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Can an Internet-distributed coupon be redeemed at Red Robin restaurants for a free hamburger and sundae?
Can an Internet-distributed coupon be redeemed at Red Robin restaurants for a free hamburger and sundae?
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November 22nd, 2009
November 21st, 2009
dsgood @ :
Monday November 16, 2009 "All this would have been enough to recognize the craft as a pirate-—but it displayed the universal device of pirates as well, that parody of the Yin-Yang: all Yang, declaring allegiance to imbalance. In a yellow circle, two round black dots stared like unblinking demonic eyes; beneath, a black semicircle leered with empty, ravenous bonhomie."
"Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes,' by Benjamin Rosenbaum" Benjamin Rosenbaum, _The Ant King and Other Stories_ Published: 2008 http://www.feedbooks.com
***To Pillsbury House for their Harvest Festival. (Basically, an early Thanksgiving dinner.)
In the lobby was a Health Fair; a conventional medicine/alternate healing hybrid. I learned that I was at high risk for heart problems unless I lost about 20 pounds.
Ate the dinner. Pillsbury House staff and volunteers gave better service than many restaurant workers provide.
After which I got a back and shoulders massage.
There was also an arts fair in the lobby, with live music.
"Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes,' by Benjamin Rosenbaum" Benjamin Rosenbaum, _The Ant King and Other Stories_ Published: 2008 http://www.feedbooks.com
***To Pillsbury House for their Harvest Festival. (Basically, an early Thanksgiving dinner.)
In the lobby was a Health Fair; a conventional medicine/alternate healing hybrid. I learned that I was at high risk for heart problems unless I lost about 20 pounds.
Ate the dinner. Pillsbury House staff and volunteers gave better service than many restaurant workers provide.
After which I got a back and shoulders massage.
There was also an arts fair in the lobby, with live music.
Current Location: Minneapolis, MN
the_willow @ : In Other News
My hip has hurt for three days straight, and it's kind of getting to me. It's not a biting, omg need to vomit pain. But it feels wrong and makes me worry and overthink.
Also I miss DW. Yes I'm still commenting, but I miss the people that drop in to say *hugs*. I'm very much aware that it's a 'deal' to come to iJay and people tend to do so and catch up on a bunch of posts at once. The major thing is, however, the very reason I'm not over there (inability to save comments) makes missing it useless. Because I'd be there and anxious about not being able to save it, or just be xposting there with comments on here.
But it rankles a lot that some problem with my imported lj comments apparently isn't duplicable. It's the thing that originally made me go - hey this could get me just about 98% or more LJ free and pay attention to dw in the first place. And then it irks that you can't show comments but have comments closed. And it irks that you can't have comments open on individual posts if the comment default for the journal itself is 'comments disabled'. I mean Blogger has that. Since when has Blogger been on the cutting edge of the industry. They only figured out how to do easy jump cuts THIS YEAR. And it doesn't even work for everyone.
Meanwhile I've discovered/confirmed/reconfirmed my romance hot button trope.
But it doesn't feel very important at all given the hip pain. Seriously hip pain sucks. A lot. With rocks. Slimey rocks.
Also? Dragonage: Origins will never* drop to a price I consider reasonable given its skeezy race and trans issues *mental tantrum with fist stomping*
*[Note the dramatic emphasis]
Tags: +deewee, pain scale 7
Also I miss DW. Yes I'm still commenting, but I miss the people that drop in to say *hugs*. I'm very much aware that it's a 'deal' to come to iJay and people tend to do so and catch up on a bunch of posts at once. The major thing is, however, the very reason I'm not over there (inability to save comments) makes missing it useless. Because I'd be there and anxious about not being able to save it, or just be xposting there with comments on here.
But it rankles a lot that some problem with my imported lj comments apparently isn't duplicable. It's the thing that originally made me go - hey this could get me just about 98% or more LJ free and pay attention to dw in the first place. And then it irks that you can't show comments but have comments closed. And it irks that you can't have comments open on individual posts if the comment default for the journal itself is 'comments disabled'. I mean Blogger has that. Since when has Blogger been on the cutting edge of the industry. They only figured out how to do easy jump cuts THIS YEAR. And it doesn't even work for everyone.
Meanwhile I've discovered/confirmed/reconfirmed my romance hot button trope.
But it doesn't feel very important at all given the hip pain. Seriously hip pain sucks. A lot. With rocks. Slimey rocks.
Also? Dragonage: Origins will never* drop to a price I consider reasonable given its skeezy race and trans issues *mental tantrum with fist stomping*
*[Note the dramatic emphasis]
Tags: +deewee, pain scale 7
teh_kittykat @ :
OMG I LOVE LJLOGIN!
It's got cross-platform support that includes DW! I can easily and lazily switch between main and rping accounts on both sites now! :D
In other news, my apartment looks like a bomb made of boxes went off and I'm still about halfway done with packing. (I need to get the junk in the closets and the kitchen.) OMG OMG OMG
I also made an RP account for Uran after going through a million Youtube videos because I can't get screengrab for free from the DVD player. XD Can't wait to chuck her at people. (At this rate I'll end up tweaking things since I haven't completely finished the 2003 series she's drawn from and I know I'll probably want to screw around with icons. The Girl and I have a pact to watch Astro Boy together, so I can't cheat and watch ahead even on Youtube. Darnit.)
Entry originally posted at http://teh-kittykat.dreamwidth.org/3287
comments and counting...
Tags: arr pee, mundania, technical stuff
It's got cross-platform support that includes DW! I can easily and lazily switch between main and rping accounts on both sites now! :D
In other news, my apartment looks like a bomb made of boxes went off and I'm still about halfway done with packing. (I need to get the junk in the closets and the kitchen.) OMG OMG OMG
I also made an RP account for Uran after going through a million Youtube videos because I can't get screengrab for free from the DVD player. XD Can't wait to chuck her at people. (At this rate I'll end up tweaking things since I haven't completely finished the 2003 series she's drawn from and I know I'll probably want to screw around with icons. The Girl and I have a pact to watch Astro Boy together, so I can't cheat and watch ahead even on Youtube. Darnit.)
Entry originally posted at http://teh-kittykat.dreamwidth.org/3287
Current Mood: 
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giddyCurrent Music: Astro Boy - Uran's Theme
the_willow @ : US People's Ideas Of Service & Manners Are So Different
100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do; Parts 1 & 2
I read it all the way through and suddenly realized why as a child eating out in America confused me so much (because things were so different) and why I get so easily irked when I go out to eat now.
Here I was attributing it to me being anti-social.
'Are you still working on that?' - *grits teeth* Why are you calling the meal or the experience of eating it WORK?
And the constant hovering and pouring water that some people think is good service but which just makes my stomach tense up and cramp because there's no moment to relax without someone in your face all the time. I find nothing wrong with going out and treating myself to dinner, PLEASE PLEASE do not think, dear servers, that I need company and you're doing me a favour stopping by every five to seven minutes. I'm either reading, or enjoying the view and meal.
What's most revealing to me is the comments. People insisting they can never eat or work in a restaurant owned by the person who compiled the list because there are too many rules. People insisting that someone who has all their rules must be underpaying their staff, or that they're expecting a lot of work and formality out of minimum wage staff. As if how much you get paid to do a thing, dictates whether or not you do it well and properly.
Then there's the people who're all 'You'll go out of business if you give away recipes'
And the people who think the rules are obnoxious.
And the person who called it 'early 20th Century British servant manners' - as an INSULT.
And the people who can't tell the difference between telling a customer about dishes without stating which dishes are their favourite. I mean I only give a damn about the waiter's favourite dish if I'm trying to decide something and they say 'I'm a total chocoholic and I really like x'. In which cause I immediately know it's likely to be too rich for my tastebuds.
I finally found a comment that cements to me the general consensus of the 'WTF comments'
So being quietly respectful, not presenting oneself as a diner's new best friend, allowing people to eat in peace and trying to be attentive to their needs is .... wage slavery? And then the US claims that it is a service oriented economy?
And I find myself pondering the whole Sir, Ma'am, Miss thing. Though I'm not sure people say 'Miss' in the US. But the whole thing about Sir & Ma'am being cracks on age and not terms of respect? WTF? I know I've never felt more comfortable - unexpectedly comfortable- than when first visiting my step-family in Georgia and suddenly all the manners that got me labeled 'kiss up' etc in NYC, were just plain accepted.
ETA: Geeze people. A waiter doesn't have to hover in order to be attentive and not seem to disappear when a guest/customer needs them. They can be at the front or the back of the dining area, visible when not attending other tables. It's not rocket science people!
ETA2: Zvi was the one who clued me on minimum wage and how important tips were financially to American waitstaff. I grew up where tips were a bonus for good service. Given my reaction in general to American waitstaff service - I previously was not leaving any tips. Zvi still seems to me, to find not leaving a tip to be rude. But it's ingrained in me, deeply, not to pay for service I did not find desirable. And I'm ecstatic when service is such, I don't have to remember 'well, they probably don't get paid much and Zvi said it is helpful to the working stiff so I should give -something-'
Tags: blogsphere at large, random, rant
I read it all the way through and suddenly realized why as a child eating out in America confused me so much (because things were so different) and why I get so easily irked when I go out to eat now.
Here I was attributing it to me being anti-social.
'Are you still working on that?' - *grits teeth* Why are you calling the meal or the experience of eating it WORK?
And the constant hovering and pouring water that some people think is good service but which just makes my stomach tense up and cramp because there's no moment to relax without someone in your face all the time. I find nothing wrong with going out and treating myself to dinner, PLEASE PLEASE do not think, dear servers, that I need company and you're doing me a favour stopping by every five to seven minutes. I'm either reading, or enjoying the view and meal.
What's most revealing to me is the comments. People insisting they can never eat or work in a restaurant owned by the person who compiled the list because there are too many rules. People insisting that someone who has all their rules must be underpaying their staff, or that they're expecting a lot of work and formality out of minimum wage staff. As if how much you get paid to do a thing, dictates whether or not you do it well and properly.
Then there's the people who're all 'You'll go out of business if you give away recipes'
And the people who think the rules are obnoxious.
And the person who called it 'early 20th Century British servant manners' - as an INSULT.
And the people who can't tell the difference between telling a customer about dishes without stating which dishes are their favourite. I mean I only give a damn about the waiter's favourite dish if I'm trying to decide something and they say 'I'm a total chocoholic and I really like x'. In which cause I immediately know it's likely to be too rich for my tastebuds.
I finally found a comment that cements to me the general consensus of the 'WTF comments'
101. A Waiter will never, by word or sign, indicate that he or she believes he is a human being of equal worth as the patrons of the restaurant. When the Waiter accepts a check signed by the restaurant owner/manager, that proves he or she is inferior.
102. A Waiter will never, when off duty, off the restaurant premises, or anywhere else, act in a manner unbecoming to the restaurant. The Waiter is an ambassador for the restaurant and is at all time responsible to the restaurant for his or her behavior. The Waiter is permanently the property of the restaurant.
So being quietly respectful, not presenting oneself as a diner's new best friend, allowing people to eat in peace and trying to be attentive to their needs is .... wage slavery? And then the US claims that it is a service oriented economy?
And I find myself pondering the whole Sir, Ma'am, Miss thing. Though I'm not sure people say 'Miss' in the US. But the whole thing about Sir & Ma'am being cracks on age and not terms of respect? WTF? I know I've never felt more comfortable - unexpectedly comfortable- than when first visiting my step-family in Georgia and suddenly all the manners that got me labeled 'kiss up' etc in NYC, were just plain accepted.
ETA: Geeze people. A waiter doesn't have to hover in order to be attentive and not seem to disappear when a guest/customer needs them. They can be at the front or the back of the dining area, visible when not attending other tables. It's not rocket science people!
ETA2: Zvi was the one who clued me on minimum wage and how important tips were financially to American waitstaff. I grew up where tips were a bonus for good service. Given my reaction in general to American waitstaff service - I previously was not leaving any tips. Zvi still seems to me, to find not leaving a tip to be rude. But it's ingrained in me, deeply, not to pay for service I did not find desirable. And I'm ecstatic when service is such, I don't have to remember 'well, they probably don't get paid much and Zvi said it is helpful to the working stiff so I should give -something-'
Tags: blogsphere at large, random, rant
squeaky, posting in announcements @ : IJ Holiday Sale
We are starting this years InsaneJournal holiday sale. From now until the end of the day Friday, November 27 we are going to be holding a sale on Self-Committed[paid] accounts and Extra Userpics.
The prices are be as follows
Self-Committed[paid]
1 Month -> $5
6 Month ->$15 $10
12 Month ->$25 $18
Extra Userpicx
6 Month ->$10 $5
12 Month ->$20 $15
Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts.
The prices are be as follows
Self-Committed[paid]
1 Month -> $5
6 Month ->
12 Month ->
Extra Userpicx
6 Month ->
12 Month ->
Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts.
fandom_wank @ : slow-mo panda is slow
We begin our saga on the fair hills of![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
house_wilson, where the grass grows green and the House/Wilson shippers occasionally throw shit fits over whether or not David Shore is dicking around House/Wilson shippers.
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We begin our saga on the fair hills of
house_wilson, where the grass grows green and the House/Wilson shippers occasionally throw shit fits over whether or not David Shore is dicking around House/Wilson shippers.(Read more ...)
maureenlycaon @ : An update on my surgery
I'd been fearing the worst, but I went back to the oral surgeon on Thursday. He was pleased and even seemed surprised at how well the gum graft was doing. He snipped away a dangling thread from the stitches on the roof of my mouth; I think the remaining stitches dropped out later that afternoon.
I'll see him again in two weeks.
Lately, I could almost swear I can sometimes feel sensation within the transplant, although reason says that is impossible. There is no way there could be nerves there yet, although by now the blood vessels from the tissue around the graft must be growing into it. Sometimes I feel an itch around the edges for a few moments, but it goes away quickly. Other times, there's pain on one side or the other along a canine tooth. More often, though, it just feels like a piece of drying meat across the lower part of my incisors.
Afterward, I celebrated by having a mushroom burger and a chocolate shake at a restaurant called the Red Robin at a nearby mall. It's been a while since I went to a restaurant. Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but it made me happy.
It's strange how much this surgery seems to have knocked me out. Part of it may also be what has happened in World of Warcraft, but that's better left for another post. The surgery itself knocked me on my ass for two days, during which I mostly slept.
I still haven't actually dared to look at the graft.
I think there's a scar on the roof of my mouth -- a scar that's supersensitive. Hopefully it will go away in time.
I'll see him again in two weeks.
Lately, I could almost swear I can sometimes feel sensation within the transplant, although reason says that is impossible. There is no way there could be nerves there yet, although by now the blood vessels from the tissue around the graft must be growing into it. Sometimes I feel an itch around the edges for a few moments, but it goes away quickly. Other times, there's pain on one side or the other along a canine tooth. More often, though, it just feels like a piece of drying meat across the lower part of my incisors.
Afterward, I celebrated by having a mushroom burger and a chocolate shake at a restaurant called the Red Robin at a nearby mall. It's been a while since I went to a restaurant. Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but it made me happy.
It's strange how much this surgery seems to have knocked me out. Part of it may also be what has happened in World of Warcraft, but that's better left for another post. The surgery itself knocked me on my ass for two days, during which I mostly slept.
I still haven't actually dared to look at the graft.
I think there's a scar on the roof of my mouth -- a scar that's supersensitive. Hopefully it will go away in time.
Current Mood: tired
gwionfawyr, posting in nanowrimo @ : November 21, 2009 - Word Count
Putting the post up early tonight/today because I'm ten minutes from face-planting into my pillows. So, who's added the llamas to their stories? I know there's got to be one of you, even if it was just a dream sequence. Come on, you can tell me. *grins*
Jenn
Jenn
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream [From the Mists of Avalon]
November 20th, 2009
darkrose @ : Television Without Pity--But Racism is Dandy!
Okay, I should have known better. But I was enjoying the SGU thread on TWoP, with all of the lovely snark. And I appreciated the fact that most of the posters seemed to get why having sex in someone else's body was skeevy, and why it's problematic that the black guy in SGU is yet another Angry Black Man.
( Seriously--I should have known better. )
Tags: failboat, fandom: race and representation, fandom: sga, fen of color
( Seriously--I should have known better. )
Current Mood: 
irritated
irritateddsgood @ :
Saturday October 31, 2009 Star Tribune article appropriate for Halloween: A psychologist had been encouraging a patient's delusions.
She was barred from accepting new patients, and given various other restrictions. Seems to me she should have been barred from having ANY patients, until she'd successfully undergone treatment herself.
***Mnstf Halloween Party at Sharon Kahn's and Richard Tatge's. Good party.
One attendee thought I might be a distant relative of hers. Same ethnicity, ancestors from Belarus (though her family migrated to Samarkand, and mine to near Kiev before coming to the US), I looked like some of her relatives....
***After leaving the meeting/party, I noticed a nearby storefront. One tattoo parlor was being replaced by another, with the modest name of Tattoo Genius.
Besides adding tattoos, Tattoo Genius will remove them. Reminds me of the John Collier story "The Chaser." (That's the one in which a love potion is extraodinarily cheap.)
In the window was a bottle of tattoo aftercare lotion. I hadn't known there were such products, but it makes sense.
She was barred from accepting new patients, and given various other restrictions. Seems to me she should have been barred from having ANY patients, until she'd successfully undergone treatment herself.
***Mnstf Halloween Party at Sharon Kahn's and Richard Tatge's. Good party.
One attendee thought I might be a distant relative of hers. Same ethnicity, ancestors from Belarus (though her family migrated to Samarkand, and mine to near Kiev before coming to the US), I looked like some of her relatives....
***After leaving the meeting/party, I noticed a nearby storefront. One tattoo parlor was being replaced by another, with the modest name of Tattoo Genius.
Besides adding tattoos, Tattoo Genius will remove them. Reminds me of the John Collier story "The Chaser." (That's the one in which a love potion is extraodinarily cheap.)
In the window was a bottle of tattoo aftercare lotion. I hadn't known there were such products, but it makes sense.
Current Location: Minneapolis, Baja Manitoba
fandom_wank @ : We don't actually know if this is plagiarism wank, unless someone out there is an internets lawyer
Here's some Project Runway plagiarism wank to go with the lovely vanity pub and author wank. I hope it goes without saying that there might be a spoiler or two for the finale, but I'll say it anyway: There are spoilers for the finale in this post.
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Here's some Project Runway plagiarism wank to go with the lovely vanity pub and author wank. I hope it goes without saying that there might be a spoiler or two for the finale, but I'll say it anyway: There are spoilers for the finale in this post.
(Read more ...)
snopes_dot_com @ : Team Project
Was accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan 'an advisor to the Obama Homeland Security team'?
Was accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan 'an advisor to the Obama Homeland Security team'?
gwionfawyr, posting in nanowrimo @ : November 20, 2009 - Word Count
It's Friday. Those of you who are off today, sprint for the 40k mark. Those who aren't... try and slap in another 2k into your word counts. We can do this.
Jenn
Jenn
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Fort Minor - Kenji
fandom_wank @ : Harlequin vanity bodice-ripping wank! (Even more awesome than it sounds)
Hang on to your hats, kids, this one's a doozy in several parts. To start off, you might want to catch up on </a></b></a>![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
agilebrit's clairvoyantwank writeup. Clairvoyant indeed! To sum up, romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises teamed up with a publisher called ASI solutions to form Harlequin Horizons, a vanity press. Romance Writers of America promptly revoked Harlequin's "recognized publisher" status.
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Hang on to your hats, kids, this one's a doozy in several parts. To start off, you might want to catch up on </a></b></a>
agilebrit's clairvoyantwank writeup. Clairvoyant indeed! To sum up, romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises teamed up with a publisher called ASI solutions to form Harlequin Horizons, a vanity press. Romance Writers of America promptly revoked Harlequin's "recognized publisher" status.(Read more ...)
November 19th, 2009
maureenlycaon @ : Lord of the Rings versus Atlas Shrugged
There is an old saying that there are two books that can change a 14-year-old's life: Atlas Shrugged and The Lord of the Rings. One is an unrealistic fantasy that leaves its followers unable to deal with the real world. The other involves orcs.
Eric Lund, over here
Eric Lund, over here
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Nyhm - Hard Like Heroic (on YouTube)
gwionfawyr, posting in nanowrimo @ : November 19, 2009 - Word Count
Today I'm going to try and sprint to the 50k mark. Story's no where near done, but yeah. I'm at 32695. That's not bad with midterms and starting to study for finals.
Post is up. Let's get busy.
Jenn
Post is up. Let's get busy.
Jenn
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The Exies - Stray
snopes_dot_com @ : Cleaning for a Reason
Non-profit offers free cleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer.
Non-profit offers free cleaning services to women undergoing treatment for cancer.
lisaroquin @ :
Still alive. Feeling much more human other than the whole coughed myself to feeling like I've been beaten with a baseball bat and the usual sleep issues. I'm shooting for getting comments and email caught up tomorrow evening.
Playing catch up as I can around here with everything, mama sick=everything goes to hell, nothing gets done. Nothing all that surprising or atypical about that. It's a law of the universe everywhere. ~snorts~
The prompts have all been saved and a few of them are definitely eventually being ficlets *knock on wood* what other curveballs rl decides to throw permitting. Right now though I actually get to go to bed within half hour here. so yay. I'm beat.
Playing catch up as I can around here with everything, mama sick=everything goes to hell, nothing gets done. Nothing all that surprising or atypical about that. It's a law of the universe everywhere. ~snorts~
The prompts have all been saved and a few of them are definitely eventually being ficlets *knock on wood* what other curveballs rl decides to throw permitting. Right now though I actually get to go to bed within half hour here. so yay. I'm beat.
November 18th, 2009
the_willow @ : Publisher's Weekly
Is it me? or is Publisher's Weekly soundly putting their foot up it, right until it comes out of their arse when it comes to ignoring or bad talking female writers and readers and female centric genres?
They just got trounced on their 'best of' and now sucktastic title on a feature interview. Someone is snorting some extra strong powdered stereotypes over there.
Tags: blogsphere at large
They just got trounced on their 'best of' and now sucktastic title on a feature interview. Someone is snorting some extra strong powdered stereotypes over there.
Tags: blogsphere at large