"I had a hole in the middle where the lightning went through."

[greygirlbeast]

Took the "Break in Case of Emergency" pill this morning at five ayem, that tricksy gem in my prescription pharmacoepia, that I so very rarely touch. Because it hits within mere minutes, and it hits like a freight train (the passenger sort would only stun) and wears off about eighteen hours later. I slept more than 8.5 hours, a sleep which

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[r_darkstorm]

Are they truly so attached at the genitals to their cell phones and social fucking networks that they can't stop that shit fot a couple of hours and just listen?

Short answer: Yes. And I'm very, very guilty of this.

[greygirlbeast]

And I'm very, very guilty of this.

Then cure thyself.

[ulffriend]

"Why do people pay to attend a show, then spend the whole goddamn show texting? Or even spend five minutes doing it?"

I think this every time I go to a show and see people watching it through their iphones as they video it.

Why bother?! If I wanted to see a concert through the lense of a phone camera, I'd just go to youtube.

Myself, I'd rather watch the performance and rely on my memory later on.

[greygirlbeast]

Why bother?! If I wanted to see a concert through the lense of a phone camera, I'd just go to youtube.

I think they have no idea the world was ever any other sort of way.

[jessamyg]

I think I've texted for a total of five minutes in my whole life, and don't really intend to add to that total. I would happily burn all telephones, not just cell phones.

[katesavage]

jessamyg wrote:

"I think I've texted for a total of five minutes in my whole life, and don't really intend to add to that total. I would happily burn all telephones, not just cell phones."

I think I have texted less than 10 times when pushed by family members and they never get more than "No" , "Yes" or "OK" I tell people to not text me tho it doesn't stop them.

I feel the same way about phones too except when I want to call someone or someone has good news. I am a such a jerk.

When phones were new, people would send notes to whoever they were planning to call to say "I am going to call at such-n-such a time". I always thought that was polite. It would give individuals the time to get ready to accept a call or to just sneak out.

[greygirlbeast]

I would happily burn all telephones, not just cell phones.

I was always rather fond of dials.

[jomacmouse]

Just note about Two Worlds and Inbetween: mea culpa for not buying directly from Subterranean Press, but an independent bookstore in Sydney, Australia, has delivered a copy to where I am two hours north of Sydney. I can add my praises to the wonder that is the artwork on the dust jacket. (Oh, and to the notion that I can admire same artwork now without having to turn a computer on. Oh, and the author photo on the back of the dust jacket.) Alas that I am at work, so can't give the stories the attention they deserve right now.

[greygirlbeast]

but an independent bookstore in Sydney, Australia, has delivered a copy to where I am two hours north of Sydney.

At least books my books get travel.

[jomacmouse]

That's nice for those of us not in the US that your books do travel. Without that, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet an interesting book called Threshold and offer it, and then its sibling novels, a home on my bookshelves.

[greygirlbeast]

That's nice for those of us not in the US that your books do travel.

Agreed. I just regret I cannot travel with them, sometimes.

[from_ashes]

Why do people pay to attend a show, then spend the whole goddamn show texting? Or even spend five minutes doing it? Are they truly so attached at the genitals to their cell phones and social fucking networks that they can't stop that shit fot a couple of hours and just listen?

Tell me about it. I went to the movie theater yesterday and the girl sitting next to me was texting throughout the entire film. So I would be really getting into a scene and suddenly be blinded by the light from her phone's screen. I finally elbowed her "accidentally" upon getting up to use the restroom (and when I came back, I sat elsewhere). I heard the phone drop to the floor and I sincerely hope it broke.