Random Rants LIII: F My Life

[The_J]

Have to do a presentation in 3 hours that I'm not prepared for at all.

One of the guys in my group prepared a few weeks ago a presentation in basically 45 minutes, because he's just terribly unorganized ^^.
Was not a great presentation, but could have been worse.
-> it's in general doable.

 

[peter grimes]

Welcome to the club. I have roughly 24 hours to make a breakthrough on my project.

Me too. I made an outside client very happy by saying I could deliver some work early, then my primary job had a huge issue arise, everything is due Thursday.

I have no idea how to get it all done.

 

[Oruc]

This book I ordered just arrived today and turns out it's in Spanish

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/8490060347/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It didn't say anywhere it was in Spanish and I avoided the others because they're in German

 

[Arakhor]

Unless that's a different copy, it has "Spanish" in the title and cites a Spanish person as translator. What were you expecting?

 

[Oruc]

Unless that's a different copy, it has "Spanish" in the title and cites a Spanish person as translator. What were you expecting?

ahh damn all the other copies had the language in the product details so I looked there. This one has Joachim Neugroschel as the translator but its in English.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eumeswil-...96154?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item3f356d509a

 

[Arakhor]

That's unhelpful, I agree, but in this case, it does seem to indicate a Spanish copy.

 

[Oruc]

That's unhelpful, I agree, but in this case, it does seem to indicate a Spanish copy.

Well this is the place where we rant about these things

 

[Phrossack]

That's nothing. I once ordered a school book and got a novel called P0l@nd about P0l@nd instead.

Actually it was pretty decent and helped me answer some questions correctly in the History Bowl Nationals. But this was before my opinion of that African lake soured.

 

[Borachio]

Yeah.

Right.

That's not only funny, but clever too.

 

[Phrossack]

Yeah.

Right.

That's not only funny, but clever too.

Good to see you back, B!

No, really, I did get that book by mistake. It's by James Michener.

Well, I did change the spelling partly because this is a family website and partly because I don't wish to summon anyone here. But still.

 

[Tahuti]

It used to happen some time ago. She now has a boyfriend and I am happy for her. I dated her in the past, and during one such date I asked her what she believes constitutes a hipster, because I felt she was sort of one. She however defined hipster as a guy wearing jean-made jackets and has a beard, among other things.

By that definition, her current boyfriend is definitely a hipster...

 

[Borachio]

ahh damn all the other copies had the language in the product details so I looked there. This one has Joachim Neugroschel as the translator but its in English.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eumeswil-...96154?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item3f356d509a

Interesting book.

But, at £98, I'm going to stay ignorant of its contents.

Oh, look, here it is in pdf.

 

[Oruc]

Interesting book.

But, at £98, I'm going to stay ignorant of its contents.

Oh, look, here it is in pdf.

I have a lot of pdfs of various books, but unless I own them physically I can never bring myself to read them for any great length of time.
Edit: Although I do appreciate the help

 

[Borachio]

Yes, indeed. I'm the same. An entire novel in pdf? I'd have to really want to read it.

And printing it out would probably work out quite expensive.

Can you read pdfs on Kindles? (I haven't got one of those, either.)

 

[Borachio]

Link to video.

 

[SamSniped]

I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I can't help myself,
All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"

 

[azzaman333]

I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I can't help myself,
All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?"

Do I wanna know?

 

[shadowplay]

My eyelid won't stop twitching for the last two days and it's really getting irritating.

 

[Arakhor]

It might be computer-related eye strain. Spend less time in front of backlit screens and spend more time looking into the middle distance. Check out the 20-20-20 rule while you're at it.

 

[SamSniped]

Do I wanna know?

I dreamt about her nearly every night this week
How many secrets can she keep?
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of her somehow, and I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep...