+Julie Butcher Hopefully I will be a little less mad at your brother after I pick up GHOST STORY tonight 🙂 Can’t wait to talk to you about it!
Oh well, let me read it! I wait like everyone else otherwise I can’t remember what is a secret and what isn’t 😀
Just got home with GS, impressed with the size of it 🙂 gotta read the last few chapters of Changes and I’ll dive right in.
I’ll run and get mine tomorrow. IF it isn’t over 100 outside 😀
I am about to go play softball in 100+ weather. I must be insane. Go Drumsticks!
That sounds like a bad idea
+Freida A. Custodio Sorry to bother you with a work question, but I just wanted to make sure: for the saturated saline/heptane mix, after you spin, you save the top layer, right?
Yes you transfer the top heptane layer and discard the water layer
LATER THAT DAY:
+Freida A. Custodio You are SO LUCKY you’re not here right now. Walk-in freezer down until Monday. +Ioana gruchevska and I got to move the CHO samples to the -10 in the lab…
Aw, snap. I cringe to think of what would happen if even ONE of our -80C big boy freezers went down. And it’s not even HOT here in Westcoastia!
oh man! that is horrible! 🙁 was there enough room in the -10?
Does anyone else out there think they should just raise taxes and be done with it? I’d rather that than send the country’s rating down the tubes.
only if they also cut
spending and make an effort to get the debt under control. Not just the deficit
from this budget, but the overall debt. Also, government having to actually
balance a budget would be nice.
Higher taxes seem inevitable.
We HAD a budget surplus in the late
90’s, but those were immediately turned into tax cuts and deficit spending in
the previous administration. Until the economy started to tank, we could have
been paying down the debt with that money.
Now the best we can hope for is that the people agreeing to deep cuts in
spending get some taxes rolled back to the 90’s level, rather than those who
just want cuts and nothing else. Paying down the debt isn’t even on the radar
for anyone in Washington.
I didn’t know there had been a surplus at all. Britain had one for a while and DID pay down the debt with it. I believe governments should not spend more than they earn, whoever is in charge. I don’t like either the more taxes option or the lower spending option if they do not go together.
I sometimes worry that the political
discourse is so degraded these days that no reasonable solution can ever be
reached or sustained. As soon as one politician says something that falls in
the middle of the road, they get attacked by their own base and the opposition.
I’m frustrated and depressed by the current state of affairs.
I wish there were a viable, powerful 3rd party that emphasized social justice,
equality for everyone, and fiscal responsibility (pay down debt, reduce
spending, THEN cut taxes). Alas, no such party exists.
Yeah, Clinton’s big thing was that there was a huge surplus during his tenure (was it the biggest? I don’t remember) and then Bush let it all go.
Also, I don’t LIKE the idea of
higher taxes, but if it’s a choice between that and another recession, I’ll
take the taxes. I live in this country, I drive on the roads, I love national
parks, I get paid from grants from the government. Why wouldn’t I want to help
my country?
Robert, I know what you mean about the political environment. It seems like no
one out there knows what ‘compromise’ means, or realizes how stupid they look
to the folks outside the Beltway.
I doubt it was the biggest (percentage-wise), but it was significant. I have no idea how long it would have lasted as the housing bubble began to deflate and the burst, but at least for a time we could have started to do the responsible thing.
Hi
MLs! If you’re seeing this, I’ve got you in my ML circle. I’m the co-ML of the
St. Louis region along with +Jen
Sights.
So…who’s doing Camp NaNoWriMo? I’m excited about it, but I found myself with
a dearth of new ideas (I don’t even have a November idea yet, gasp!). I might
try to figure something out for August, or just be a rebel and try to finish
something off my rather lengthy unfinished-writings list. How about you?
Hello! Aquadeo, a.k.a. the ML of Alberta::Elsewhere over here, and Camp NaNoWriMo is killing me. There’s hardly been a day yet when I’ve managed 1,667… but in a way, it’s a good thing. I know I’ll have a few empathetic stories for my November pep talks, at least!
I figure it’ll be a lot more fun in August, though, once the entire site is operational, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how it complements NaNo Prime. (By the way, good luck!)
I couldn’t do it this month. I had to study for the GRE. I had an idea and I might see what I can get out if what’s left of the month, but I’m largely holding out for August.
Hey Jennifer! Farfalla here, from Northern Ireland. I did plan on short notice to do Camp NaNoWriMo in July, but didn’t manage to get started and had no real idea of what to write. Going go tackle it in August though, and promote it a bit more to my Wrimos as well.
Hi!! I’m the co-ML for the Harrisburg, PA area (West Shore specifically). I’m doing this month’s Camp NaNoWriMo… but it’s kicking my tush all over the place. lol I don’t think I’ll be “winning” this time around… summer is too distracting to be indoors writing — and having the laptop by the pool is just too dangerous. lol I’ll have to try again in August when it’s just too hot to be outside anyway! *grin*
HI!! I am the eensybeensyspider, aka Cylithria and I am an ML for USA::Missouri::Kansas City and a CO-Moderator at Camp NaNoWriMo forum and The Military Lounge Forum. Yep yep yep totally doing Camp NaNoWriMo here, both months, +Jennifer Shew I am hoping I’ll be able to shut off July’s and shift to August’s with no serious issues. LOL Good luck to all of us Camping.
Hi, MidnightC3, the ML for Ithaca, NY. I sent out an email to all my folks to see who was interested in Camp Nano, and all I heard is crickets. We’re a small region, but still! I thought someone was interested. But I’m doing it. I’m finishing a novel I started when trying to avoid wedding planning in May, and wrote furiously for a few days just to come to a complete standstill this week. Still, this is typical – I’ll be writing the 50,000th word at 11:59 on July 31st.
*Waves 🙂 I’m flsandcastle on the NaNo boards and Lake County Florida ML. I started this month but haven’t made much progress I think I’ve stalled with all the stress and insanity in my house at the moment. It’s killing me because I have a Sept deadline ACK! Is it cheating to write on the same project two months in a row? LOLOL
Cool moon from last night’s softball game.
I have to say, thank goodness folks in one of my circles actually responded to a post I made to said circle. It’s nice to know that people actually read what you write 🙂
Huushiita BrookeI will say that I read pretty much everything, but I may not always comment. 🙂
I guess I’m an adult: I won’t go to the midnight premiere of HP 7-2, b/c I would fall asleep at work tomorrow.
Scott Roeseler: If that’s the cost then adulthood is not worth it. 🙂
Jennifer Shew: I’ll see it on saturday, when I’m awake and after payday 🙂
Unexpected cupcake FTW!
Michael Kenneally: Niiiiiiiiice! 🙂 (envious)
Nancy Childrey: YUMM!!
Just so we remember it when NaNoWriMo comes ’round. Or we could pick a time and start writing today!
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How to Have a Writers’ Hangout in Google+
Truly, this will work for any form of creative work in which one usually is locked into solitary confinement. The goal with these hangouts is to have a little bit of socializing to break up the process of creation. At the same time, having folks around makes it easier to not get distracted by my sudden pressing need to vacuum the cat.
I’ve played with this for the past several days and it’s kind of like hanging out at a coffee shop but I get to bring my own cats and don’t have to worry about what part of the world the other writers are in.
You can pick any structure, but this one seems to work well.
1. Put up a post saying that you are going to have a writing date at [x] time OR just spontaneously open a hangout.
2. As soon as the hangout is open, place a comment on it that states that it is a writing date and what the parameters are.
3. Suggested parameters: “We’ll chat for fifteen minutes. Then at quarter past we’ll start writing for forty-five minutes. On the hour, there’s another 15 minute break for chat… Rinse and repeat. If you want to join in mid-way, that’s fine, but we’ll just wave at you until the next break.”
4. Continue until you need to log off. If the other participants are still going, they will be able to keep writing after you leave.
(Nina Kiriki Hoffman uses this time cycle real life hangouts. Thanks to Amy Sundberg for drawing my attention to it)
The advantage of the time method is that anyone joining after the start can look at the clock and know whether they are coming in during social time or writing time.
We’ve also had groups in which some people were writing and some were drawing.
Mix and match the instructions to come up with something that works for you. But definitely– Hang out and be creative.
FAQ:
Q. Do I have to have a camera?
A. No. We’ve had people join in who were chat only. It works fine.
Q. Isn’t it weird having people watching you?
A. If you squish the screen over to the side, everyone is really, really tiny. The screen rotates so a different person is in view.
Q. What if I need to take a break before the time is up.
A. Do! Just know that you are a total writing wimp. (Just kidding).
Q. What if I want to listen to music?
A. That’s okay, just mute your microphone so you don’t bother the other writers.