visits for me to let him oustide unsupervised around here.

(Our fence was loosely based on the ones here http://www.feralcat.com/fence.html)

]]> Comment on Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! by Joan http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/2008/09/19/arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr/#comment-2179 Joan Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:01:14 +0000 http://lirapkin.yarinareth.net/?p=1853#comment-2179 Aye, Matey, that's a mighty fine song ye've got there! Hand it over! Aye, Matey, that’s a mighty fine song ye’ve got there! Hand it over!

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