tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post9039735635516562950..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Aardvark Comment: Adam Beechen Part, the next...A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-26656900875079792952020-08-29T00:01:32.879-05:002020-08-29T00:01:32.879-05:00Sometimes, @Damian666, I think it's very, very...Sometimes, @Damian666, I think it's very, very important, also, to you that you be remembered as an unprecedented troll.<br /><br />Good luck with that. Mwaah!Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-48309659391287771872020-08-27T21:34:15.400-05:002020-08-27T21:34:15.400-05:00It's very, very important to Dave that he be a...It's very, very important to Dave that he be acclaimed as not just good, but unprecedented.<br /><br /> -- Damian<br />Damian T. Lloyd, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15423589734839129158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-40142143182054204442020-08-26T19:26:46.559-05:002020-08-26T19:26:46.559-05:00New contest: First person who guesses the exact pe...New contest: First person who guesses the exact perfect word that I used (and thereby reminds me what it was--'cause damned if I can remember) wins ... something.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-81225185985679716212020-08-26T12:16:34.176-05:002020-08-26T12:16:34.176-05:00Thank you. Gave the value for the wrong angle.
Rep...Thank you. Gave the value for the wrong angle.<br />Replace "108.43" with "26.57"<br /><br />Slightly but not <i>too</i> embarrassed,<br />Mitch.whc03gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304236390575971087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-26640984253303203602020-08-26T12:14:08.046-05:002020-08-26T12:14:08.046-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.whc03gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304236390575971087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-20744876254181080852020-08-26T11:22:44.614-05:002020-08-26T11:22:44.614-05:00Might want to check your math, Mitch. If sales we...Might want to check your math, Mitch. If sales went down at 108 degrees, they'd go back in time.Dan E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-33259584416122827892020-08-26T10:50:49.581-05:002020-08-26T10:50:49.581-05:00But...but if sales from #1-100 went up at a 45-deg...But...but if sales from #1-100 went up at a 45-degree angle, they <b>can't</b> go <i>down</i> at a 45-degree angle from #101-300, unless they bottom out at #200, at whatever sales figure #1 had. If sales go down steadily from #101-300, the angle is [does the trigonometry] about 108.43 degrees.<br /><br />So, anyway.<br /><br />Alright,<br />Mitch.whc03gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304236390575971087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-59191182590158808642020-08-26T07:18:12.453-05:002020-08-26T07:18:12.453-05:00HirquitickeHirquitickeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-75078793166845244872020-08-26T07:03:58.313-05:002020-08-26T07:03:58.313-05:00Aw, c'mon! What was the word, Jeff? Was it &...Aw, c'mon! What was the word, Jeff? Was it "transsplendant"? I bet it was "transsplendant".Dan E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-4426173497207986442020-08-25T23:45:54.501-05:002020-08-25T23:45:54.501-05:00"Why are you talking to us like we're fiv..."Why are you talking to us like we're five-year-olds?"<br /><br />Exactly. At my last sportswriting job, at a small paper, I was told that the corporation that owned the paper (and which now owns almost all extant newspapers) had dictated that all writing should be at a fifth-grade reading level.<br /><br />I said, "Hell no!" I refused to dumb down my writing. And, didn't. USA TODAY does.<br /><br />I once used a word that was the one perfect word to describe a sports play and my editor didn't know it and asked me to change it. I said, "No, it's the exact perfect word."<br /><br />He came back with (by email), "I've asked around the newsroom and no one here knows that word."<br /><br />I responded, "Look it up."<br /><br />A little while later, he responded, "Okay, tonight it goes through, but don't ever use that word again."<br /><br />Small victories are still victories.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com