Ayn Rand is everywhere!

So last week I saw a guy on the silver line reading Atlas Shrugged (and promptly got in a conversation with him), and this morning a girl on the orange line was reading The Fountainhead. Is it something in the air?

Ayn Rand is everywhere!

So last week I saw a guy on the silver line reading Atlas Shrugged (and promptly got in a conversation with him), and this morning a girl on the orange line was reading The Fountainhead. Is it something in the air?

the use of .

As recently mentioned by siderea and started by jackconstantine (whose journal I don't read, because I don't know him), there's a new trend going around used to indicate to someone that you read their journal, but simply didn't have anything to comment. You leave a comment that consists of only a period.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I like the idea of knowing that people have read my posts, but I think I'd get quickly annoyed by the email spam of comment notifications that have no real content.

So, uh, if you do it in my journal I'll know what you mean, but I don't really want to encourage it.

the use of .

As recently mentioned by siderea and started by jackconstantine (whose journal I don't read, because I don't know him), there's a new trend going around used to indicate to someone that you read their journal, but simply didn't have anything to comment. You leave a comment that consists of only a period.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I like the idea of knowing that people have read my posts, but I think I'd get quickly annoyed by the email spam of comment notifications that have no real content.

So, uh, if you do it in my journal I'll know what you mean, but I don't really want to encourage it.

comment deluge!!!

It took me the past 3.5 hours to catch up on reading my LJ and email and responding to all the email and most of the comments...

22 comments in one night is a lot.

For those who are waiting for replies: I'll get to it after work and lunch.

And I still have to read webcomics and the news! (Reading the Boston Metro in .pdf makes me feel like a much better human being than if I got a hard copy on the train and then threw it away.)

Speaking of lunch, I'm ravenous today. What's up with that?

comment deluge!!!

It took me the past 3.5 hours to catch up on reading my LJ and email and responding to all the email and most of the comments...

22 comments in one night is a lot.

For those who are waiting for replies: I'll get to it after work and lunch.

And I still have to read webcomics and the news! (Reading the Boston Metro in .pdf makes me feel like a much better human being than if I got a hard copy on the train and then threw it away.)

Speaking of lunch, I'm ravenous today. What's up with that?

majoring in Letters; the AS speech

Quick note inbetween doing the mail run and going to lunch:

Twice today I have helped one of the buyers here spell "difficult" words: cliché and touché. I briefly mentioned the acute accent on the e but settled for an apostrophe used afterwards. As I was walking away, I briefly thought, "This - with a degree in Letters..." and then stopped myself because the pun was just too nice. Of course I'm helping people spell - what else would I do with a degree in Letters? ;)

Those who are familiar with Atlas Shrugged (I only know for certain that one of you has read it, though) know that the climax of the book - or at least a high point - is the radio speech given by one of the main characters. This speech spans 56 pages in my copy of the book. 56 pages in oh, 8 point font? Maybe smaller? Anyway, I got to the start of the speech last night on the way home and stopped reading, because I feel it needs to be read in one big lump. I don't know if I'm going to do that, though. I read fast, but there's no way I'm going to finish it over lunch... ;)

majoring in Letters; the AS speech

Quick note inbetween doing the mail run and going to lunch:

Twice today I have helped one of the buyers here spell "difficult" words: cliché and touché. I briefly mentioned the acute accent on the e but settled for an apostrophe used afterwards. As I was walking away, I briefly thought, "This - with a degree in Letters..." and then stopped myself because the pun was just too nice. Of course I'm helping people spell - what else would I do with a degree in Letters? ;)

Those who are familiar with Atlas Shrugged (I only know for certain that one of you has read it, though) know that the climax of the book - or at least a high point - is the radio speech given by one of the main characters. This speech spans 56 pages in my copy of the book. 56 pages in oh, 8 point font? Maybe smaller? Anyway, I got to the start of the speech last night on the way home and stopped reading, because I feel it needs to be read in one big lump. I don't know if I'm going to do that, though. I read fast, but there's no way I'm going to finish it over lunch... ;)

proof that my boyfriend is the funniest person ever

It'd take too long to explain how, but londo and I ended up at a point in conversation wherein the vagina was compared to the Mediterranean Sea. His words:

Hot. Check.
Wet. Check.
Small opening at one end one must squeeze through. Check.
Entry is easier if you placate the power just above the opening. Check.
Considered all important by many men for a long period of time. Check.
All the way in is a place that has birthed entire races. Check.
Said area also erupts in periodic bloodshed. Check.

proof that my boyfriend is the funniest person ever

It'd take too long to explain how, but londo and I ended up at a point in conversation wherein the vagina was compared to the Mediterranean Sea. His words:

Hot. Check.
Wet. Check.
Small opening at one end one must squeeze through. Check.
Entry is easier if you placate the power just above the opening. Check.
Considered all important by many men for a long period of time. Check.
All the way in is a place that has birthed entire races. Check.
Said area also erupts in periodic bloodshed. Check.