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The goodreads software strikes agn!Do you know just how many wierd groups are there on here? Wtf. Now it is sending me mighty strange places.
I swear there is a ghoul in my machine....😂😂😂
Margret wrote: "John wrote: "Do any of you feel like you are "cheating" when you read a non-fantasy book? In between books 5 and 6 of WoT, I squeezed in a mystery (Jeffrey Deaver's The Empty Chair - part of the Bo..."i'm in the mood for a thriller myself. Too many fairytales and middle books of series....
Jenna wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Do I really talk that much? :O"Haha we love you for it :)"
^_^
What happened to the series pages? I swear it was fine 2 hours ago...
Somebody took pity on me and explained just how huge a self-goal I made with Comment 2807. Yeah. I totally meant Monroe playing Lorelei Lee in gentlemen prefer blondes. I dimt even know there were any other kinds...
And yeap I really am that dumb!
I should be certified before I do myself some damage.
2nd EDIT: Now I really am crying with mirth...emoticons won't suffice. Somebody have mercy and say something abt this or I shall die from the polite silence.
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Did they release the useless monstrosity that is the new series page to the masses?
Enormous covers, risky blurb spoilers, only 2-3 books visible at a time now instead of 7-10... we guinea pigs over in the Feedback group have been complaining for weeks with the changes, and they only made minor changes, like moving all the text to the side of the cover, and re-adding star ratings... you have to be a librarian to see sub-series now, and only in the edit screen...
Maybe you should join the Feedback group to voice your outrage... half of us thought it was a bug when we first saw it...
I think I checked a series a few hours back and it was like its always.. But now, now it's gone shit. 3-4 books per screen page why?!?!?
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According to their announcement, people like book covers and blurbs to find their next book... even tho we repeatedly told them we don't want to be spoiled for later books in a series while trying to make a shopping list...
Yeah apparently feedback group and people's opinions doesn't even matter..
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"that way they don't get flooded with email..."You know it's actually smart lol
So I just checked and I have the new series page, too. I kind of like it because now the books are in order. Before they'd sometimes be randomly placed. And the blurb doesn't bother me as it's only 1 line. It's hard to spoil something in only 1 line. And I'm a huge hater of being spoiled. I guess I'm the weirdo in the bunch.
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The Dirt on Ninth Grave: (view spoiler)
People give some other examples in the 19 pages of comments in the thread I mentioned... the original version of the new page included 3-4x as much text per blurb...
And what do you mean they'd be placed randomly?... As far as I know, the ordering is the same, it's just bigger, and the numbering is more prominant...
The ultimate Malazan page isn't nearly as useful anymore: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1739...
Only way to identify the 3 different series is to check for Bauchelain & Korbal Broach in the blurb and the author of each book for Empire vs Book of the Fallen... never mind the newer trilogies at the end...
I mostly avoid the page now and just run very specific searches so I can see more books at once... and tons of librarians have said they won't be editing series much anymore because it's harder to double-check for errors now with the information so spread out...
And then sometimes I feel like all I do is complain anymore...
Iain wrote: "How to spoil a previous book in 10 words:The Dirt on Ninth Grave: [spoilers removed]
People give some other examples in the 19 pages of comments in the thread I mentioned... the ..."
I'm not clicking on your link cuz that's still I series I need to finish. :-) And randomly I mean because some of the series I would look up would be like, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 8, 7. I mean it was a combination of book in series and rating or something, because it def wasn't 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. From the ones I clicked on now, at least they were all in order.
Anyway, because I hate spoilers I stopped reading book blurbs altogether so it's easy for me to ignore the 1 line blurb entirely.
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I arrive for my pushed up time of 1:15pm, and can't get in contact with my ride... I'm the super-hermit with few local friends and no local family... finally have to just start working down my list of coworker phone numbers and nobody is answering... finally call my last resort... an older coworker with tons of medical problems of his own, on an oxygen tank... he talks to nurse and they get me started on IV and in to do the procedure... I'm home already at the time I was told the procedure was scheduled to start, 2:50pm...
I know this is what everybody says, but "I feel fine"... just a little lethargic... if anything, I've always been a bit resistant to anesthesia... especially local anesthesia when I had a toenail removed and partially killed when I was younger, or my wisdom teeth removed (I felt that and it hurt so much I was jittery after)
This was so pleasant I almost wish doctors were cheaper so I could go back :D
Cool operating room, warm blanket, tuck-down service... I lost time between falling asleep and waking up, so my first question was "Am I supposed to be awake?" before I realized they'd removed the bite-guard so I could talk in the first place...
Wellp, storytime is over, kids :D
Diet and Nexium has me so much better than when I complained about the 6 week appointment date back in April, that they basically said everything looked reasonably good and just keep doing what I'm doing... don't break my diet with stomach-damaging habits...
OH... my initial ride that never returned my calls... he did while I was having my procedure... he was coughing up blood of his own... having his own health problems... probably from his diet of 6-10 Monsters and other energy drinks a day at work alone...
You're used to "Loopy Zaara"... well here's "Loopy Iain" :D
Perfect timing for a bedtime story, Loopy Iain :D It's good to hear that everything went well and you're feeling better!
So three weeks for the biopsy results? That sounds like a lot of sick people. Those energy drinks are a horror.
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I've never been one for energy drinks... I used to drink too much soda, altho I've probably cut them for good this time, but I've never felt like energy drinks helped me much, the few times I've tried them... and it never sounded good as many as some of my coworkers drink...
The annoying thing is that all my problems are "better" than they were 2 months ago, or last year, but they seem to linger and never 100% go away... I just keep accumulating minor annoying problems...
Iain said: "I've always been a bit resistant to anesthesia... especially local anesthesia...."One day we will want hear all the rest of those tales within tales,
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Iain, ever thought about a diet overhaul?
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Yoghurt, steamed broccoli, rice (soaked in broth), boiled chicken (boiled in broth), mashed potatoes, bananas... that's pretty much all I eat unless I'm breaking my diet, which is usually a bad idea...
I knew my job was ending soon but my boss just called me to tell me original plan of June 30 is back on. I'm out the last week of June for vacation, so next week is my last week of work :-0 Guess more time to read?
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I knew my job was ending soon but my boss just called me to tell me original plan of June 30 is back on. I'm out the last week of June for vacation, so next week is my last week of work :-0 Guess m..."Yikes, I'm sorry to hear that Diana; it's horrible not to have more warning!
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Thanks. I knew it was coming soon but I thought they were extending my stay here another month or two. Guess they changed their mind.
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I knew my job was ending soon but my boss just called me to tell me original plan of June 30 is back on. I'm out the last week of June for vacation, so next week is my last week of work :-0 Guess m..."Even if you knew it was coming, its hard.
Bummer :(
But you're right, more time to read until you find something else.
Iain wrote: "I pretty much already have one... looking up Crohns, after Margret's comment, I pretty much already live on a plain foods diet that is allowed during a Crohn's flareup...Yoghurt, steamed broccoli..."
Yeah, you're at almost the minimum as it is. I gave up dairy and it helped me a lot but that would wipe out a quarter of your edible food list. That stinks. Hopefully it continues to improve over time and you can reintroduce foods back in again.
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I knew my job was ending soon but my boss just called me to tell me original plan of June 30 is back on. I'm out the last week of June for vacation, so next week is my last week of work :-0 Guess m..."
Oh wow! At least they gave you a little notice. Not much but still...
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You're welcome."
I wonder if that's where some of the common weird titles come from... https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-book...
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Yoghurt, ste..."
My problem, is things start looking up and I cheat a bit, and BAM... problems creep back in... I had my blood sugar checked last week while in for something else and things looked normal there, so no diabetes... I told a co-worker that that used to give me a hard time about my soda consumption (been off soda for a few months now... quit a few times, but I don't even cheat with free soda at work anymore, since that started being too fizzy/acidic last year... the mix is off and they don't seem to care, even tho it's sold to customers)...
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So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter bullshit. It's not enough that I'm STILL waiting for a bonus that I was supposed to get over 2 months ago, which I now don't expect to ever see. I'm not signing that.
Iain wrote: "I just realized there's a button in www.goodreads.com/notifications to manage all notifications at once... it opens a page to edit every discussion/group and how you receive updates about them (or ..."That's how I manage my notifications. I basically only get notifications for this group now.
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter bullshit. It's not enough ..."There is absolutely no way you should sign it!
It is their choice, not yours so it is not a resignation.
Sorry they are being so awful :(
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter bullshit. It's not enough ..."Don't sign it! It sucks that they are doing that. :(
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter bullshit. It's not enough ..."A resignation?!? Oh wow, they're horrible!
Give 'em hell! 👿😡💀
Are you wanting advice @Diana or just ppl to vent with?If the latter...that sucks, blows and wtf...😡 gal!
If the former, then open the spoiler...
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I'm just venting. But I'm not signing. I'm going to ask them to change the wording. If they don't I'm going to talk to an attorney.
Abhay wrote: "Who are you guys supporting this FIFA World Cup?"US, Israel, nor Moldova are in the Cup so there go my allegiances. My au pair is Colombian, so maybe Colombia? As you can see, I don't really care too much lol.
What does Achilles say?😂😂😂 a stunning outsider that nobody even thought of will win?
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter bullshit. It's not enough ..."That totally sucks. Sadly, that's how most companies seem to operate these days. Do you have union representation or access to a citizens advice bureau?
Good luck on it.
For the World Cup, I'd probably root for the US but I don't really care that much about it
For the World Cup, I'd probably root for the US but I don't really care that much about it
Shaitarn wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "So I just went through the paperwork my job sent me that they want me to sign. It's a resignation. So if I sign it I won't be eligible for unemployment. That's such utter..."No. I'm talking with some lawyer friends though.
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Hehe, I feel like I'm doing a treasure hunt, trying to follow you from post to post xD
EDIT: just checked and you have exactly 200 more comments than me, Zaara! You write long posts while I just spam comments everywhere x)