tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post815119139692465155..comments2023-09-16T09:00:31.715-04:00Comments on Telecommuter Talk: First Lines Meme with a Twist and ResolutionsEmily Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-16190718860748070622008-01-14T13:39:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:39:00.000-05:00Mandarine, once I announce the winner, you may go ...Mandarine, once I announce the winner, you may go back and read my blog to your heart's content (of course), and the winner can browse all posts for interesting books and choose his/her prize.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-84453966214993427652008-01-14T11:01:00.000-05:002008-01-14T11:01:00.000-05:00If I understand well the rules of the game, we are...If I understand well the rules of the game, we are not supposed to read this year's posts to find the answers. But how are we to choose the book? You mean we should also remember all the books you wrote about? I give up (aforementioned physiological excuses).mandarinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413240094728405118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-15793210651048558022008-01-02T14:33:00.000-05:002008-01-02T14:33:00.000-05:00Mandarine, oh dear. If even YOU can't remember thi...Mandarine, oh dear. If even YOU can't remember things, there's no hope for me. Bonne annee (don't know how to get the accent in there) to you as well. Dorr's got you beat as far as answering the questions. I suppose I need to give everyone extra credit for the missing #2, though.<BR/><BR/>Dorr, you're winning so far.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-89207051042905163422008-01-02T09:17:00.000-05:002008-01-02T09:17:00.000-05:00I almost posted my answers here and then saw the e...I almost posted my answers here and then saw the email instructions and caught myself. I don't think I did very well on this quiz though!Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-25420915453685509912008-01-01T15:45:00.000-05:002008-01-01T15:45:00.000-05:00I seem to suffer from the same sort of amnesia*: I...I seem to suffer from the same sort of amnesia*: I know I have read all your posts, and yet I cannot answer more than a couple of questions (#1 was the common sorcerer's trick of toggling a street on or off on request; #2 is []; #8 is your ghost story, which I am ashamed to confess I have not read yet; #9 - I was under the impression that there were more than two things driving you nuts on a regular basis; and that's about it).<BR/><BR/>With such a mouse memory, I could probably live with a dozen books and re-read them every year: I would not notice.<BR/><BR/>Bonne année n+1!<BR/><BR/>(* one day, a colleague came to me with a technical report open on page 21, asking me to decipher. I read the paragraph and replied:<BR/>-I haven't got a clue; it seems quite smart, but I have never worked on that sort of topic - why don't you ask the guy who wrote it?<BR/>-Well, er, it's you)mandarinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413240094728405118noreply@blogger.com