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Everything Else / Re: Best Quote Lately Reincarnated
« on: February 28, 2006, 12:22:27 PM »
This is a paraphrase because it was a comedian I heard on the radio, and I googled it this morning to see if I could cite/quote it better and got nothing.

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I went out to lunch with a friend. I ordered a big, juicy steak. He ordered a big green salad. "You know," he said to me, "you should be a vegetarian too. You'd be healthier and live longer."

I picked up my steak and flapped it in his face. I said, "This cow was a vegetarian, and it ain't looking so good right now."

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Everything Else / Re: Best food lately
« on: February 21, 2006, 05:11:16 PM »
*does Wallace's little gleeful hand wiggle to celebrate the discussion of cheese*

(I don't like cheese myself. I just find it funny.)

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Everything Else / Re: Cool Stuff Found on the Internet, again
« on: February 20, 2006, 04:50:50 PM »
You may have seen this before, but I saw it and thought of you guys. Hooray for geek love!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/295165

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Everything Else / Re: article: Little Girls
« on: February 17, 2006, 04:11:57 PM »
I was just like your daughters as a kid, Saint E. I pretended to be a princess pretty much 24/7, played with Barbies a lot, watched Disney movies and dreamed of becoming a mermaid, and played house and dress up.

My dad spent years trying to convince me to read Ender's Game, and my response was always, "But I don't like science fiction."

Then I read it (in eleventh grade; I was developmentally delayed, I guess). And I started reading a lot of other sf and fantasy. I'm still not a "gamer girl" in any sense of the word (I don't like video games or RPGs or Magic, but I do enjoy a good game of Catan or Scrabble). However, I am a sf/fantasy writer and nerd. There is still hope for your daughters.

That is, if you consider my "transformation" severe enough to be hope inspiring.

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Everything Else / Re: Best food lately
« on: February 12, 2006, 01:00:59 PM »
Some toppings that are surprisingly good with black beans and rice: mandarin oranges (from a can) and hard-boiled eggs (chopped or crumbled).

I made chocolate-dipped strawberries for a party last night, and they were wonderful. I didn't think they were quite that easy and cheap to make, especially since they're a dollar apiece at Harmon's right now.

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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: February 10, 2006, 02:26:26 PM »
My name is Ruth Owen. I was an underage freshman the year EUOL was editor of TLE. I feel like I'm in the minority in that I'm not into gaming (unless you count Scrabble). I do, however, love reading and writing sf and fantasy.

I am married and expecting my first son in April. My husband and I live in Midvale, UT for the moment, but we may move relatively soon. I work as a technical writer for Zions Bank (well, actually, I work for a company called McKinnon-Mulherin, which in turn has hired me out to Zions Bank).

I got my degree in English from BYU in April 2005 after having decided in November 2004 that the degree I was then working for (English Teaching) was not going to lead to bliss as I had hitherto supposed.

I suspected that I knew a lot of you on here, but in reading this thread, I realize that I know way more of you than I thought. Cool!

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Everything Else / Re: Best Quote Lately Reincarnated
« on: February 10, 2006, 01:41:16 PM »
Married people are like vampires and Mormons---they want to turn you into one of them.

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Everything Else / Re: Hello, and a request
« on: February 10, 2006, 01:36:55 PM »
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Ruthie, what state are you in?


Utah

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Would you mind LA?


Um, well, to be frank, California sounds fine to us, but the job would have to pay well enough for us to live on only his income with a baby. I don't want to have to work with an infant.

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Does your husband like manga?


Um, I'm not sure, but I'm sure he wouldn't be opposed to it considering some of his other jobs have been editing software technical manuals and marketing reports.

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Is he a good copyeditor?


The best. And I'm not just saying that because I love him. :) Okay, you probably want specifics:

1. He practically has Chicago memorized. As in, you ask a question, and if he can't tell you exactly which section it's in, he'll be able to find it for you before you realize he's picked up the book.
2. Doris Dant (editing professor at BYU) called him the best editor she'd ever seen come through the program.
3. A retiring coworker at one of his jobs told him that he probably knew more about editing than she did.

Despite all this, he's humble and nice and funny. But editing is his passion and he really doesn't want to have to take a non-editing job just to put food on the table.

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Not that my company is the most secure place to work at the moment, but unless they just hire back the copyeditor who got fired a couple weeks ago (which is entirely possible), there may be an opening when I leave...because I'm going to Utah. (And am looking for work in Utah now...*sigh*)


Yeah, good luck with that. Utah's a black hole for editing jobs right now. Though, you've got more post-graduation experience than my husband does, so you might get more consideration (we both just graduated in April).

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Everything Else / Re: Hey MsFish
« on: February 09, 2006, 04:19:12 PM »
I say we all move to Texas, start up a gated community where you have to play us at Magic and D&D to get in, and . . . well, I haven't thought about it much beyond that.

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Everything Else / Re: Hello, and a request
« on: February 09, 2006, 04:16:49 PM »
 ;D

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Everything Else / Re: Hello, and a request
« on: February 09, 2006, 03:32:41 PM »
Have any of you played Darwinopoly since that night at EUOL's workplace lobby?

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Everything Else / Re: Hello, and a request
« on: February 09, 2006, 12:46:58 PM »
That was not my first post (you'll notice this one is my fifth, not my second); I just haven't posted much. Actually, I think I registered for TWG a long time ago under a different name, but I couldn't remember what it was, so I registered again.

Thanks for letting me know about the Hey Ms. Fish thread, Tink.

(It drives me crazy to feel like I probably know many of you but not by your screen names. :))

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Everything Else / Hello, and a request
« on: February 09, 2006, 11:12:35 AM »
I feel weird posting out of the blue when I actually do browse here fairly frequently. :) Mostly to see updates on Mistborn and stuff, actually, but also to catch up on the old TLE gossip.

Speaking of gossip, I'm not sure if I've told y'all that I'm expecting a baby April 2. He's a boy, and I think we'll name him Raoden. Okay, maybe not.


Also, my husband has been looking for editing work since early October and has found nothing by looking the normal ways. I know at least several of you are working as editors (whether in Utah or elsewhere), so if you know of any job openings where you work, please let us know. His email address is jonathon at galacticcactus dot com if you need to reach him.

Thanks!

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Everything Else / Re: It's been a while
« on: May 13, 2005, 08:42:23 PM »
Jeff, I practically know your whole family now. Sarah was in my ward junior year, and now Scott is in my family ward. I know you and Greg--who's left?

And I'm sad I missed you guys last night. I should have checked the date on Brandon's post. Oops. :)

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Everything Else / Re: It's been a while
« on: May 13, 2005, 12:37:37 AM »
I'd like to come and maybe even bring my husband. Which Buca di Beppo: downtown Salt Lake City or Midvale?

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