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I'm whining and complaining about the new game Which Book? It saddens me that I feel woefully uneducated. I have no idea what the majority of those books are therefore I'm unable to participate that makes two games I can't play. :-(Maybe soon I'll come at the right time and see a book I actually know and grab it before someone else does. :-P
Monika wrote: "I'm whining and complaining about the new game Which Book? It saddens me that I feel woefully uneducated. I have no idea what the majority of those books are therefore I'm unable to participate tha..."I'm
I complain that Eric is an overachiever. Oh, did that break a Rule?I seem to recall that something important happens this month, but I'm not sure if I remember correctly or if it is public domain.
Lastly, I am ticked that Eric is padding his numbers. Oops, did it again.
Eric Alan Westfall you've always been a winner with us!
The Complaint Department 5,000th Complaint in Post Complaints Here thread.
Lori wrote: "Monika wrote: "I'm whining and complaining about the new game Which Book? It saddens me that I feel woefully uneducated. I have no idea what the majority of those books are therefore I'm unable to..."*face palm* Now I'm irritated that I didn't realize that was an option I was thinking you had to know the books or at least one of them. Thanks Lori!
I'm really seething and steaming with great jealousy because I love Boyd's game "Which Book?" And he's not even playing it. I think he gone to hang out at the Building Supply Store because because it's a hot humid day so he hangs out at the Contractor's Entrance where the sweaty, shirtless contractors hang out so he can pickup a boyfriend.
I am so glad you will be the one standing or lying down naked. But I will miss the non-expense paid trip to Australia. After all there have to be some worth looking at naked people in Australia.
Elorie wrote: "I am so glad you will be the one standing or lying down naked. But I will miss the non-expense paid trip to Australia. After all there have to be some worth looking at naked people in Australia."This was a gay and lesbian event however some straight but gay-frierndly people let it all hang loose too although it might be hard to pick out the straight guys if your looking for a straight mate :-)
I know we are going off topic and I'm breaking the rules again (punishment is warranted) but I have to mention that I was in Portland Ore. a few weeks ago and one evening they had a naked bike ride through the city there were literally hundreds of naked riders. Oh my lord *closes eyes* that was...ahem....interesting. BTW I did not participate. ;-)Now back to our regular scheduled complaints
I harshly opine that If 5,000 naked people or 5,000 books isn't your thing, how celebrating our 5,000 complaint with a demonstration of what 5,000 falling dominoes look like?See the dominoes fall at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X33E...
I whine that I am working hard on the goal of 5000 books for the future. The 5000 dominoes seems quite ambitious, and would benefit from both a level space to put them out but a lack of curious kitties and an overly nosy pup-doggy. Still, that was neat.
At this point I am looking for a male who likes me, orientation optional. I share.oops I started this backwards. My complaint is that neither is interested. (Put this in front of the first two sentences.)
Complaint Department Announcement:
Roger Kean's 145,000 word epic novel Gregory's Story is now published. The Complaint Department is holding a contest to win a free ebook. This is a companion to his popular historical novel of love and war A Life Apart. It is a stand alone story so it is not required that you read A Life Apart first but it is highly recommended to increase your enjoyment of the new book which also takes place during the British Mahdist Wars in the Sudan.
The contest is being held from July 15th through July 26th 2013. If you are like me you cannot wait to read it so buy a copy now (I did!) and if you win the book give it to a deserving person to read.
The winner will receive a coupon code to redeem for Gregory's Story on Smashwords.com.
To discuss the book go to our Author's Promotion thread or use the M/M Romance group's Excepts and WIP where you can read part of Chapter Two and discuss or ask Roger questions at this link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Although now that it is no longer a work in progress, no doubt Roger will tell us the places on Goodreads where he will have new discussions on Gregory's Story.
NOTE: In the Complaint Department the discussion of Roger's most recent novel will be in our new discussion topic Roger Kean and his Books in his own section of the Author's and Other's Self-Promotion which you can navigate to from the homepage or use this link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
For further information and to enter the contest go to:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
I am vexed to say that I went and bought a copy of Roger's book with it's lovely cover right after I found it had gone live on Amazon. I look forward to reading it though!
Lori wrote: "The 5000 dominoes seems quite ambitious, and would benefit from both a level space to put them out but a lack of curious kit to put them out but a lack of curious kitties and an overly nosy pup-doggy. Still, that was neat."Growling a bit but I perhaps you might find human domino toppling fun too. See 850 human dominoes fall at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSwfq...
(this video is 53 seconds long)
Frazzled rats, I am seriously impressed and mind boggled. How did they convince all those people to do that? >shakes head - grinning<
Lori wrote: "Frazzled rats, I am seriously impressed and mind boggled. How did they convince all those people to do that? >shakes head - grinning<"Frazzled rats indeed. I suspect it might have been easier get 850 people to be dominoes than it was to convince 5,000 lgbt and straight people to pose naked in front of the Sydney Opera house.
I'm disgruntled to say how humbled I am by the interest in my latest scribbling (though it's not so easy to scribble on a Mac). Just gotta dash and approve the paperback edition proof, which should go live at AMZ later today (sadly at expense—CreateSpace makes print books so expensive…)
So darn annoyed with my health. It's like I get complacent and then...wham! Ugh, feeling old today:(
Tj wrote: "So darn annoyed with my health. It's like I get complacent and then...wham! Ugh, feeling old today:("How irritating TJ feels poorly.
Tj wrote: "So darn annoyed with my health. It's like I get complacent and then...wham! Ugh, feeling old today:("I'm annoyed that you're feeling old :( It's only a state of mind they tell me, of course the "they" are usually young
Sending hugs and warm wishes that you feel better soon.
I hate when it feels like sometimes grades depend on a teacher's mood.
Hmph. This place is a ball of fun today. No actually, it's more like a ghost town ... I can hear the wind whistle through the empty streets and the buildings... Kinda eerie.
I hate it when I don't have anything to complain about. Actually I really hate it that RL has made me so busy I don't have time to complain. Everyone should have time to complain.
The awful, horrible, terrible heat… it makes everyone so uncomplaining (probably lack of energy…)
I have to raise the stink from Hell and its vicinity. I went to a Botanica today to get some stuff and the attendant was so frigging rude, I was disgusted. And I was there for less than 10 minutes. It's perplexing how in this country every time you go to a foreign place to get something they know you won't find nowhere else they don't give a crap how they treat you.
It's a sad day when Monika is too sick to complain. :-(Get well Monika then come back and raise a ruckus!
I HATE lack of/misleading communication. There is nothing worse than going through your routine under the assumption today's responsibilities are the same as yesterday's only to find out that apparently they aren't. Nothing worse than busting my butt to help a group succeed and do well only to be blindsided by changes that a simple, and respectful, communication would have helped make clear. UGH!
I grumpily agree with you Laura, total and clear communication is the base of success, some people just don't get it.
I'm upset with myself. I refilled my weekly med box and then realized it was Wednesday. My box starts on a Sunday! How did I lose 3 days! I have to do a better job than that. No wonder I haven't felt well. Darn memmory:(
Tj wrote: "I'm upset with myself. I refilled my weekly med box and then realized it was Wednesday. My box starts on a Sunday! How did I lose 3 days! I have to do a better job than that. No wonder I haven..."Quite irritated that you missed 3 days of meds. Put the pill box in your shoes so you don't forget them :-)
Preston wrote: "Tj wrote: "I'm upset with myself. I refilled my weekly med box and then realized it was Wednesday. My box starts on a Sunday! How did I lose 3 days! I have to do a better job than that. No won..."I moan and whine that that is a
AnnouncementNew word game: Drop a word/Add a word.
In this exciting game of thrills there will be two words posted. Drop a word by choosing not to use it add a word by using a new word that relates to one remaining. It's a lot easier to do than to explain.
Examples follow:
baseball bat
bat cave
cave man
ad man
grocery ad
grocery cart
cart wheel
spinning wheel
spinning top
top dog
etc.
To play go the games section of our discussions or use this link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
what word are we starting with, or do we just go on from dog
Follow the link and start off with whatever the last post is. :o)
I am completely confabulatedly disgusted by the appalling waste of time this group is, what with all these stupid word games, not at all helped when Boyd goes into
I loathe attorneys/lawyers who tout for business. Ambulance chasers without a care for the rights or wrongs of a case. Britain is now overflowing with barely trained "legal assistants" advertising how many millions they will earn you for your accident, spamming on the phones and emails. It's disgusting. America is obviously in the same state (after all, over here we used to say what happens in the USA will happen here six months later—now it's only weeks).For all I know the men accused and named on this website may well be guilty, but once this kind of things starts, it's amazing how many school boys, boy scouts, guides in their forties, fifties, even sixties, suddenly recall how they were abused. In effect, the attorneys create the case amid the media-created mass paranoia and then feed off it.
http://www.kellyclarkattorney.com/ida...
I am absolutely disgusted with people who have no understanding of the difference between heat and humidity. I stopped by the local branch of a national chain donut shop (to remain nameless as I do not want to endorse/libel the company) the other morning. The donuts were not up to standards and the staff offered their apologies even though I had not complained. They said that it was just too hot for the donuts and the icing was just sliding off them in a gooey mess. Now bear in mind I have no problem with a gooey mess, although I did have an incident awhile back with icing landing on my pant leg - but that's another story. Anyway, I commented that the temperature that morning was only 75 (Fahrenheit not Celsius) and that it really was not that hot out. The staff looked at me with the odd look of incomprehension, as I if I was from Mars (or rather Venus as that is the hotter planet, but then I doubt these people would have understood that difference either). I smiled and continued; pointing out that the problem was the humidity not the heat. The weather was terrible as the air was dripping with moisture. Even the AC ducts were dripping with condensation (right onto the area were the customers wait in line I might point out - bad design flaw there). The staff continued to look at me with blank expressions of incomprehension. I tried to point out that 75 degrees is a pleasantly nice temperature, but that the high humidity was making it seem or feel much warmer and that the humidity was undoubtedly causing all the trouble with the donuts. Blank stares. Incomprehension. Finally I just took my donuts and left. Since there were no other customers in the store I'm sure they got a wonderful laugh at the nerd trying to tell them it wasn't hot when you could clearly see the icing dripping off the donuts. Lesson learned? Don't buy donuts on humid days.
It is amazingly annoying when you try to explain the nicities of language to idiots. I am always appalled by the way the English language is abused and I am not even an English teacher.
Roger wrote: "I loathe attorneys/lawyers who tout for business. Ambulance chasers without a care for the rights or wrongs of a case. Britain is now overflowing with barely trained "legal assistants" advertising ..."I must add my voice to your complaint. Such attorneys are pervasive and appalling in their desire to get as much money as possible out of
Rick wrote: "I am absolutely disgusted with people who have no understanding of the difference between heat and humidity. I stopped by the local branch of a national chain donut shop (to remain nameless as I do..."I must, in the most annoying fashion I know how, point out that those people don't know what they are talking about!
I highly recommend sending them to New Mexico where on an average day the humidity might rise to a max of 2% and the temps up in the high 90s(F), unless the monsoon actually works like it is today and we're experiencing any where from 14% to 60% humidity and the temps hitting the low to mid 80s(F). Then they'll know the difference between heat and humidity. Those dorks.
Lori, your is point is perfectly correct. Unfortunately, I must complain, that I tried explaining that I had lived in NW Texas under near desert conditions and that the difference ... well, as I said... blank stares and incomprehension. Unfortunately, I fear these people have only lived in NW Ohio and have never really experienced the wonders of a dry heat. In the past I've even tried using the analogy of an oven and a steam cooker and that doesn't even seem to get the point across. Somedays it is not even worth the effort. ;)
REMINDER: The Complaint Department is holding a contest to win a free ebook of Roger Kean's most recent novel Gregory's Story. It is a stand alone story so it is not required that you read A Life Apart first but it is highly recommended to increase your enjoyment of Gregory's Story which also takes place during the British Mahdist Wars in the Sudan. The contest is being held from July 15th through July 26th 2013. As is our custom here the winner will be selected from a random drawing.
As of July 18th at 7:25 pm GMT people have a 20 percent chance of winning. The odds are subject to change according to the laws of chance. If it were up to me 100 percent would win because everyone should read this intelligent adventure and love-story Go to this link to enter:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
I'm a bit bitched that, according the the laws of international fairness, I'm not allowed to enter the competition to win a copy of Gregory's Story. Besides, I'm already deep into the research phase for Harry's Great Trek, so I have't the time to devote to the intellectual pursuit of the competition :)And a trivia question (golly gosh, could be a competition… :) In A Life Apart, when Harry takes Richard to his country home for Christmas they finally exchange first names, and Harry says:
“I wish you’d call me Harry, if we’re to spend time out of school together… Richard. And for God’s sake, not Harold. And I’m not a Henry.”
So if Harry isn't a Henry-Hal or a Harold, what kind of Harry is he? He never lets on, and if Richard as his closest friend discovers Harry's true first name, he never lets on either…
I'd like to complain to the director that thought an 8:30 pm start time for a 7 year old all star baseball game was a good idea. Especially when said game was on a school/work night and didn't end until 10:30pm. While I'm at it, I'll also complain about the fact that the field lights acted like a beacon to every bug in the tri state area and apparently my bug spray is more like bug pheromones and so I'm chewed from head to toe this morning. Ugh!
Roger wrote: "I'm a bit bitched that, according the the laws of international fairness, I'm not allowed to enter the competition to win a copy of Gregory's Story."Stubborning stating that since you are the one donating the ebook coupon for your latest novel, Gregory's Story it might be convoluted to win it from yourself.
I have a cousin Harry whose real name is Harry.
Roger wrote: "And a trivia question (golly gosh, could be a competition… :) In A Life Apart, when Harry takes Richard to his country home for Christmas they finally exchange first names, and Harry says:“I wish you’d call me Harry, if we’re to spend time out of school together… Richard. And for God’s sake, not Harold. And I’m not a Henry.”
So if Harry isn't a Henry-Hal or a Harold, what kind of Harry is he? He never lets on, and if Richard as his closest friend discovers Harry's true first name, he never lets on either…"
Harry: "soldier"
Could be a diminutive from: Henry, Harrison, Harold, Harcourt, Harford, Hargreave and, of course, Harry. Or maybe a family name he's too embarrassed to share? His older brother might be of help there.
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