tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post4172367177182175153..comments2012-07-08T21:25:21.631+01:00Comments on Smiths Bureau of Investigations: Case no 0002 - Daughter of HerodiasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07532657035761216045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-63828418204044943302012-02-19T18:57:42.321+00:002012-02-19T18:57:42.321+00:00Oh yes. I like doing things madly in a rush and th...Oh yes. I like doing things madly in a rush and then giving up on them. The trick is to realise you're going to do it and enjoy the mad rush part. <br /><br />I remember once I asked someone to write a reference for me for a job I had already started. It was a formality and the job was not high-powered - just typing and filing. When the reference came in, it was much too detailed and personal: 'She tends to start projects enthusiastically and then loses interest.' When you're writing a reference like that, you're just supposed to say, 'She is a good team player' (although, see above on the Our Investigators page, maybe I'm not) or 'She was always polite and punctual.' Something like that. Something anodyne. Not musing about my failings to a stranger who had already offered me employment. Quite embarrassing and inappropriate. <br /><br />Also, everyone starts projects enthusiastically and then loses interest, so what did he expect? As we were discussing with yr Dad today in the context of his latest romance, that's the trajectory of everything in life, from a job to a love affair.<br /><br />I'd say we'll probably get sick of this in about a month. But maybe lots of paranomic things will present themselves, demanding to be solved, and we'll have no choice but to see it through until the end (where death or the removal of the internet = the end).<br /><br />Haha 'paranormic' is funny, isn't it? Why is it funnier to say 'paranormic' than 'paranormal'? Is it because it's a made-up word? (Or is it not funny at all..?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532657035761216045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-7321813015175918622012-02-19T18:34:54.806+00:002012-02-19T18:34:54.806+00:00ahhh, yes re: mopping through cases. I think it...ahhh, yes re: mopping through cases. I think it's like a Hugh Dennis joke I saw once about toasty makers - Instructions: eat nothing but toasties for a week, then never use again. I did think this morning that we may post madly for a week and then never investigate again, but if so, then so be it. xxx (I may have to stop putting three kisses at the end of each comment as the page is littered with them) xxxLauren Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122868506398372633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-16401616919133278352012-02-19T13:58:44.813+00:002012-02-19T13:58:44.813+00:00LOL re: case numbers. I wondered whether to spread...LOL re: case numbers. I wondered whether to spread out the postings. We are mopping through them. Soon there won't be any mysteries left to solve.<br /><br />Re: not always the right answers. I know! Katie is very wise. It just goes to show that expecting an either/or answer to a question is a mistake if one doesn't actually know the answer. Better to ask - What does it mean? than - Does it mean this or this? That's a useful lesson for life, I think. I hope I'm not too old to learn from it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532657035761216045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-26991238874734376982012-02-19T13:46:25.113+00:002012-02-19T13:46:25.113+00:00hurrah! brilliant! it shows we don't always ge...hurrah! brilliant! it shows we don't always get the answers we expect. very interesting. I love the red eye background by the way, I think it is perfect. xxxLauren Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122868506398372633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-15912789451025064592012-02-19T13:35:50.103+00:002012-02-19T13:35:50.103+00:00have altered, mine had the wrong posting time xxxhave altered, mine had the wrong posting time xxxLauren Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122868506398372633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6992981406488489674.post-69470020798217335552012-02-19T13:33:38.822+00:002012-02-19T13:33:38.822+00:00oh god, we've got our case numbers mixed hups ...oh god, we've got our case numbers mixed hups already! xxxLauren Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122868506398372633noreply@blogger.com