Comments on: If you don’t respond to this, your computer will explode and assorted bad things will happen http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/ this is a wolf angel & it eats the people it's supposed to help. A wolf angel is not a good angel to have looking out for you. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: michelle http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6789 michelle Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:01:46 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6789 <del datetime="2005-03-21T16:02:3505:00">I can't leave a comment on the other thread!!!</del> [update: I moved it to the right thread -wa] *** What! You're sticking me w/a chain mail meme obligation! I thought we were buddies! Oh well, it'll give me something interesting to do after watching my 2:00 WL students sleep through Lanval. I can’t leave a comment on the other thread!!! [update: I moved it to the right thread -wa]

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What! You’re sticking me w/a chain mail meme obligation! I thought we were buddies!

Oh well, it’ll give me something interesting to do after watching my 2:00 WL students sleep through Lanval.

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6793 Bill Tozier Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:13:33 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6793 Well, I'm apparently susceptible to simple suggestions, today. You got me. I've passed it on, too. Just don't let it hurt my computer! Well, I’m apparently susceptible to simple suggestions, today. You got me. I’ve passed it on, too. Just don’t let it hurt my computer!

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6795 wolfangel Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:24:44 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6795 Michelle, it's because I love you that I asked you to do this. Bill (can I call you Bill? I'm going to, apparently, but it feels weird), you've saved your computer, as well as your bicycle, your job, and you might just win a lottery now that you've passed it on. That's the power of chain-memes. Michelle, it’s because I love you that I asked you to do this.

Bill (can I call you Bill? I’m going to, apparently, but it feels weird), you’ve saved your computer, as well as your bicycle, your job, and you might just win a lottery now that you’ve passed it on. That’s the power of chain-memes.

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6805 Bill Tozier Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:15:52 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6805 Amusingly enough, I went to a Detroit casino yesterday as part of my regimen of auctorial work <strike>avoidance</strike> (it was "research" for a thing I'm thinking about maybe writing on folk understanding of probability. Really. No -- <i>really</i>! Stop smiling....), and did in fact win $600 from a very friendly nickel slot. Which I then proceeded to lose half of, of course. But that was before responding to this. So now, if I go, I will win $600 and learn not to stick it back in the machine?? Cool. Visualize me rubbing my fingers on the screen showing this blog post. For luck.... Amusingly enough, I went to a Detroit casino yesterday as part of my regimen of auctorial work avoidance (it was “research” for a thing I’m thinking about maybe writing on folk understanding of probability. Really. No — really! Stop smiling….), and did in fact win $600 from a very friendly nickel slot.

Which I then proceeded to lose half of, of course.

But that was before responding to this. So now, if I go, I will win $600 and learn not to stick it back in the machine??

Cool. Visualize me rubbing my fingers on the screen showing this blog post. For luck….

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6807 Bill Tozier Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:22:39 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6807 Oh -- and which part of signing every post, everywhere, as "Bill" implies that I don't feel comfortable hearing the name? It's not you; it seems to be everybody. What's with that? Is it that it's something <a href="http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken/woordenboek/?zoekwoord=bill" rel="nofollow">close to "buttock"</a> in Dutch? Because I'm OK with that. Really. Oh — and which part of signing every post, everywhere, as “Bill” implies that I don’t feel comfortable hearing the name? It’s not you; it seems to be everybody. What’s with that?

Is it that it’s something close to “buttock” in Dutch? Because I’m OK with that. Really.

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6809 wolfangel Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:04:24 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6809 I reserve the right to claim that the magic luck fairies knew you were going to respond so gave you luck. Maybe it's the part where you sign with your last name? I'm not sure, but I am super neurotic about naming issues. Is it appropriate to use first names? It's probably inappropriate to call you Mr. Tozier on a blog, or is it? I also have further issues with nicknames, and I gather your given name is actually William. Yes, yes, I *already* know I'm nuts. I reserve the right to claim that the magic luck fairies knew you were going to respond so gave you luck.

Maybe it’s the part where you sign with your last name? I’m not sure, but I am super neurotic about naming issues. Is it appropriate to use first names? It’s probably inappropriate to call you Mr. Tozier on a blog, or is it? I also have further issues with nicknames, and I gather your given name is actually William.

Yes, yes, I *already* know I’m nuts.

]]> By: Rana http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6819 Rana Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:30:11 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6819 Maybe it's because of the different way that names work in blogland? I mean, I don't call New Kid "New" or you "wolf" or Another Damn Medievalist "Another". (I'm not a great case study though; I have no problem calling PZ Meyers PZ, Chris Clarke Chris, or Tim Burke Tim.) Maybe it’s because of the different way that names work in blogland? I mean, I don’t call New Kid “New” or you “wolf” or Another Damn Medievalist “Another”.

(I’m not a great case study though; I have no problem calling PZ Meyers PZ, Chris Clarke Chris, or Tim Burke Tim.)

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6820 wolfangel Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:44:27 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6820 Heee heee heee. You could try wol, or wolfa, even. But I really want to do that now, and I couldn't tell you why. I have issues with Tim Burke; I've never addressed PZ Myers in comments, so I don't know. (I would use a full name to link.) Heee heee heee. You could try wol, or wolfa, even. But I really want to do that now, and I couldn’t tell you why.

I have issues with Tim Burke; I’ve never addressed PZ Myers in comments, so I don’t know. (I would use a full name to link.)

]]> By: Rana http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6825 Rana Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:12:46 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6825 Wolfa! (Sounds like an opinionated Viking woman in furs, doesn't it?) I don't think I'd use their first names if I didn't feel on a par with them, and if we didn't have some sort of prior blog-relationship. It's definitely full names for folks like Michael Berube, who I don't know. Wolfa!

(Sounds like an opinionated Viking woman in furs, doesn’t it?)

I don’t think I’d use their first names if I didn’t feel on a par with them, and if we didn’t have some sort of prior blog-relationship. It’s definitely full names for folks like Michael Berube, who I don’t know.

]]> By: Rana http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6826 Rana Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:13:23 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6826 WhoM I don't know. rrr WhoM I don’t know. rrr

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6827 Bill Tozier Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:36:56 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6827 Well, I prefer "Tozier", frankly. I've worked on too many projects and sat in too many classrooms and conferences with supernumerary Bills. But only rarely are there more than a couple of Toziers in the room. Pronounced "Toe-zhur" (approximately), because the people in <i>this</i> family are the ones that didn't stay in Frenchified Canadia. So: forget the given name. Stick with the identifier. Wolfa. [Heh. That's gonna stick. Very Valkyric.] When I was in high school, I was called "Toz". This was not a cool thing. It was because our Industrial Arts teacher made us use a router to inscribe our names in a plank as part of our training in the arts industrial, and then he would snap it in half over his knee so we could learn all about fasteners and glue.... Well, I prefer “Tozier”, frankly.

I’ve worked on too many projects and sat in too many classrooms and conferences with supernumerary Bills. But only rarely are there more than a couple of Toziers in the room.

Pronounced “Toe-zhur” (approximately), because the people in this family are the ones that didn’t stay in Frenchified Canadia. So: forget the given name. Stick with the identifier. Wolfa.

[Heh. That’s gonna stick. Very Valkyric.]

When I was in high school, I was called “Toz”. This was not a cool thing. It was because our Industrial Arts teacher made us use a router to inscribe our names in a plank as part of our training in the arts industrial, and then he would snap it in half over his knee so we could learn all about fasteners and glue….

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6828 wolfangel Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:00:53 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6828 I'm now going to be Wolfa, I just know it. It's sort of amusing; better than WA (which I don't mind, but Wolfa has a -- yes, Viking appeal). I can try to do Tozier, which, as you have guessed, I have been pronouncing wrong all this time. I’m now going to be Wolfa, I just know it. It’s sort of amusing; better than WA (which I don’t mind, but Wolfa has a — yes, Viking appeal).

I can try to do Tozier, which, as you have guessed, I have been pronouncing wrong all this time.

]]> By: wolfa http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6831 wolfa Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:03:30 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6831 I have now changed my display name for comments. Why not? I have now changed my display name for comments. Why not?

]]> By: Flesh-eating Dragon http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6839 Flesh-eating Dragon Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:28:24 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6839 I always find it strange to refer to you as WA because that's Western Australia. Incidentally, Wolfangel is an anagram of No Flaw Leg, even though it really ought to be No Flaw Brain, but unfortunately the latter is only an anagram of Wolf In A Barn, which is not nearly as interesting. Even more incidentally, if you like things with a Viking appeal, then you might pass by and look at http://tale.cunobaros.com/ which is a sort of story that was written in serial format on a certain newsgroup. For extra fun, visit http://tale.cunobaros.com/awvf/awvf.html (a page that lists all the literary and cultural references in the Tale) and do a text search for "flesh eating dragon" (the hyphen is missing). I always find it strange to refer to you as WA because that’s Western Australia. Incidentally, Wolfangel is an anagram of No Flaw Leg, even though it really ought to be No Flaw Brain, but unfortunately the latter is only an anagram of Wolf In A Barn, which is not nearly as interesting.

Even more incidentally, if you like things with a Viking appeal, then you might pass by and look at http://tale.cunobaros.com/ which is a sort of story that was written in serial format on a certain newsgroup. For extra fun, visit http://tale.cunobaros.com/awvf/awvf.html (a page that lists all the literary and cultural references in the Tale) and do a text search for “flesh eating dragon” (the hyphen is missing).

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6845 Bill Tozier Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:53:29 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6845 I would say that a wolf in a barn could be very interesting. Depending on who and where you were. I would say that a wolf in a barn could be very interesting. Depending on who and where you were.

]]> By: eb http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6853 eb Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:08:59 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6853 A wolf in a barn certainly would be more interesting than a barnangel. But did you know that <a href="http://www.wolfa.de/" rel="nofollow">WOLFA</a> is(t) "der Name für Qualität und preiswertes Bauen"? A wolf in a barn certainly would be more interesting than a barnangel.

But did you know that WOLFA is(t) “der Name für Qualität und preiswertes Bauen”?

]]> By: wolfa http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6856 wolfa Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:10:15 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6856 I did not know that. I also do not know German. I did not know that. I also do not know German.

]]> By: eb http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6858 eb Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:22:49 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/03/21/if-you-dont-respond-to-this/#comment-6858 I don't actually know what it means either; it just happens to be the first google result for "wolfa". I don’t actually know what it means either; it just happens to be the first google result for “wolfa”.

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