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BTW, Rufus or Ethan, if either of you (or anyone else, really) are able to do the RToC tomorrow, let me know. (I mention you two because you each offered to do it once – which should be a lesson to you.)Report
I’ll be honest with you here- you shouldn’t have been so clever in yours. I can do one, but it’s not going to be remotely as clever. In fact, it’d probably be like “Monday, there was this and this and this. Okay?”Report
I both doubt that you would not be as clever and don’t care if you don’t try. I do want to try to keep to the format of loosely organizing by topic, though. And that can be a pain & I’m asking last minute, so I can probably do it tomorrow if you or someone wants to give a shot one of these upcoming weeks.
Mostly I was realizing that because of my busy work schedule these days, there’s the immortality/religion posts by Jason-Russell-Burt, there’s the series I’m dying to read by Pat on Intellectual Property, JL and Elias are back to posting, Rose & Kyle are cooking, and all this other stuff is happening and I’m grouchy because I haven’t been able to enjoy any of it. Plus I’m not writing much these past few weeks.
So maybe if you wanted to do it next week or the following, I’d use that time to sit relax and go back & read the stuff I’m missing.Report
Not to poke the men behind the curtain, but couldn’t you just create a privately shared Google doc where each author summarizes and loosely groups their own articles as they’re posted? At the end of the week the one unlucky soul would just have to formalize the groupings and tie the whole thing together.
Either way, sign me up.Report
See? I don’t even know these things exist. Thanks, triz. I will look into this.Report
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I love this idea enough that, provided I’m not asked to be witty, I’d be willing to do this as a last resort. I’m honestly quite busy (as I imagine we all are) and would rather not have to do it if it weren’t absolutely necessary — but I’m a real believer that this could become a valuable resource, so I’d do it if need be.Report
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Some of us already get all posts by e-mail as it is, though we have to visit the site to see it so lovingly formatted.Report
I want to see the layout, so sign me up.Report
Did you not get it last week?Report
Did I? Who was it from?
I might have filed it accidentally without reading it, I did a huge email inbox clearing on Monday morning.Report
Would have been from me. let me know if you don’t get one tomorrow. All the contributors should have gotten one.Report
For the record, I have as yet received nothing. Let me know when I should expect it.Report
Busy day, working on it now. Should be out before the Lakers game is done. (Since you are from Pasadena this will be an actual usable point of reference.)Report
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If only because I so rarely get to be part of anything more than phone surveys, I’ll jump at the opportunity. You can send spam, too. Especially if it has anything to do with enlargement or enhancement.Report
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You guys are a major distraction, significantly reducing my value as an employee. Please sign me up. And thanks.Report
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I believe I’m already in, but if not, please put me in.Report
Me too Please!Report
Neither here nor there, but every time I see “Retroactive” my mind reads “Radioactive.”
I haven’t the slightest idea why.Report
Beam me up!Report
BTW, does anyone have a problem if I lead with one of my own pieces?Report
If you are doing the job that no one else is willing to do, I think that that more than gives you license to do it however you wish.Report
There’s license, and there’s not wanting to come off as a douche.Report
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Would love to get this.Report
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