tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post4853794134580578361..comments2023-10-03T18:30:42.773-05:00Comments on Meta Watershed: BROAD CAST: SOLSTICE 2007Maggie Jochildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-61719744629095466712007-12-22T21:25:00.000-06:002007-12-22T21:25:00.000-06:00hee!well, I do have the chocolatey kind of penguin...hee!<BR/>well, I do have the chocolatey kind of penguins, but they're rather stale. I guess they took their sweet time being imported or something.....<BR/>Hm, I'm going to look for the Worst Journey in the World....it sounds interesting. Of course my immediate reaction is: "Stupid British men, they should have known better" but whatever....<BR/><BR/>Damn, my overuse of the elipsis has happened again. I think I need treatment for this.<BR/><BR/>"And...not an overshare. Tastefully done, in fact."<BR/>-->you should have read the first version....I'm learning to self-edit (a little).<BR/><BR/>The Worst Cold Ever(tm) was subjected to a rehearsal today.....it wasn't pretty. Basically, I sound like a foghorn. This is bad.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268308908367447768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-92024652420014914962007-12-22T20:08:00.000-06:002007-12-22T20:08:00.000-06:00You get 50 Gryffindor points, Jesse, for clever tr...You get 50 Gryffindor points, Jesse, for clever translation and earnest effort. Following directions is overrated.<BR/><BR/>And you get an extra 25 for making the link between menage and the meaning of Manage as it is used on <I>Skene</I>. <BR/><BR/>Plus: An extra five zeroing in on While. Because in at least one past dyke sci-fi classic, their equivalent of lesbian life partners were called Whiloms. Your radar is EXCELLENT, Jesse.<BR/><BR/>But, you're right, that's not the riddle I was posing. It is, indeed, the cover the Marilyn Gayle book. Still open to anyone who makes the leap.<BR/><BR/>Kat, honey, so sorry to hear you are blighted by the Worst Cold Ever(tm). Penguins do make that sort of wretchedness better, including the kind you generously mailed me last year (of the UK biscuity nature). Cherry-Gerrard from Scott's expedition wrote a book about his trek to find out about the breeding cycle of Emperor penguins (100 years before March of the Penguins, with no real knowledge about the dire circumstances they were going to encounter and severely deficient British naval kit), along with Birdie and Dr. Wilson, and they all damned near died. He named his book <I>The Worst Journey in the World(tm)</I>, so see, great penguinites think alike.<BR/><BR/>And...not an overshare. Tastefully done, in fact.Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-41356116590948241512007-12-22T18:45:00.000-06:002007-12-22T18:45:00.000-06:00An Exercise, in Which Jesse Proves Yet Again How S...<B>An Exercise, in Which Jesse Proves Yet Again How STUPID He Is...</B><BR/><BR/>This is what I was going to post.<BR/><BR/>By the end, I was not only not going to post. I am clear, I shall never post again. Anywhere, ever.<BR/><BR/>Lesson begins...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh... I want my 50 sistahood points!<BR/><BR/>From the words on the illustration:<BR/><BR/>Les Specialites Maggi Profitent A Tout Menage<BR/><BR/>Translated literally we get:<BR/><BR/>The specialisations Maggi Profitent Menage A While<BR/><BR/>Most people would be silly enough to assume that that <I>Profitent</I> really means <I>Proficient</I>, but not us. *smiles* We know it means <I>benefit</I>, even though Google Translate does not. *silly Google Translate tool*<BR/><BR/>Thus we now have (correcting spelling):<BR/>The specializations Maggi Benefit Menage A While<BR/><BR/>Let's look up what Menage means ('cause we're sure it doesn't mean what most people think it does -- although it can be very fun, with the right people. *grins*):<BR/><BR/>mé·nage (m-näzh)<BR/>n.<BR/>1. People living together as a unit; a household.<BR/>2. The management of a household.<BR/><BR/>Ah... now we're getting somewhere:<BR/><BR/>The specialisations Maggi People living together as a unit; a household. The management of a household. A While.<BR/><BR/>Let's rearrange the words a bit...<BR/><BR/>The specialisations Maggi People living together as a unit; a household. The management of a household. A While.<BR/><BR/>THE ANSWER:<BR/>A ________, while Maggi specializes in people living together as a unit, a household, the management of a household.<BR/><BR/>THE QUESTION:<BR/>What should you give to Maggie on December 22nd to make her feel all tingly, and contribute to her work in keeping body and soul together for her many communities?<BR/><BR/>Ah shit. I'm an idiot.<BR/><BR/>And the Special Bonus Award in READING THE DIRECTIONS FIRST goes to me. Arrrrrgh!<BR/><BR/>After I'd done all of the above and was about to be triumphant, I suddenly realized <I>it was not in fact, the <B>top</B> graphic we were to work from</I> (so I stopped my next bit, which was to start talking about the girl herself and how she and her dress embodied this and that...) but the graphic immediately above the announcement... you know, just like you freaking said.<BR/><BR/>*hangs head in shame*<BR/><BR/>I get no sistahood points. I have sistahood points subtracted. I am stupid.<BR/><BR/>I guess all this is useful for is to prove one can take damn near anything, and make up an interpretation and story to support something or other. Heh.<BR/><BR/>That's why it is important to you know, follow the freaking directions. Grrr.Jesse Wendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933455966309012824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-82764534180904837032007-12-22T12:26:00.000-06:002007-12-22T12:26:00.000-06:00PENGIUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm not studiously looking a...PENGIUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>I'm not studiously looking at the sketches, I'm jumping with glee over them!!!! I'm a little obsessed with penguins. Could you tell?<BR/><BR/>Ok, I'll try to reign in the giddiness to say something more articulate:<BR/>Wasn't Jodi Foster seriously stalked for a while? When the whole partner thing came out (hee!) my impression was that the after effects of the stalking could have included an intense fear/secrecy thing.....<BR/><BR/>Happy Solstice! I hope the bonfire was great. I celebrated solstice by.....uh....sitting bundled up in blankets on the couch, eating soup and coughing up my lungs. WORST COLD EVER(tm).<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna head over and check out Liza's blog. Then cough. Then do laundry. And Cough.<BR/><BR/>Boo.....global orgasm day and I'm alone all weekend. Just not as much fun to me when I'm alone.....oops, was that an overshare??kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268308908367447768noreply@blogger.com