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Post by Queen E on Dec 18, 2009 17:17:02 GMT -5
In other news, apparently all the Borders stores in the UK have gone into receivership and are closing down. And again with the two minds: I hate seeing bookstores close...but Barnes and Noble and Borders also have the side effect of tending to close down independent bookstores, so...
Either way, this economy can get better any time now. *sigh*
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Dec 18, 2009 17:31:23 GMT -5
Plants vs Zombies is awesome fun
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Dec 18, 2009 17:35:34 GMT -5
In other news, apparently all the Borders stores in the UK have gone into receivership and are closing down. And again with the two minds: I hate seeing bookstores close...but Barnes and Noble and Borders also have the side effect of tending to close down independent bookstores, so... Either way, this economy can get better any time now. *sigh* Even in the closing down sale, the books still cost more at Borders than at Amazon. I think basically Amazon is eating the world. Soon all books will be Amazon. On the plus side, I got a half a dozen very discounted books last time I tried to buy something at an independent store it took a month to get the book in, it wasn't precisely the book I wanted (paperback not hardback), it cost more than Amazon, I think it would have worked better getting it direct from the publisher, and the place only took cash. I try and support businesses I like, but there's only so far I can go.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Dec 18, 2009 17:38:50 GMT -5
I have just caught myself in a error of epic proportions. I have scanned information for one claimant into the folder of another claimant AND scanned the second claimant's information into the file of the first one. This is badness on an apolalyptic scale. I can't delete the documents. I can only copy a page from a good document and delete all the bad pages. I then have to scan the proper documents in and mark all the duplicates.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Dec 18, 2009 17:40:58 GMT -5
There was a hoity-toity article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed a few months back that sort of inverted this . . . it was very critical of sports fans and looked down its nose at them, and said something like it was true that fans of the arts could seem the same way, but they weren't really, because they willingly and knowingly and temporarily subverted their identity . . . or some such rot. It was a long while back and I don't remember the details . . . I should try to find this article . . . maybe will do that tonight also. Anyhow, I say: People should just celebrate the geek in all of us and quit making comparisons. Preach it, sister! And I'm of two minds on the non-targeting of the female fan. In one sense, it would be nice to be acknowledged, but generally acknowledgment translates to: "here's some stuff we're selling you and you'll buy it 'cause you're a fan," and who wants to be commodified in that way? *hides Spike doll and zillion Buffy/Angel comics* *puts hands behind back* *whistles*
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Dec 18, 2009 17:41:00 GMT -5
Interesting article about girls and fandom, Erin. Re your other post, too bad about Borders, if true. Rumor has it the US stores may be next. If so, they kind of deserve it; the Brea Borders is badly run and at least half the time, I end up having to mailorder from Amazon simply because it isn't in stock anywhere around here, their database to the contrary, or Borders doesn't carry the book at all. Loyalty to the local venue only goes so far. I was just thinking recently that it'd be really interesting if Joss wrote an episode of Castle (wouldn't that be fun?), or maybe Fringe, or, even though I've given up on attempting to follow it, Lost. I fell asleep after lunch. I had evil incoherent nightmares. I woke up with my heart and my head both pounding. I'm still shaky, and more tired than I was before I fell asleep. Some days you just can't win.
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Post by Onjel on Dec 18, 2009 18:06:49 GMT -5
Erin, you want I should get a new part ready or do you want to do it? And, hi!
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Post by Onjel on Dec 18, 2009 18:24:53 GMT -5
Looks like I'm the only one here so I'll go ahead and start a new part. I'll copy some of the most recent posts to the new part.
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Post by Onjel on Dec 18, 2009 18:25:49 GMT -5
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