tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post2189956266745590072..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Regarding stampschris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-51318685675155883632013-01-09T21:55:56.904-05:002013-01-09T21:55:56.904-05:00Well, there's always next time. Whenever that...Well, there's always next time. Whenever that may be.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-55191639664736746822013-01-09T21:38:09.693-05:002013-01-09T21:38:09.693-05:00I could have brought stamps with me! (In my Bat-m...I could have brought stamps with me! (In my Bat-minivan. Which I strap you into the carseat of. So I can be Tony Stark without the fun...) Oh well. Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-27270209557317792422013-01-08T16:26:52.320-05:002013-01-08T16:26:52.320-05:00I think you're conflating not liking a job wit...I think you're conflating not liking a job with trying to avoid the job.<br /><br />Someone can hate a job while still doing their best to do the job right.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-63601895304635677572013-01-08T14:36:18.309-05:002013-01-08T14:36:18.309-05:00Probably, yeah. He would at least be keeping his s...Probably, yeah. He would at least be keeping his subordinates in line. Someone trying to avoid the job would let them get away with things.<br /><br />Of course, best of all would be to give someone years of training to do the job right, ideally from early childhood.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-8087490892884426682013-01-08T13:34:06.836-05:002013-01-08T13:34:06.836-05:00Not that I want you as global dictator. You'd ...<em>Not that I want you as global dictator. You'd hate it.</em><br /><br />Think of it this way: would you rather have a global dictator who <em>enjoyed</em> it?Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-44679754013759088582013-01-08T13:15:30.399-05:002013-01-08T13:15:30.399-05:00Awwww. But you'd be creative enough to make a ...Awwww. But you'd be creative enough to make a really -good- Bond villain.redsixwinghttp://redsixwing.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-57031586451337290552013-01-08T10:48:53.590-05:002013-01-08T10:48:53.590-05:00"let me take a moment to say that the silly a..."let me take a moment to say that the silly and wasteful childhood dream does not involve deploying a satellite with a giant reflective thingy and a central amplifier thingy that turns it into a death ray that can be used to clear a path through the mine fields so that North Korean troops can make war on the South."<br /><br />Well, fooey.<br /><br />Not that I want you as global dictator. You'd hate it.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com