tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post6634851313394864105..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: About commentingchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-17079117543443492232013-11-30T09:45:49.196-05:002013-11-30T09:45:49.196-05:00This is a very thoughtful post. Thanks for writin...This is a very thoughtful post. Thanks for writing it. <br /><br />Since I know nothing about the Avengers plot hole thread and don't feel like looking it up, I will practice the recommended technique:<br /><br />If the person who did not know the facts followed your excellent advice<br />then the Avengers plot hole thread would be less annoying.<br /><br />Do I win a prize?<br /><br />- DawnMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-10909083004651873742013-11-27T10:45:47.530-05:002013-11-27T10:45:47.530-05:00Absolutely.Absolutely.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-7555206569114544242013-11-27T08:31:55.406-05:002013-11-27T08:31:55.406-05:00Well, if I give you money can I get you to sign my...Well, if I give you money can I get you to sign my copy of Shifting Hearts (that I don't have yet)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-86660669436380594852013-11-26T22:06:06.844-05:002013-11-26T22:06:06.844-05:00Additional RAM card? External CD/DVD drive that at...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-PC2-5300-200-Pin-Notebook-CT25664AC667/dp/B000F7QRTG/" rel="nofollow">Additional RAM card?</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/" rel="nofollow">External CD/DVD drive that attaches via USB?</a> Replacement battery? (Replacement batteries are so dependent on laptop model that I don't know what would make a good example.)Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-81526669790609940752013-11-26T15:00:53.392-05:002013-11-26T15:00:53.392-05:00And for whatever it's worth I've tried to ...And for whatever it's worth I've tried to think of fundraising ideas but there's not a lot I could do.<br /><br />(I'll write a story with a character with your name in it, except that I can't reliably write stories for myself, never finish them, and stuff. So basically give me money and I'll maybe someday do part of something for you. Maybe.)chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-89785993729452895852013-11-26T14:58:10.731-05:002013-11-26T14:58:10.731-05:00The only thing I can think of would be a new compu...The only thing I can think of would be a new computer (specifically laptop.) An actual new computer.<br /><br />I've had used computers donated which is definitely helpful but they can't replace slowly dying primary. They can, and do, make it so that I rely on slowly dying primary less, but they aren't able to replace it.<br /><br />Right now I have:<br /><br />Primary computer:<br />More or less bottom of the line when I bought it yet still the most powerful one that I have access to. Falling apart. Finding new ways to fail every day it seems.<br /><br />Secondary computers:<br />-A very old computer that I repaired to gain access to one program because buying a new licence would cost $1,000 or so. Has various problems of it's own, probably at least in part because it's bashed together from the parts of two different computers.<br />-A gift because of the knowledge that I was having computer problems, which works nicely except that a) it has no CD/DVD drive so no .hack//sign or Deus Ex and b) the battery is spent so it needs to stay plugged in if it can be used.<br />-Another gift because I was having computer problems, this one has a CD/DVD drive which is good, and has moments where I feel like, "This can totally be new primary," but in the end it doesn't have enough working memory and very quickly runs into, "I ... can't ... do ... anything," if I try to use it like I use a primary computer.<br /><br />A new laptop would not be cheap and considering what people are able to contribute, I think that's out of the range of possibility.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-72338719244589430002013-11-26T09:01:01.294-05:002013-11-26T09:01:01.294-05:00Comment/question/thing:
Is there something your a...Comment/question/thing:<br /><br />Is there something your appreciative public could fundraise for that would lead to you having better regular internet access?<br /><br />I realize there are tons of other things you need money more desperately for, and yet... That seems like a thing that could lead directly to having more of your work and more interaction with you here and on other blogs, some of which are easier for some folks to access.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-11500880666557956242013-11-25T11:06:19.545-05:002013-11-25T11:06:19.545-05:00Yeah, let's all do that. I've only been r...Yeah, let's all do that. I've only been reading here comparatively recently, and when I have time I go back and read older posts. I especially like the story ones, and I'm hoping feedback will lead to new content for at least some of those posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-67741911608748592592013-11-25T08:44:39.497-05:002013-11-25T08:44:39.497-05:00I comment every now and then, usually just to regi...I comment every now and then, usually just to register appreciation your writing. I'm usually reading any time from a few days to a few months after things are written though (my life operates a bit like that), so I'll have to remember that it's still ok to comment even if the post isn't current or I don't have anything to say other than 'Shiny!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-17431107362807795572013-11-25T07:32:17.515-05:002013-11-25T07:32:17.515-05:00Well, if you don't repost here away from Disqu...Well, if you don't repost here away from Disqus, I won't see them at all. But if they're being posted to ana's blog, in the context of other stuff said there, it seems that that's where discussion of them would make sense too.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-77154316624525928772013-11-24T22:49:20.622-05:002013-11-24T22:49:20.622-05:00Thank you for commenting now, and welcome here, an...Thank you for commenting now, and welcome here, and stuff. Much stuff.<br /><br />It is nice to meet you. Or internet-meet. Or however you say exchanging words with a new-to-you person via text.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-64590787234246956562013-11-24T20:48:38.410-05:002013-11-24T20:48:38.410-05:00I read your blog regularly and love most everythin...I read your blog regularly and love most everything you write and think you are amazing. I am also horribly internet shy. I have been not-commenting, not because you aren't cool, but because you are <i>so cool</i>.<br /><br />I will try to comment more from now on. You deserve it.<br /><br />~NiesseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-37261649351548674322013-11-24T15:04:18.425-05:002013-11-24T15:04:18.425-05:00I probably worry too much about the "useful&q...I probably worry too much about the "useful" part.depizannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-11806607266941985572013-11-24T08:48:43.699-05:002013-11-24T08:48:43.699-05:00The second "If I could turn back time" s...The second "If I could turn back time" should read, "Let us never speak of this again".chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-51354788722842660602013-11-24T08:45:41.253-05:002013-11-24T08:45:41.253-05:00My dying computer cut out the internet just as I w...My dying computer cut out the internet just as I was trying to post and the only part of my response I had on the clipboard was from making a list of things here that no one reacted to, so basically all the substantive parts of the comment were lost. Here's the quick version:<br /><br /><i>So I went and checked to be sure it wasn't me who said something that set you off. Not me, I didn't even comment there.</i><br /><br />Pretty sure you have NEVER made a comment here that I didn't appreciate.<br /><br />-<br /><br /><i>I doubt you'd appreciate a comment like "sorry, it didn't make me feel anything, because I'm currently too angry/sad/scared about completely unrelated things".</i><br /><br />You're right, though I do want to know how you're doing in general (even if my response is usually to wish you were doing better and that there were something I could do to help.)<br /><br />-<br /><br /><i>I'm trying to comment on Slacktivist when I feel like I have something to say, but most of the time no one reacts, so whatever I have to say isn't very valuable, I guess.</i><br /><br />I've been mostly absent from Slacktivist, especially the comments, for a while now. So I don't actually know if what you have to say there is "isn't very valuable" but there are two things that I want to say.<br /><br />First, from what I know of you I feel reasonably safe assuming what you have to say is valuable.<br /><br />Second, responses can prove value, but a lack of responses in no way disproves it. Sufficient but not necessary, as it were.<br /><br />If I were making the same assumption here there are times I would have abandoned the blog entirely and I'd presently assume that, even though the entire reason the blog was created was to put all my stuff in one place, reposting the Narnia stuff here isn't very valuable.<br /><br />Here are the most recent fiction posts with no response AT ALL. See if you can spot a pattern other than the fact that I don't consistently label Narnia posts "Narnia":<br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/snarky-twilight-jealousy.html" rel="nofollow">Snarky Twilight: Jealousy</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/narnia-if-heroes-did-their-jobs-midas.html" rel="nofollow">Narnia: If the heroes did their jobs</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/narnia-if-i-could-turn-back-time-midas.html" rel="nofollow">Narnia: If I could turn back time</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/narnia-let-us-never-speak-of-this-again.html" rel="nofollow">Narnia: If I could turn back time</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/narnia-grab-bag-of-other-things-from.html" rel="nofollow">Narnia: Grab bag of other things from the Serpent Scene</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-scene-from-last-battle-if-edmund.html" rel="nofollow">The scene from The Last Battle if Edmund Got His Wish, Version 2</a><br />--<a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-scene-from-last-battle-if-edmund_17.html" rel="nofollow">The scene from The Last Battle if Edmund Got His Wish, Version 1</a><br /><br />All but one of the no response things are Narnia. Does that mean that reposting here instead of leaving it only where it was originally posted (Ana Mardoll's), isn't very valuable? I hope not.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-72782425921104873022013-11-24T07:49:40.979-05:002013-11-24T07:49:40.979-05:00That would be exactly my situation.That would be exactly my situation.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-52522884772348584002013-11-24T06:26:48.516-05:002013-11-24T06:26:48.516-05:00So I went and checked to be sure it wasn't me ...So I went and checked to be sure it wasn't me who said something that set you off. Not me, I didn't even comment there.<br /><br />I doubt you'd appreciate a comment like "sorry, it didn't make me feel anything, because I'm currently too angry/sad/scared about completely unrelated things". I wouldn't. But then, I'm a bit scared of other people commenting on my stuff. And when I *do* want them to talk to me, they usually don't. I'm trying to comment on Slacktivist when I feel like I have something to say, but most of the time no one reacts, so whatever I have to say isn't very valuable, I guess. I try to leave comments in other places too, but mostly silly ones (silly comments, not silly places). If it's fandom-related, I become more talkative... usually.<br /><br />---RedcrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-17511460810823280292013-11-24T00:39:23.051-05:002013-11-24T00:39:23.051-05:00I know the desperately craving comments feeling. ...I know the desperately craving comments feeling. I'm that way about my art and writing. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at thinking up anything useful to say to other desperate for comments people. :( I keep saying I'll work on it and then continue to fail at saying anything.depizannoreply@blogger.com