I find that he's peerless at summing up exactly what's bothering me, personally about a situation in a cartoon form. This isn't necessarily evidence of brilliant analysis, but I do find his cartoons very satisfying to read.
Did you mean that he's peerless at summing up in cartoon form exactly what's bothering you, personally, or are you instead somehow particularly bothered by things that are in cartoon form?
Edit on preview: whoa... where did that come from? Who am I -- Wolfson? I must be in a wretched mood. I'm going to get some coffee and in a few minutes I'll come back an apologize for being such an ass.
No, no, quite all right. I have a comma problem; I tend to over-comma everything, and as a reaction I occasionally lose commas from where I need them. Without nitpicking other people's typos and grammatical errors, this place would grind to a halt.
Also: ...this place would grind to a halt is just begging for a joke, given recent events. I left it alone because I'm genuinely concerned about the server difficultues of late; it's not polite to poke fun at the dying.
Oh, man. I hate this, because I'm so useless in doing anything about fixing it. All the heavy lifting is being done by Becks and Ben.
The amount of effort it takes not to send endless emails: "Is it fixed yet? How about now? How come it keeps breaking? Now is it fixed? WHat about now?" is huge.
Mine! A comment thread all for myself!
Posted by trialsanderrors | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 2:45 AM
Not quite! Thanks to the magic of EEST.
Posted by ksii | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 2:57 AM
I love Dan as a cartoonist. As an analyst beyond that, not so much.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 4:57 AM
I find that he's peerless at summing up exactly what's bothering me, personally about a situation in a cartoon form. This isn't necessarily evidence of brilliant analysis, but I do find his cartoons very satisfying to read.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 7:49 AM
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Did you mean that he's peerless at summing up in cartoon form exactly what's bothering you, personally, or are you instead somehow particularly bothered by things that are in cartoon form?
Edit on preview: whoa... where did that come from? Who am I -- Wolfson? I must be in a wretched mood. I'm going to get some coffee and in a few minutes I'll come back an apologize for being such an ass.
Posted by Urple | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 7:56 AM
No, no, quite all right. I have a comma problem; I tend to over-comma everything, and as a reaction I occasionally lose commas from where I need them. Without nitpicking other people's typos and grammatical errors, this place would grind to a halt.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 8:03 AM
Sorry for being such an ass.
Incidentally, the sentence in question (once reworded) gets it exactly right. Tom Tomorrow is great.
Posted by Urple | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 8:14 AM
Urple is banned!
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 8:21 AM
Also: ...this place would grind to a halt is just begging for a joke, given recent events. I left it alone because I'm genuinely concerned about the server difficultues of late; it's not polite to poke fun at the dying.
Posted by Urple | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 8:29 AM
Oh, man. I hate this, because I'm so useless in doing anything about fixing it. All the heavy lifting is being done by Becks and Ben.
The amount of effort it takes not to send endless emails: "Is it fixed yet? How about now? How come it keeps breaking? Now is it fixed? WHat about now?" is huge.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 8:38 AM
the magic of EEST.
Eastern Extreme Standard Time?
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 9:53 AM
blog + spirits = extreme commenting
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 10:01 AM
More like Extreme Extreme Standard Time. On the subject of car-toons and -toonists I'd like to pimp Tim Kreider's Pain.
Posted by ksii | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 10:47 AM
And there's always Get your War On.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-19-06 11:13 AM