tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post1873671339625308100..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: ...Looming Like a Great Looming ThingAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88471154853701401022011-11-15T09:57:49.699-05:002011-11-15T09:57:49.699-05:00Lisabet - Thanks. And I'll let you know as soo...Lisabet - Thanks. And I'll let you know as soon as I figure out the space-time continuum thingy.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-45422219099498942452011-11-15T08:33:19.502-05:002011-11-15T08:33:19.502-05:00"Just let me rearrange the space-time continu..."Just let me rearrange the space-time continuum first"<br /><br />Ah yes! Perhaps that's what we should be working on. It should be possible, theoretically.<br /><br />I love your sense of the absurd, Kathleen.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30339659673846552062011-11-14T22:17:06.550-05:002011-11-14T22:17:06.550-05:00Craig - This topic reminded me of that quote "...Craig - This topic reminded me of that quote "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."~ Douglas Adams.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-39191696469453031422011-11-14T20:12:00.466-05:002011-11-14T20:12:00.466-05:00Oh yeah, love the whole Blackadder series, but II ...Oh yeah, love the whole Blackadder series, but II is my favorite too. Every episode of it is a gem. Hugh was excellent as a German Baron in the last episode of the Elizabethan series as well as being featured in III, the Regency one.<br /><br />Ah, you've distracted me... Now I have something to blame for that deadline I'm about to let slip by.<br /><br />See, that's another way of dealing with deadlines. The old grade school classic of fixing blame. i.e. The dog ate my manuscript.<br /><br />Great post!Craig Sorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101869420537661374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46989920119694005882011-11-14T19:53:33.434-05:002011-11-14T19:53:33.434-05:00Garce - It's been so long since I've read ...Garce - It's been so long since I've read that book. But yes, it would be wonderful. I wonder what I'd get up to with that extra time.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88930476594773853222011-11-14T19:02:13.796-05:002011-11-14T19:02:13.796-05:00When I was reading your blog and especially about ...When I was reading your blog and especially about Scrooge McDuck I was thinking about Nicholson baker's book the "Fermata". It would be wonderful to be able to freeze time like that and walk around and read and write at leisure. Or like the guy in the Fermata, write erotic stories and slip them into ladies purses while they;re frozen in time. Or editors slush piles.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-68775149204471105642011-11-14T15:01:54.764-05:002011-11-14T15:01:54.764-05:00Fulani - It's not only in publishing. I get th...Fulani - It's not only in publishing. I get that all the time at work. One coworker has yet to catch on that when I say "Just let me rearrange the space-time continuum first," I mean "You're an idiot."Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-63055843501258657032011-11-14T14:47:54.896-05:002011-11-14T14:47:54.896-05:00As to deadlines - personally I seem to do all thre...As to deadlines - personally I seem to do all three, sequentially. But at least it's not only me. The bit that amuses me is when the people I deal with at publishers miss *their* deadlines and I get panic-stricken emails asking me to proofread something and get it back within the next couple of hours...Fulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959628434559905605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-12070491286605475722011-11-14T10:31:51.207-05:002011-11-14T10:31:51.207-05:00Jeremy - if only, right?Jeremy - if only, right?Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80692980529272095682011-11-14T09:40:19.810-05:002011-11-14T09:40:19.810-05:00Oh, wow, Kathleen, your Scrooge McDuck scenario is...Oh, wow, Kathleen, your Scrooge McDuck scenario is priceless! Hahahahaha!Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.com