At this point, they are her closest - and possibly only - friends. They have shown her not only that *they* care, but also that *she* is worth caring about. I think she would defend them to the death.
awgiedawgie
2023-03-25 01:30:09 +0000 UTC
Unless you're perfectly polite. I too met the man (a number of times). Just think of his personality archetype as 'Baba Yaga', If you use all your well-learned politesse, you'll survive unharmed.
VoxOrbisBrad
2023-03-23 05:51:10 +0000 UTC
...except for *other* short people, of course. We KNOW she'll attack. It's Harlan Ellison Syndrome, and having met the man years and years ago I can promise it's well named.
YsabetJustYsabet
2023-03-22 20:21:21 +0000 UTC
dat goo
2023-03-22 19:20:06 +0000 UTC
Absolutely. For years, I was the champion of having code reviews, and though I struggled to write legible code, the code I wrote was complete illegible crap. Finally, we got approval to have a code review process, and my code quality went up immensely because finally I had to show someone else. And they had to understand it.
I think it's less that I was forced to have them look at my code, because I'm sure had I not pushed for code reviews, I could have gone for years longer without having them. But suddenly I had a target audience to aim for, and that target audience wasn't me five minutes before I got the idea for the update.
Some Ed
2023-03-22 03:36:39 +0000 UTC
What, you want people to get MORE excited?
Rob Vary
2023-03-21 20:55:12 +0000 UTC
Liz can be Marten’s new sidekick A-Cup, instead of Half-Pint.
Michael Keogh
2023-03-21 19:03:46 +0000 UTC
Well, whatever administrative reason that is would have to be prepared to explain it to all of Cubetown, including Liz who still might not have got all the dickpunching out of her system
Bagge
2023-03-21 17:01:27 +0000 UTC
Man I would really hate for there to be some administrative reason Claire can't take the job.
Donna Flint
2023-03-21 16:46:46 +0000 UTC
To quote Tai: "Dewey Decimal? Do we ever!"
Douglas E. Smith
2023-03-21 16:33:00 +0000 UTC
Martin's new coffee shop name; "Dewey Decimal's Coffee and Tea"
Jim Feldman
2023-03-21 16:15:40 +0000 UTC
Liz has found her true calling.
Ruth Merriam
2023-03-21 16:11:29 +0000 UTC
This is where Claire negotiates an appropriately yuuuuge signing bonus.
sings_with_toads
2023-03-21 15:21:42 +0000 UTC
The most powerful organizing force is having to present your work to someone else.
Greg Morrow
2023-03-21 11:59:56 +0000 UTC
It's nice to see Liz being protective of, and looking out for, other people so readily.
Zak Reichle
2023-03-21 11:58:34 +0000 UTC
One of your finest Robutts, Jeph.
TubaGinger
2023-03-21 11:51:44 +0000 UTC
Claire could get some pointers from Marten's Mom about projecting the Satanic Librarian vibe, but I guess that would be weird for Marten.
Douglas E. Smith
2023-03-21 11:44:30 +0000 UTC
I for one welcome our new Bibliothecarian Overlord.