Comments for The Longer Road http://longerroad.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on By gross popular demand by Lindsay http://longerroad.com/2011/12/07/by-gross-popular-demand/#comment-59 Lindsay Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:26:38 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=705#comment-59 Oh gawdule. Oh gawdule.

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]]> Comment on MOYP Night by Lindsay http://longerroad.com/2011/12/03/moyp-night/#comment-58 Lindsay Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:26:17 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=710#comment-58 I love pizza. You can see from this picture that mine is far better than yours. I love pizza. You can see from this picture that mine is far better than yours.

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]]> Comment on The smallest digits by Lindsay http://longerroad.com/2011/11/30/the-smallest-digits/#comment-57 Lindsay Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:24:13 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=694#comment-57 Oh you poor, poor soul! :) Love you. Oh you poor, poor soul! :) Love you.

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]]> Comment on Laundromat trouble by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/10/16/laundromat-trouble/#comment-56 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:36:14 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=582#comment-56 Now that more than a month has elapsed without developments, I gather the answers were no, no, and no. Or if looking in a mirror, the answers were on, on, and on. Now that more than a month has elapsed without developments, I gather the answers were no, no, and no. Or if looking in a mirror, the answers were on, on, and on.

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]]> Comment on mappity map by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/11/07/mappity-map/#comment-55 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:30:42 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=668#comment-55 I think it could be lighter, to be easier to read. It looks the color of cardboard. Or should I say cardbeard. I've never made a beard out of cards, but if only I could, it's all I would do on weekends. That said, there's no pleasing everyone. Maybe to you and employees of UPS, that map is the perfect shade of brownage, in which case you should keep it and hug it and tell it you're sorry about tearing off a corner for tasting purposes. I think it could be lighter, to be easier to read. It looks the color of cardboard. Or should I say cardbeard. I’ve never made a beard out of cards, but if only I could, it’s all I would do on weekends.

That said, there’s no pleasing everyone. Maybe to you and employees of UPS, that map is the perfect shade of brownage, in which case you should keep it and hug it and tell it you’re sorry about tearing off a corner for tasting purposes.

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]]> Comment on quick tretise on revising by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/11/22/quick-tretise-on-revising/#comment-54 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:24:56 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=687#comment-54 You say the main character of every book had been renamed... that reminds me of the movie Paper Man. A movie I quite enjoyed, by the way. Throughout the whole movie except for the very end, he never gets more than a sentence or two into his novel, because he keeps changing the name of the main character and starting over. It almost has a groundhog day feel at times. I never knew you were the type of person who would determine who lives and who dies during your morning shower. How grisly. You must be a lot of fun at kids parties. "Suzie, settle down. This is your only warning." and you reach for a butcher knife. The author is ultimately godlike in his abilities except when it comes to spelling and punctuation. Gods don't have time for such things; that's left for the mortals to bicker over. One of the things that makes rewriting hardest (as you know) is when, for reasons of logic and continuity for larger parts of the story, you have to cut something that was very good. It isn't the right piece for it to stay, yet it's too good to throw away. Yep, that can suck. You say the main character of every book had been renamed… that reminds me of the movie Paper Man. A movie I quite enjoyed, by the way. Throughout the whole movie except for the very end, he never gets more than a sentence or two into his novel, because he keeps changing the name of the main character and starting over. It almost has a groundhog day feel at times.

I never knew you were the type of person who would determine who lives and who dies during your morning shower. How grisly. You must be a lot of fun at kids parties. “Suzie, settle down. This is your only warning.” and you reach for a butcher knife.

The author is ultimately godlike in his abilities except when it comes to spelling and punctuation. Gods don’t have time for such things; that’s left for the mortals to bicker over.

One of the things that makes rewriting hardest (as you know) is when, for reasons of logic and continuity for larger parts of the story, you have to cut something that was very good. It isn’t the right piece for it to stay, yet it’s too good to throw away. Yep, that can suck.

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]]> Comment on The smallest digits by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/11/30/the-smallest-digits/#comment-53 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:11:03 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=694#comment-53 She sutured your wound? I wouldn't let a family member suture me. That's worth the hospital trip for -- to make sure it's done right. You know the medical students practice suturing on pig limbs? I asked a doctor once and that's what he said. "I can feel the blood pooling" turned out to be true in your case, but it seems to me it is an excellent exaggeration for other times too. I'll hafta remember to use that next time I casually stub my toe or pinch my finger on something. She sutured your wound? I wouldn’t let a family member suture me. That’s worth the hospital trip for — to make sure it’s done right. You know the medical students practice suturing on pig limbs? I asked a doctor once and that’s what he said.

“I can feel the blood pooling” turned out to be true in your case, but it seems to me it is an excellent exaggeration for other times too. I’ll hafta remember to use that next time I casually stub my toe or pinch my finger on something.

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]]> Comment on thronal games by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/11/06/661/#comment-52 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:23 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=661#comment-52 I've heard nothing but high praise about the Icey, Firey series. From what I thought I understood, it was a book series first, then a role playing game, then a board game. I've heard very positive reviews about the board game as well. I don't remember what I heard about the role playing game. Maybe I imagined it existed. The purpose of this post, as you've surely inferred by now, was to distract you while someone sneaks up behind you. I’ve heard nothing but high praise about the Icey, Firey series. From what I thought I understood, it was a book series first, then a role playing game, then a board game. I’ve heard very positive reviews about the board game as well. I don’t remember what I heard about the role playing game. Maybe I imagined it existed.

The purpose of this post, as you’ve surely inferred by now, was to distract you while someone sneaks up behind you.

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]]> Comment on Are you ready for it… by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/11/17/681/#comment-51 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:56:00 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=681#comment-51 Hahaha. At first glance I thought you were shirtless and that added to the humor, too. Nothing says "a safe person to be around" like a pumpkin headed, bearded, bare-chested guy smiling at you with clenched teeth. Hahaha. At first glance I thought you were shirtless and that added to the humor, too. Nothing says “a safe person to be around” like a pumpkin headed, bearded, bare-chested guy smiling at you with clenched teeth.

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]]> Comment on StandyDesk:Accomplished by the_rev http://longerroad.com/2011/10/30/standydeskcomplete/#comment-50 the_rev Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:53:47 +0000 http://longerroad.com/?p=648#comment-50 Dear Sir or Madam: You're now over a month into having a standy desk, or as I would call it a standrew desk since I'm in a phase of liking the longer form of the name. So, what's your status? Are you using it religiously, sporadically, have you already drifted away from it, or what? Dear Sir or Madam:
You’re now over a month into having a standy desk, or as I would call it a standrew desk since I’m in a phase of liking the longer form of the name. So, what’s your status? Are you using it religiously, sporadically, have you already drifted away from it, or what?

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