a) I... am not a nice person. I have just spent 30 minutes amusing myself with the artist summaries for Bandom Big Bang, LOLing at how there's going to be some amazingly good fic and some amazingly bad bad!fic. When did I become such a snob ( Read more... )

I can't even. This day has been made of fail since the moment I opened my office door. The latest incident ( Read more... )

1. I thought more than once about extending my visit to NYC when I got the NDP notice and then the pre-sale code for the Discos' show at the Bowery, but I seriously cannot spend that time off without consequences - the day and a half I'm taking are being made up by working MLK Jr Day and the thirteen hours I spent in lab on Tuesday. (As an aside, J ( Read more... )

Nonplussed does not mean the same thing as nonchalant. Using it in a place where you're describing someone or something as cool, collected, or casual makes no sense whatsoever, since it means perplexed, confused, or puzzled.

Check a dictionary if you're using a word in a fic that you've never used in actual conversation, please?

This entry was ( Read more... )

I make plenty of writing mistakes. But here are three things that made me close Firefox last night and return to a book instead of reading fanfic ( Read more... )

♥ For ppl in the US, happy Independence Day! Go forth, re-read Master Jefferson's opus, and then commemorate!

Me, I started the day watching tennis. ( Last Rafa picture post here for a while, since he's taking time off before the US Open )

1. Is there a reason that everyone involved in the ordering process at Fisher sends me a copy of my order? Seriously, I received three copies of the same invoice today. I have limited space in my work mailbox. Do they not check who's CC'd when they forward these ( Read more... )

New Student splattered crystal violet all over the sink, floor, and cabinet this weekend, and didn't clean it up. (That was the twitpic from yesterday.) He sent me an email saying it had happened, and asked if he should try to scrub it up.

Uh... YES? If he'd sprayed it with 70% ethanol or some methanol when it happened, it would have wiped clean, or ( Read more... )

New Professor hired a post-doc a couple of months ago ( Read more... )

1. Does anyone have some Spitalfields to share, trusty f-list? I'll support them (even though the band is broken up) if I like what I hear, I'm just not willing to shell out without a preview ( Read more... )