Comments on: Help? Part II

By: melen

melen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:22:19 +0000

Off topic: Where did you get that pink dress you wore with Heather on stage in Vancouver? I must have one!

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:25:03 +0000

Erm, I was not restricted to three ideas, so I went with being a greedy little monkey again.

But I’m a swinging through the trees kinda monkey, so it’s surely alright, right?

By: Alayna

Alayna — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:00:18 +0000

Riayn-
I’m sure you could enter the equivalence to your income in Australian dollars (i.e. what would your income be in US dollars).
That’s an idea?

By: dani

dani — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:59:46 +0000

Same comment above about the Australian dollars one – but I cheated and put in US$ just to get the answers through. I don’t think you realised just how international your readership is!

dani

By: Alibi

Alibi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:24:31 +0000

@John – I don’t really think it’s particularly creepy (creepy would be, as you say, if everyone jumped on every post). I’ve been a reader here for several years now, though, and until I met Maggie in person last week hadn’t exchanged so much as an electronic hello with her. In general, I think of it as an author/audience relationship – most people who read a book don’t immediately sit down pen a response to the author.

Mostly, though, I was just joking because we chatted about how in neuroscience and psychology (perhaps in other fields as well?) people tend to study that which they lack. I often lack the will power to press Submit Comment, so maybe I should start there!!

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:18:36 +0000

@Alibi:
Up until now, I was a lurker here – why do you consider lurking to be creepy? Most people “lurk” – I suspect that the comments would be unwieldily verbose (and probably unreadable) if everyone chimed in.

Frankly, I start to tune out once I’ve seen the fourth or fifth comment expressing essentially the same viewpoint.

By: Alibi

Alibi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:01:59 +0000

Glad to help! I’ve actually never commented on your site (I’m an evil evil lurker), but now that I’ve met you in person, I felt like I should throw in my two cents now and again (I’m the “Neuroscience Major” you were talking to in Vancouver – maybe I should study why some people have a kind of creepy propensity to lurk well beyond the normal time-frame?)

Anyway it was SO much fun chatting with you and I hope I’ll have the chance again (:

By: Riayn

Riayn — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:01:38 +0000

I started to take your survey but I couldn’t complete it as one of the required questions is how do you take your paycheck. The only options are US dollars, Euros, Pounds or Canadian Dollars. I live in Australia and I take my paycheck in Australian Dollars. An Other option would have been nice.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:21:12 +0000

Done. Fun!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:04:04 +0000

Funny, I was just at FM this morning buying some ads when I saw the “Mighty Empire” sites listed. I even thought to myself, I thought she was with someone else…

Good luck!