The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by D.:

Just got back from church (and shopping). I'll say a rosary round for him.

It's the typo of the month. Also, *snort*.

Dichroic @17:

And third, the idea of a marathoner getting citizenship in the US more easily as a "ringer" is really hilarious. That had to be written by someone whose only experience of sport is sitting on his couch watching overpaid "athletes" who get to work out as a full-time job compete in one of only four sports.

He's a sports business reporter, which indicates to me that he mostly charts sponsorships and owner shenanigans. (Disclaimer: I do not in fact know his field of expertise.)

I've always muttered that faced with the naturalization test, many Americans (in particular, "conservatives") could not pass it.

Erik Nelson @ #14: Italicize, don't underscore statement "Theatric Who Parade?"

What?

Raphael @ 250: "...do you really have a situation where people with incomes in the high six digits can, at any time, get into trouble because of medical costs?"

Yes.

And not only because those are also the people overextended on their credit cards, eihter.

I know someone who had a health policy good for half a million dollars. Two months in the hospital ate that right up. I daresay the six figure income lasts a bit longer, but that's not infinite, and catastrophic illnesses do not file timetables.

Fragano @ 50: All these years I've been getting excellent service under false pretenses, then. Heh. (Which is to say that I used the suspicious character thing to my advantage once I knew that was what was going on. It really is amazing.)

Also I have learned to deploy a stentorian New York "Excuse me!" and the occasional "Is anyone here accepting payment?"

Teresa, thanks for this heads-up on Home Depot. We middle-aged females can shift our money to stores with a proper fear of bankruptcy in them.

I see an excellent low-budget no-SFX movie.

And presumably workshop participants can supply subplots real and fictional.

Stanley Tucci, I would think, as narrator.

Chris Quinones @ 38: You read my mind. Except I wasted time hunting up a link. [g]

Thank you! (I've been blushing for a week.)

Carol @ 939: I remember it as "Salami, salami, baloney—you big ham."

Serge @ 930: But no visual contact was ever made. A form and a check landed on somebody's desk, that was all.

Terry @ 928: I worked in student activities for several years ('80s and early '90s). The wild is crummy with variant name spellings. Your teacher would have been prostrate.

Oy; William Safire just died (loathed his politics; was entertained, even when he was wrong, by his writing on language; he was one who could almost be called a grammar Nazi) and Roman Polanski got arrested in Switzerland.

Sorry; can the second comment (926) be scratched? I thought the silly machine had hung, rather than loading very slowly.

An old walking-around buddy of mine used to say that by the time his body got adjusted to Daylight Saving Time, the time changed again.

Serge @ 918: It's a first name; it begins with the letter 'D' and is fairly common. 'tisn't mine, though.

Hi, Vicki! I need to drop you an email!

Terry @ 921: But that's a known variant spelling! (Don't get me started.)

An old walking-around buddy of mine used to say that by the time his body got adjusted to Daylight Saving Time, the time changed again.

Serge @ 918: It's a first name; it begins with the letter 'D' and is fairly common. 'tisn't mine, though.

Hi, Vicki! I need to drop you an email!

Terry @ 921: But that's a known variant spelling! (Don't get me started.) (Also, nice to meet you.)

OK, cut it out. It stands for "Dangerous." (Some wiseacre at Worldcon member registration inserted a "David" as my first name when I bought a membership once; picking up member stuff (and getting a corrected badge) might have been messy but the denizens of fandom are a lot smarter than many employees of insurance companies.)

Gee, gafiate for a couple of years and look what happens.

Happy birthday, Xopher!

I'm only removing you from my lawn because it's actually a bog. [really evil smile]

Damn. I went to Flushing High for a year or so and passed the Quaker meeting house any number of times and never knew about the Flushing Remonstrance! (To be fair, I think New York City history was taught in 7th or an earlier grade.)

Way cool.

The Satirists & Surrealists Union has collectively thrown up its hands and gone off to slug brick walls. Hurts less.

Fragano, #109: And Montréal. And Washington, DC.

I used to take the old Montrealer, which had a dining car and sleepers, where the cheap sleepers had a fold-down table. The Adirondack may or may not have those amenities, but there is probably a lounge car, which will have tables, and you'll be getting on in New York, right? so you might be able to lay claim to a table when it opens, if that's the arrangement; otherwise, the snack car also has tables, but you're expected to eat.

I envy youse guys (/fake mobster accent), but unless I win the lottery this week, no Montréal for me. Not that I play...

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