Posts by Deborah
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maybe I do need subtitles to translate the academese
Meh. I use the academic stuff and be damned. The alternative is talking down to people because I think they're not clever enough. Which leaves a very nasty taste in my mouth.
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I'm just impressed that you'd get within six foot of anything with Jerry Pournelle's name on the cover.
I detox afterwards with some Charlotte Bronte. Or George Eliot. Or the divine Jane.
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I've had a fucking fabulous day with the better half
Too.Much.Information.
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I'll be sleeping very soundly, thank you very much.
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Aaagh! Just looked at your link. I take it all back. Save the agreement w.r.t. Mr Mallard.
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You're confusing the watchmakers and the warrior caste, Craig, but what the hell! I agree.
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OTOH, am I the only person who thinks Mallard would be wise to step a little carefully himself.
No. Glasshouses and all that. On the gripping hand (that's an obscure sci-fi reference), Mallard's one is perhaps one of those coldframes made out of an old drawer with the bottom knocked out and a window bought from the building recyclers. Breakable nevertheless.
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__Me: I'm happy to take Russell's word for it.__
Robbery: but that would be nothing to do with the position of perceived power jill mentioned earlier?
Russell: Heh. Like that would work with Deborah ... No, it would be more like not making some stupid implication that I'm lying.
Just so, Russell. I will nit pick any power plays to the __n__th degree, but absolutely, I trust you with the facts. I don't see any power plays here.
And I have absolutely no prurient interest in seeing the damned stairs.
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__They've been in photographs.__
links?
I'm happy to take Russell's word for it.
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slarty, the reason she said that is because she is crippled. It's not a mere accent, and it's not teasing. It's people assuming she's stupid. Don't trivialise what she's experiencing.
She's not the only kid I know who has cerebral palsy. My niece does too. She's three. She's learning to walk with a walker. She walked, with her walker, all the way through a mall yesterday, saying "Hey, look at me!"
Some people looked and smiled. Some people looked and then looked away again, quickly. Some people stood and stared.
My four year old nephew noticed. He was upset. "Why are all those people staring at my sister. They shouldn't be. They're not very nice to her. Why are they staring?"