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There’s lots of good information about the RWA redux at Alison Kent’s, and PBW has more food for thought on the subject. I just got my renewal in the mail and I’m undecided if I’m going to join again this year, but, to be fair, I was undecided before all this happened. As I’ve said before, I’ve always felt I’ve gotten better information and help from various internet sources. After this last mess, I really feel the urge to go and make sure all my excerpts contain all the banned words. So you can tell the direction I’m leaning.
In other news, the three year old is having another small (and planned) surgical procedure so I’ll be scarce. Throw a few prayers her way if you’re so inclined - they’re always appreciated. If all goes well I’ll be back to posting late Monday / early Tuesday.
On that note, I leave you with the following from navyseals.com because it gave me a good laugh for the day:
A student asked, ”What gender is ‘computer’?”
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether ”computer” should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.
The men’s group decided that ”computer” should definitely be of the feminine gender (”la computadora”), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine (”el computador”), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2 . They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.
Steph T.
June 12th, 2005 at 1:03 pm
Ah, your poor baby. I’ll be thinking about you guys.
June 12th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
I’ve got your little one in my prayers, Steph.
Love the computer joke!
June 12th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
June 12th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
Hugs to your kidlet. Hope the surgery goes well!
Also, LOL on the computer anecdote.
June 12th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
Best of luck to your kidlet! The computer joke was great.
June 12th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Hugs on the surgery! I hope everything goes well.
June 12th, 2005 at 10:33 pm
You and your daughter (ok, the hubby too, why not) will be in my thoughts. Hope the surgery is fast and painless.
Love the computer joke, and even more, I love that you are such a rebel.
(What ever happened to the envelope, btw?)
June 12th, 2005 at 11:13 pm
Hope everything goes smoothly with the surgery.
Enjoyed the joke.
June 12th, 2005 at 11:45 pm
Hugs on the surgery! Your family is in my prayers.
June 13th, 2005 at 10:49 am
Got you and your girl on the prayer chain here. Also, I think I discovered the problem with comments — it’s my evil AOL. If I use Internet Explorer, I can post. I think. Let me hit “submit comment” and see…
June 13th, 2005 at 6:30 pm
You and your family are in my thoughts. Hope all goes well.
I almost dropped out of RWA during the whole Harold Lowry fiasco a couple of years ago. I think the board has the best of intentions, but as you know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This too shall pass.
June 13th, 2005 at 8:40 pm
Well wishes coming your way for the little one.
June 14th, 2005 at 10:11 am
Thanks guys!!
PBW - AOL is evil, I’m afraid. But I’m glad you can finally post, even though I’ll bet you secretly miss the Comments Master.
Amy - the envelope stayed there for at least one month. One day, the husband moved it, and he told me he’d seriously thought about telling the contractor that the house contstruction had to work around the envelope.