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Michael wrote: "Ok. I hate it when the only time you lose you're wallet. You end up completely losing it":(
Hi Tj, Just seeing your post made me happy. I hope all is well with the five generations. Hugs, Preston
I'm complaining that although I was neither author nor editor, the first series of Don't Read in the Closet has been put up for sale (apparently not by the author listed) on Amazon. I tried to post reviews on all four that they are free on GR or on the MMR website, but url's are a no-no and AMZ refused my submissions.
Yeah, Never have time to get to complain anymore;)Son and family, got to babysit the little one. They grow fast. He's chasing the dogs and trying to get into everything. It's never walking. He does wear old grandma out!
Averin wrote: "I tried to post reviews on all four that they are free on GR or on the MMR website, but url's are a no-no and AMZ refused my submissions..."In the past I've gotten away with using goodreads (dot) com and Amazon let's it go through and the readers understand that it means goodreads.com
Although in this case it would be something like:
goodreads (dot) com/topic/show/1514356-love-has-no-boundaries---anthology-volume-1
Except the link for downloading volume one is broken.
Tj wrote: "Yeah, Never have time to get to complain anymore;)Son and family, got to babysit the little one. They grow fast. He's chasing the dogs and trying to get into everything. It's never walking. He..."
An extremely attractive family! The most handsome dad in the world and his pretty wife. From the photo it looks like it takes both of them to hold your grandson to keep him from running out of the picture :-) He's beautiful of course.
Thanks for keeping us up to date Tj. It's amazing to see how fast he's grown. (Also I always appreciate a new view of your super sexy son.)
Hugs, Preston
Tj wrote: "Yeah, Never have time to get to complain anymore;)Son and family, got to babysit the little one. They grow fast. He's chasing the dogs and trying to get into everything. It's never walking. He..."
Hi Tj so great to hear from you! Thanks for the photo of your son and his family. They are all gorgeous!
Hugs, Boyd
I'm complaining that as of today I'm on the wrong side of my 20s.
That's okay, the 30s are the new kindergarten!
And the 70s are the new over-the-hill, start the downhill slide on the slippery slope of senility.And you move sooooooooooo fast when you're on that slide.
I should know.
>g<
Preston wrote: "I'm complaining that as of today I'm on the wrong side of my 20s."
Aw, I remember those far away days :( So is gray hair in or out. I am trying to decide on redyeing hair or just letting it stay gray...see the wrong side of twenty isn't so bad ;)
Thanks Roger, Eric, Lori and Tj you made my day with your birthday comments :-)
Michael wrote: "Birthday?!?! Happy birthday!!!!!!!"Much appreciated Michael thanks!
Hey my co-mod, have a decent day. Better yet have an indecent day!
I have to complain about myself. I shouldn't have stayed away for so long. I missed having a place to moan and groan.
How dare Ije stay away so long? >cry of anguish< It's just not right at all.
Ije!!!
Hugs, Boyd!
Thanks Boyd (big grin)
Byron wrote: "I hate that my social anxiety has kept me from posting in this group up until today and has made me retype and backspace out of at least six different posts about different things because I thought..."Welcome Byron! We're a friendly bunch, don't be afraid to post anything here. I, too, suffer from a bit of social anxiety and it's a frustrating thing to deal with, but Preston, Boyd, Roger, Averin, Monika, Michael, Ije, and everyone else here are fun to talk to and love welcoming new people.
Sometimes if you just play one of the word games in the Games section, you'll find yourself relaxing into the banter there. Or you can get into to one of the discussions too. We don't bite (though we do get a little goofy sometimes ....
Byron wrote: "I hate that my social anxiety has kept me from posting in this group up until today and has made me retype and backspace out of at least six different posts about different things because I thought..."There are a number of supportive groups on GR for writing, the M/M group's annual event is going on now. Sometimes people have to give up on prompts and they re-open (3 this week), so if that is an area you are interested in, keep an eye out.
Welcome Byron and Facilitator. Nice to see you post.
I'm really really annoyed and think severe social anxiety problems should be banned by federal law… or something, or maybe by the United Nations. Oh, and BTW Byron, I think you have to have a license to go around breaking ice and stuff. :-))
i hate Goodreads Notifications , i get tons of them! but none of the ones that matter! i get notified is someone i don't know posted something i don't care about in a discussion am not following! but i never get notified when a Friend comments on my posts/likes or replies on a comment i left in a discussion , how do i fix that! i want to get those replies :( , it's starting to get ridiculous , here under this comment section there is an option for getting an E-Mail when someone replies why can't they add *get a notification* !!!!!Fu** am pissed
Khaoula wrote: "i hate Goodreads Notifications , i get tons of them! but none of the ones that matter! i get notified is someone i don't know posted something i don't care about in a discussion am not following! b..."Actually, there is such a setting. I am most assuredly not a GR expert, and have only a limited knowledge of how it functions, but I finally did figure this one out. Below the last post you'll see "You are following this discussion" with words in parentheses immediately after...at least that's what mine shows. Next to it is "edit." Click that and a pop-up window, uh, pops up.
There are 5 options ranging from digests to no notices at all. One of them will send you an email, but then no more unless you visit that page again. So if you get an email from one of those groups, don't go there and you should stop getting emails.
Or you can click none and get nothing at all. So I'm guessing you could do that with all the threads you don't care about and that should stop them.
On the threads I like (like this one) I just have it set so that I get notified about all the comments, and I look at them in gmail and decide whether to go to the thread/discussion to read, or just delete the email.
Hope this helps.
Eric
Eric wrote: "Khaoula wrote: "i hate Goodreads Notifications , i get tons of them! but none of the ones that matter! i get notified is someone i don't know posted something i don't care about in a discussion am ..."Firts of all , thank you Eric , now let me explain to you what's my problem :
yes i know under this discussions space there is this note that says (You are following all discussions for this group (notify only) edit) but , the option you suggested concernse E-Mails & those i am not interested in , i only want Notifications , so i set all the E-Mails OFF & now i get only Notifications , but the problem is , Goodreads gives you all or nothing , example , i got notified when you responded to my question/complaint right? but i'll also get notified if someone else posted or responded to another question here even if it doesn't concern me!
& lets say that's ok , now how can i chose which discussions i'll get notified on , why they have to be all or none!!!?
Dang it to Hades and back… it looks like summer's here…
Mortimer Forest and Ludlow from Gravel Hill, Shropshire, UK
So We have expected high of 100ºF or 38ºC. Winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 65 mph=fires to the east and south.
Maybe I should rethink my general refusal to download apps--I missed out on this http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/m...
I wouldn't mind the temperature for, say, 2–3 days alternating with something more like 75ºF (24ºC), but we'll be lucky even to reach the latter. Excitingly, we do get the occasional earthquake…
I lament that I did not stop to snap a shot of the vista between the new Student Union and the library yesterday. the next time I passed by, there were two fires. After my last final, I went to the library to finish some papers when it was announced we needed to evacuate. Actually, it was the entire university. As I hustled to the train station, I could see one of the mansions above the building I'd had my last final in, engulfed in flames. For three stops along the train route we could see more homes catch fire and burn. We are very lucky but other people not so much. Everyone keeps saying "I'm so sorry you won't get to walk (they cancelled commencement).. Seriously, that's nothing compared to losses other people have.
I think the whole country is watching San Diego and thinking about people who lose everything in these fires.The San Diego University main website and the Emergency webpage both say commencement will take place.
The latest Emergency information on the University site at 2:00 pm Pacific Time says, "The San Diego State University campus is not in the path of the current fires in San Diego. The following links can provide information and updates about the fire, its location and resources for those who may be impacted.
Campus currently remains open and SDSU's Commencement ceremonies, May 15 through 18, will continue as planned."
Of course this might not be the most current information if you were told to evacuate 6 hours ago.
Congratulations on your graduation!
It's CSU San Marcos not SDSU. "CSUSM Remains Closed, Updates to Follow Later Today
We are dealing with the impacts of the fire in priority order. The safety of our campus community is our first priority. We will be issuing a statement later today regarding commencement and our campus."
I have a sister in San Diego. I know she is ok but it is still scary stuff going on there. Stay safe out there.
Since we have some over-the-pond-from-me folks who speak that different English, I have a question.I have seen in stories, heard on programmes, the phrase "going to hospital," where we would say "going to the hospital."
So the question is, what's the proper usage in this situation?
Here, we would say, "We went there on September 19th," or "We went there on the 19th of September."
Is the British usage "We went there on 19th September?"
Or what?
I have a couple of "date" sentences like that in a Regency MM romance I'm just completing, called The Rake, the Rogue and the Roue. The last usage "feels" right, but I might as well get it correct.
And yes, I fully recognize 199 years have passed since the time of the novel, but I figure this kind of phrasing has probably not changed.
Help, anyone?
Thanks.
Eric
Since we have some over-the-pond-from-me folks who speak that different English, I have a question.I have seen in stories, heard on programmes, the phrase "going to hospital," where we would say "going to the hospital."
So the question is, what's the proper usage in this situation?
Here, we would say, "We went there on September 19th," or "We went there on the 19th of September."
Is the British usage "We went there on 19th September?"
Or what?
I have a couple of "date" sentences like that in a Regency MM romance novel I'm just completing, called The Rake, the Rogue and the Roue. The last usage "feels" right, but I might as well get it correct.
And yes, I fully recognize 199 years have passed since the time of the novel, but I figure this kind of phrasing has probably not changed.
Help, anyone?
Thanks.
Eric
Tj wrote: "I have a sister in San Diego. I know she is ok but it is still scary stuff going on there. Stay safe out there."Thanks, TJ, best to your sister and hope you are well.
Eric wrote: "Since we have some over-the-pond-from-me folks who speak that different English, I have a question.I have seen in stories, heard on programmes, the phrase "going to hospital," where we would say ..."
In Britain I would only add the definite article if I were referring to a specific hospital. For instance Ludlow has a small hospital so if what need examining was beyond its capability I would tell someone, "I'm going to the Royal Free Hospital," or "I'm going to the hospital in Hereford" that is making it a distinct hospital as against any old hospital.
On the other hand, if it was one visit of a sequence, I'd say, "I'll be going to hospital this afternoon." And if it was a sentence which was intended as a generality, there would be no use of "the" — "I've had this sore toe for an age now and I think I'll have to go to hospital to have it seen to."
Date usage: In the USA dates are almost always given as MM/DD/YYYY, in Britain it's always the opposite: DD/MM/YYYY, which means we don't need a comma to separate the figures for the day and the year like you do — September 19 1999, doesn't really work, while September 19, 1999 does. In Britain 19 September 1999 reads fine sans comma.
So "We went there on 19th September" is British usage, although in this case we might add a "the" before "19th" (or more commonly these days, simply "19 September 1895".
Roger wrote: "Eric wrote: "Since we have some over-the-pond-from-me folks who speak that different English, I have a question.I have seen in stories, heard on programmes, the phrase "going to hospital," where ..."
Thanks!!!
"And if it was a sentence...."I've also noticed that Brits often don't use the subjunctive although folks in the Colonies do.
Brad
Roger wrote: "Eric wrote: "Since we have some over-the-pond-from-me folks who speak that different English, I have a question.I have seen in stories, heard on programmes, the phrase "going to hospital," where ..."
p.s. Sorry for the abrupt (though grateful) response.
Though I am American I have for most of my life used the British version of dates for things that I do personally, though I must conform for things written professionally.
The Rake, The Rogue and the Roue (an accented "e" there I don't know how to do here) is set in 1815-1816. And while I'm not trying to do a Georgette Heyer style of Regency with in-depth details of fashion, food, what-have-you, I am trying to give the flavor (flavour >s<) of the period, with period expressions in both dialogue and narrative. I think "We went there on 19th September" works/"sounds" better in the context of period "flavor." And I'll probably have less fights with the Love's Landscapes editor than if I used "...the 19th September" without the "of" that Americans would include.
Again, thanks for the educational response.
Eric
I wish to complain that no matter how long I play with the Google Rubik's Cube that I cannot solve it! Hmph.
Lori wrote: "I wish to complain that no matter how long I play with the Google Rubik's Cube that I cannot solve it! Hmph."Is it meant to be solvable?
Averin wrote: "Lori wrote: "I wish to complain that no matter how long I play with the Google Rubik's Cube that I cannot solve it! Hmph."Is it meant to be solvable?"
Good point! LOL
Lori wrote: "I wish to complain that no matter how long I play with the Google Rubik's Cube that I cannot solve it! Hmph."It's easy! Just download or screen grab the cube. Next load it into photoshop or some simple paint program. Then color the squares to match the solution.
Save that as a .jpg file and send it to all your friends saying you solved the cube. You really did solve it, just in a more creative way.
Ugh! Hated that thing when I was younger. My brother was always timing himself with it. He could solve it in 4 or less minutes...*sigh*
I must complain, whine, and generally gripe about the ongoing need for self-promotion as a writer. I just want want to sit at my laptop and write books, but noooo. Apparently I also have to be a full-on self-promotion whore so people actually find my books and read them!I also must complain that even this post is a form of self-promotion, so now I feel like more of a ho!
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Not a full-blown anxiety attack or something, but just...very, very reluctant.
The book is Second Son.
I don't think there was ever a hardcover. I have a visual recollection of the paperback in my hand when it came out. It was extraordinary and left me, as they (I) say, bawling my eyes out. So very powerful.
That was...30 years ago? 40?
It's been out of print for a long time and my copy vanished with the winds of time and moves and stuff like that there.
But off and on I've thought of it, and wanted to re-read it.
Lo and behold...it's available as an ebook. Naturally I bought it.
So there's the desire to re-read and hopefully experience something that marvelous again, and then there's the fear that it's only time and imagination and "it's not all that."
Having spent the money I'm too cheap to let it go to waste while the book's pixels get all yellowed and musty-smelling with age on my Kindle.
Just...
Once more unto the words, dear friends, once more....
Or something.
Just a thought.
Eric