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Today I discovered that very strange things will happen to your pictures if you get your digital camera wet....
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quote:come to think of it, the story he's in is in the public domain (I think), and writing a story from his point of view could be done. Whether I (or anyone else, for that matter)think it should be or not is another question, however.
Dang it, that was my brilliant idea, I've been working on it for years. Now you go and share it with a bunch of writers, some of them are actually capable of carrying it off. (Just kidding, but I have been working on a Renfield novel.)
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Our supervisor has decided to shuffle everybody around from their usual work areas this coming week---because he can, apparently. When our efficiency goes down, that'll be our reward.
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"We're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs into storage B. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could just go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, OK?"
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At the substantial risk of starting a cascade of Office Space quotes:
"Michael, we don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements." -- Peter Gibbons
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Robert, what you need to do is print up dozens and dozens of signs and tape them up all over the office. "No, not this way, Person X!" "Person Y, take a left here." "U-turn, Person Z, U-turn!"
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The reason we have supervisors is because useless people need jobs too. This is what happens when a person sits in their office with too much time on their hands, I say get 'em addicted to World of Warcrack.
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Just think, if we didn't have supervisor positions for the idiots of the world, they would probably end up in a real job where real work is required and they could do some real damage. I'm happy we just box them up in an office and let them burn all their idiocy off on things like planning staff meetings and setting team goals. The world is much safer that way.
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If I can download him to my desktop, I bet I could configure him for automated critique mode. But can he be configured for my writing directories only, or will he comment on unrelated documents?
I can just imagine:
Dear Alice, nice to hear from you. Who's Alice? I'm glad your cat is feeling better. Cat? Where'd that come from? The books you asked about are on the way. Hope you like them. Can you explain how the books relate? I'll write more next time. I should think so! Love, Ruth
Yeah, I wouldn't want to print that one. Poor Alice!
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Just this morning---well, technically, last night---he called us into a meeting, and started to explain how it all was going to work. I say "started," 'cause when we started asking questions---mostly "why is this being done" and "what happens if"---he got mad and stopped the explanation.
It's supposed to be implemented tonight---and it's my day off. From gossip among ourselves, we give it a week, tops.
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The Peter Principle by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull may be an old book (1968), but it still has a lot to say about the way businesses are run.
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With all due respect to Mrs. Brown and IB, I think you missed a few. My take:
Dear Alice, nice to hear from you. Too much backstory. Start when the action starts I'm glad your cat is feeling better. Cat? Where'd that come from? The books you asked about are on the way. Hope you like them. Can you explain how the books relate? I'll write more next time. POV!!!If you are writing in deep 3rd, how can she know if she'll write again? Love, Ruth
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Working down Google..."Often imitated, never duplicated" had 555,000 sites...adding "origin" dropped it to about 8500...adding "quote" dropped it to 250...adding "first" put it at 50...
But none of the sites were helpful in answering the burning question of "who was the first person to say this?"
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Good point, Zero! When I read The Fellowship of the Rings aloud to my son, its Frodo and the others talking, even if its my voice. (But its fun to try and give them distinctive voices. Especially Sam, Gandalf, and Gollum.)
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What???? But that means all the other characters are just drawings too? I'm crushed. Is the Little Mermaid just a drawing? Oh no! all of my fantasies have just gone up in smoke (CGI smoke, I guess)
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They say that when filming those TV shows starring stand-up comics ("Everybody Loves Raymond," "Home Improvement," and so on), the star / comic "one-ups" his lines when he reads 'em...
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The makers of ALLADIN said that they had to adapt the animation to fit what Robin Williams said when he got going, and they were willing to do that because they thought his stuff was so great.
A lot of what he does is allusion to something someone else said, so I suspect that he was alluding to the Frazier/Ali upset remark. And those people who "get it" with each of the things he does like that have an extra little bit of enjoyment of his "schtick."
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No, but I knew he was with John Belushi the night (morning) he died. He'd just left him. Robin Williams claims to have changed his view on the drug scene because of it. (He really doesn't need drugs...he's already certifiable.) Posts: 3687 | Registered: Jan 2007
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Personally I think drugs stifled him. I saw him on Leno once right after he got out of rehab, Leno couldn't get a word in.
That reminds me of my theory of comics. There are three varieties (really four, but the fourth kinds isn't funny so I don't consider them comics) The first is the Alpha comic, when they are with other comics they beat them into submission. (Which means the other comics can't say their jokes because they are laughing too hard.) Robin Williams is an alpha comic, as is Rosie O'Donnell (which is why she had such a hard time on the view, she never let anyone else talk.) The Rocket Man guy is the most powerful I've seen. I'd like to see him face off with Williams.
Then there are Beta comics, Beta comics want to be Alpha comics but they aren't good enough. I feel for Beta comics because they are always so frustrated when in the presence of a true Alpha.
Gamma comics are secure with themselves and their position, they know they are going to get their joke in, they also know when to get their jokes in (like when Robin Williams takes a breath) They just sit back and wait for the opportunity. These make the best talk show hosts.
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Lol, the "Rocketman Guy" is Harlan Williams. So it would be Williams versus Williams. I don't think I could watch much (at one shot).
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Don't forget the subdivision between those who have a set patter and those who involve the audience. I went out to a live comedy show the other weekend, and ended up being seated in the front row. Let me tell you, I was cringing in anticipation of the jokes at my expense... but somehow the comedians managed to pick on everyone in my party except me (whew) and the birthday girl! Still, I have to say, my favorite comedian out of the bunch was the one who kept audience mockery to a minimum.
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Lotsa these guys leave me cold and unlaughing...I never thought Rosie O'Donnell was particularly funny.
Then again, I've got the first four seasons of "SNL" on DVD...I watch their stuff, particularly the Weekend Update segments, and think: Did I really think this was funny back then?
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Saw an odd reference to Rosie O'Donnell the other day. I was reading a biography of Curtis LeMay. (You may have heard the stereotype, but, like all of them, the real story behind it is more complex and interesting.)
The relative quote is this: "Within days of the Japanese surrender, LeMay, Rosie O'Donnell, and Barney Giles were ordered to fly three B-29s back to the States." I read that, and said, "WHAT?"
A quick look in the index pointed me to an earlier reference I had missed, to one Wing Commander Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell, "a native New Yorker with a thick Brooklyn accent." Mystery solved...though I wonder if that Rosie O'Donnell is related to the Rosie O'Donnell we all know, and, well, know.
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I think Ron White is funny - he's the only one on the Blue Collar circuit that really doubles me over.
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I never thought I'd find someone I could say this about, but I think Robert Nowall might google more things than I do.
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Haha Shimiqua you are funny and that was true randomness. There I was just reading through the random posts, procrastinating editing, and then your post almost made me snort with laughter. Good thing it didn't cause my babies are sleeping.
I once forgot to bring my flute on a band trip to another state.
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Williams was just reading the script.
