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[blamebrampton]

In breaking news, someone said something silly on the internet. Full story at nine.

I just had to physically restrain myself from replying to a very nice person who had written a well-worded rant complaining that people writing Star Wars fics continually give the characters stupid dialogue and idiotic reasoning skills.

My response: 'Surely that's canon?' would not have contributed meaningfully to the conversation.

Bedtime, life is chaos, deadline filled with madness. Back to the world shortly with news about fire recovery and HP10K and more ...

Comments

[potteresque_ire]

He knows it? Can he teach me? :D

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Basically, you just say something so convincingly that the other person believes it. Unfortunately I don't think it works on me,as I'm naturally skeptical and questioning. ;)

[potteresque_ire]

Definitely true in professional setting though, I'd say. Add some pretty Excel presentation and it can become the word of God!! :D

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, and Powerpoint slides with pretty graphs!