dreams...

I have this awful fear sometime that if I stop reading, I stop dreaming.

At least the latest dream was based on an idea in the Phillip Pullman series I just got done reading.

The dream before had a lot of craziness in it, and I'm not sure how the big book of comics I made for an English class supposedly has anything to do with anything. And kids who couldn't be wizards for Halloween, and as I said, all sorts of crazy stuff. I'm probably the only person who dreams they're reading something.

fanspeak

The difference between fanspeak and mundanes' speech. Swiped from technoshaman

Some of it rings true for me. Some of it I'd still have to think about. I know I do tend to speak in full sentences (hell, I *type* in full sentences, even in IRC), and as for footnotes, isn't that what a parenthetical aside is? :)

yeah, this was fascinating.

[argh, now I need a geeky icon]

from my class notes in my hard CS-type class...

Wedding example.

Parties identify themselves.
"Alice, do you marry Bob?"
Possible answers: Yes/No/No Response
if yes, this is the point of no return. Local commitment.
"Bob, do you marry Alice?"
Possible answers: Yes/No/No Reponse
if no, Alice is off the hook. This is an atomic priniple.
if yes, priest says "By the power invested in me by the State of California, I pronounce you husband and wife"
this is commitment, and this passes the ACID test.

this gave me a laugh...

johnpalmer, in alt.callahans, wrote:

> I think due consideration should be given to this idea, but,
>let's face it. The current regime in Iraq has lied to the United
>Nations many a time, and is known to harbor weapons of mass
>destruction. Can they be trusted?

...and I fell over laughing. So true, so true... :)

(gotta find the humour where I can...)