Perfect for the Horror genre.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_versus_nurture

SO HAPPY I DROPPED OUT!!

Good luck, y'all!!

Noice  got my next 3 scripts planned and this fits one

Quoted from Dreamscale SO HAPPY I DROPPED OUT!! Good luck, y'all!!

No need to revel quite so much in our misery. Well, clearly not Stevie... but maybe some of us. I meant to put a  :D in there.

Quoted from stevie Noice  got my next 3 scripts planned and this fits one

Same here...except this fits none. Lol

Quoted from mmmarnie Same here...except this fits none. Lol

;D :X

Thinking cap’s gonna have to go for this one.

I've been brainstorming with the family all morning and we have an idea! The Friday Panic brainstorm is becoming a thing in our household. Week 5 is gonna be epic lol!

I’m not lost!

Quoted from MarkRenshaw I've been brainstorming with the family all morning and we have an idea! The Friday Panic brainstorm is becoming a thing in our household. Week 5 is gonna be epic lol!

This is very nice. Not possible with my daughter though.

So... just sat down to look at the theme and the criteria I have left to select from... I'm officially f&cked!

Quoted from AnthonyCawood So... just sat down to look at the theme and the criteria I have left to select from... I'm officially f&cked!

My whole story is going to be centered around a shoehorn...especially the genre. ;D

Had a lovely dinner tonight, including friends of my kids, nice big family stuff, all the while I’m thinking...

...I’ve got a bloody script to write...

...including a Cucumber and a UFO

This challenge is not getting better..

Here's a question:

What do I do if I'm way past page 5 with my idea and I need to get rid of a few things in it but the best one to drop is the place and the object I'm trying to wedge in?
Otherwise I'll be getting rid of all the good stuff.

Quoted from khamanna Here's a question: What do I do if I'm way past page 5 with my idea and I need to get rid of a few things in it but the best one to drop is the place and the object I'm trying to wedge in? Otherwise I'll be getting rid of all the good stuff.

No DQs, but do that at your own peril. You're at the reviewers' mercy...

I should be writing but my football team are playing and the Sierra Nevada is going down to well!

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Had a lovely dinner tonight, including friends of my kids, nice big family stuff, all the while I’m thinking......I’ve got a bloody script to write......including a Cucumber and a UFO This challenge is not getting better..

Ha! Bill, I do that all the time. Or, Hubby is talking about something - politics or Covid, or something, and I'm devising plot in my head. And then he says, what do you think? And I say, what? Oh, sorry I was away with the fairies.  ;D

Quoted from LC Ha! Bill, I do that all the time. Or, Hubby is talking about something - politics or Covid, or something, and I'm devising plot in my head. And then he says, what do you think? And I say, what? Oh, sorry I was away with the fairies.  ;D

“That sounds really interesting, but it won’t fit into five pages. Can we talk about that later?”

I know!
I know what to do with the Assigned Character. I'll put him/her right on the title page as in "written by an Assigned Character"
It's not wedged in.
It's important as no script would be written without him.

Quoted from FrankM “That sounds really interesting, but it won’t fit into five pages. Can we talk about that later?”

;D Haha! Very good! I'll remember that one.

By George, I think I've got it! And by "got it" I mean a complete story that incorporates all variables and theme...that everyone will hate. Yes!!

Quoted from khamanna I know! I know what to do with the Assigned Character. I'll put him/her right on the title page as in "written by an Assigned Character" It's not wedged in. It's important as no script would be written without him.

Now that's bloody brilliant, Kham.

I wrote 5 pages, smug with myself for finishing and then re-read it and realised I'd used the object in round one - ooops!

Quoted from AnthonyCawood I wrote 5 pages, smug with myself for finishing and then re-read it and realised I'd used the object in round one - ooops!

"Furthermore, an hourglass was shoehorned into the story. And I really have to wonder why."

I’m pleased to report that my usual 15 page script is being duly shoved into five

Nothing changes...alas.

Quoted from Reef Dreamer I’m pleased to report that my usual 15 page script is being duly shoved into five Nothing changes...alas.

I'm right with you,  buddy. The 5 page count is killing me. How do you cram 3 acts and express this theme in 5 pages!?

Several pages written then whittled down to five. Will recheck, edit and check again tomorrow because today is pub day. First time in four months I’m seeing my mates. So script work is on hold for one day. Possibly two :-)

The first draft is written. I like it, the family likes it and this is the first time the story has smoothly slotted into the page limit.

It's going to be a complete disaster.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw The first draft is written. I like it, the family likes it and this is the first time the story has smoothly slotted into the page limit. It's going to be a complete disaster.

Oh, boy. Feeling good about a script? That's a really bad sign.

Same link to submit? I forgot where to look for it though.

We have another day right? I couldn’t find a link and going to bed

Where do we submit for round 3? I can't seem to find the link.

It's marksplantowinroundthree/submit. If it doesn't work then there is something wrong on your end.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw It's marksplantowinroundthree/submit. If it doesn't work then there is something wrong on your end.

By my round 2 placement, I'm definitely not your competion  :p

Quoted from Warren Where do we submit for round 3? I can't seem to find the link.

Found it. Finally!

https://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro_short_exercise_2020-WT.html

Warren, it was hiding in the first week discussion page, p.17, I think.
Just another way to torture us. :)

Quoted from khamanna We have another day right? I couldn’t find a link and going to bed

You were correct.
Not sure how much of your day is left... :)

Quoted from LC Found it. Finally! https://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro_short_exercise_2020-WT.html Warren, it was hiding in the first week discussion page, p.17, I think. Just another way to torture us. :)

Thanks, Libby!

Submitted.

Thanks Libby, now submitted too.

Thanks Lib, I’ll submit when I wake up.

There are still over 12 hours left till deadline. I will go to sleep in about four hours, then sleep, and still have a few hours to get mine finished. Thank, God. I need it.The sleep and the time. :)

christ, some have submitted and im still working out what to do with the cucumber  :K)

I'm all in. Not going to open it anymore, it's as good as it can be.

Submitted

Under the circumstances I think it’s alright, but I can see the aspects that won’t be to everyone liking. Alas, there’s no plan B available.

See you all tomorrow to start the reading

Submitted. I've no idea what to think with this one except that my scores will continue their current trend.

I'm almost finished and it's snooze factor is eerily similar to my W2 entry.

Your W2 script was great!

Submitted. Had to cut a page, but all it was was an extra line or two of dialog and a punchline.
A bit out of my box, I don't like it one bit. I outright hate it. And I wrote the sucker.

Beauty is the eye of the beholder they say.
screw that.
;D

You know what, and I’ve not experienced this before, because it’s my first time in this WT, but...

...I think us writers are hero’s...

doing this brutal challenge

It’s like a OWC, every four days at Mach speed.

With less options.

Yet, the scripts are very good. We are so hard when reviewing .

Anyway, week 3 starts tomorrow- bring it.

Submitted and cleared my non-existent schedule for tomorrow.

Quoted from mmmarnie I'm almost finished and it's snooze factor is eerily similar to my W2 entry.

You got fourth place, Marnie! Great going.

Quoted from Reef Dreamer You know what, and I’ve not experienced this before, because it’s my first time in this WT, but... ...I think us writers are hero’s... doing this brutal challenge It’s like a OWC, every four days at Mach speed. With less options. Yet, the scripts are very good. We are so hard when reviewing . Anyway, week 3 starts tomorrow- bring it.

Rallying the troops and improving morale is a punishable offense, Bill... Lol. =)

EDIT: You will fear my wrath in round 4 as punishment...

Submitted.

Is it normal for the right side of my face to twitch every 10 seconds?

I'm not going to make it this week and maybe not next week.

What are the repercussions?

Is there anything I need to do to not affect my partner in crime, Ajr?

Okay. I'm in. Genre and theme problems and all. Can't wait to read what you amazing peeps came up with!

I have something in. I don’t like it, but it’s in.

Quoted from mmmarnie Okay. I'm in. Genre and theme problems and all. Can't wait to read what you amazing peeps came up with!

Something along the lines of a crocodile who’s been raised as an air traffic controller? :)

Quoted from FrankM Something along the lines of a crocodile who’s been raised as an air traffic controller? :)

And it's a western. Lol

Quoted from Nomad I'm not going to make it this week and maybe not next week. What are the repercussions? Is there anything I need to do to not affect my partner in crime, Ajr?

Repercussions: you will lose .1 points off your overall score for each week missed.

As for Anthony, you still have to pick your variables for the week. Might want to discuss that with him directly, to ensure you don't duplicate any.

Quoted from PKCardinal Submitted.Is it normal for the right side of my face to twitch every 10 seconds?

Yes! it's hard to stop smiling from a win.  ;D

Week 3 is up.  The consolidated list will go up in the morning along with the voting sheet.  Apologies for the delay.

Don

The scripts are up super fast.
Thank you, Don!

Edit: Oh, yes, and of course thanks to Blondie.
Without him there would be no angst, torture, insomnia,  and anxiety ridden dreams, and we would have dinner on time.  ;D

Cheers Don and Blondie

Thanks Don and Sean! Jumping in right now!!

Thank you, Don!
Thank you, Sean!

I already read 6. Going to start the comments tomorrow. I'm planning to write more on scripts this time. Cos I have thoughts.

The Mystery genre, so far, seems to be the hardest to nail.

Thanks Don/Sean, that's my evening sorted ;-)

Quoted from AnthonyCawood Thanks Don/Sean, that's my evening sorted ;-)

Well, you're good, Ant. That's some people's week sorted.  ;D

Good = insomnia, Libby ;-)

I'm up, I've got coffee - let's dig in!

I have a question about genre. If there are 2 represented, for example: a sci fi that's also a comedy...or thriller that's also a fantasy... is that okay or is it supposed to be only the one genre given?

Marnie, What I do remember Blondie saying was that Comedy covered Romance and Crime covered Drama. A little fusion is okay.

Having said that I suppose Sean could weigh in with more clarification but one of his favourite sayings during this Tournament has been that he let's you be the judge.

Personally, I don't mind a bit of crossover.
Others might see it differently.

Yeah a bit of comedy in another genre is fine even a sci fo or horror. Comic dialogue not over done is ok.   And crime and mystery can be similar so fine by me

But once you have talking animals in a thriller or action then it becomes fantasy.  It’s getting around the system and I don’t like it as the rest of us are busting a gut trying to do it properly.

Spewing now I didn’t put the Death Star or talking dildoes in my Rd 3 one.

Quoted from stevie Spewing now I didn’t put the Death Star or talking dildoes in my Rd 3 one.

Well now I'm extra glad I didn't draw SciFi cus the only way I could have wrapped my noggin around it is to make it like Star Wars....which is obviously a fantasy. Lol.

Okay...so only human characters unless it's fantasy. Thanks for clarifying.

I've been through most of them, I'll cover any I've missed tomorrow. So far, the most common usage of nature vs nurture is twins and Hitler, lol!

Quoted from LC Marnie, What I do remember Blondie saying was that Comedy covered Romance and Crime covered Drama. A little fusion is okay. Having said that I suppose Sean could weigh in with more clarification but one of his favourite sayings during this Tournament has been that he let's you be the judge. Personally, I don't mind a bit of crossover. Others might see it differently.

Simplest I can put it: you select a genre. As long as that genre is represented, you're fine. Doesn't matter if others peek their heads in.

im not finished yet, but I have to say the quality is really strong

damn...I was hoping the lot of you would go off the boil  :D

so far I consider this the strongest of the three weeks. surely that can't continue

I agree with you,  Bill. A really strong showing this week.  I thought this week's theme was the most difficult one yet too. Kudos to everyone that entered!

I read everything but have to check for the missing reviews from me.
Ready to score though

Quoted from Reef Dreamer im not finished yet, but I have to say the quality is really strong damn...I was hoping the lot of you would go off the boil  :D so far I consider this the strongest of the three weeks. surely that can't continue

Just wait until Week 5 when you see shoe salesmen using beach umbrellas on space shuttles.

Quoted from FrankM Just wait until Week 5 when you see shoe salesmen using beach umbrellas on space shuttles.

Fair point...but I think you lot will still make it work  :P

I wonder what tomorrow's theme will be...

I'd love a hint.

I'm doing so well this round I have stacks of energy for the next.
Now read the opposite meaning of that.   ::)  ;D

Quoted from LC I wonder what tomorrow's theme will be... I'd love a hint.

Think of the theme you'd have the hardest time incorporating into a coherent story.

It'll be worse than that.

Quoted from LC I wonder what tomorrow's theme will be... I'd love a hint. I'm doing so well this round I have stacks of energy for the next. Now read the opposite meaning of that.   ::)  ;D

Yes! A hint, a hint!

There was no scoring card for this week, right?

Kham, the score card is probably still coming. I don't have one yet either.

Blondie keeps a low evil profile.  ;D

Quoted from khamanna There was no scoring card for this week, right?

I clicked on the link from last week and it was updated with this week's scripts.

Quoted from FrankM I clicked on the link from last week and it was updated with this week's scripts.

Ooh, no flies on you, smarty.  :D

Quoted from FrankM I clicked on the link from last week and it was updated with this week's scripts.

Lol smart

Quoted from khamanna Yes! A hint, a hint!

It'll be harder than this week's.

I need a scoring card Blondie   I deleted the pm lol

Quoted from stevie I need a scoring card Blondie   I deleted the pm lol

https://simplyscripts.com/WritersTourney.html

Thanks bro

I’m looking at the criteria we’re left with and thinking there’s still a theme to be incorporated and I really don’t think I will be able to do that. I mean the genres that are left are already a problem. Don’t want to say I’m out now but I’ll probably will be.

It also takes a lot of time to write then review and I’m beat. I’m also translating someone’s screenplay right now and it’s screenplays all around. I’m screenplay struck,

Hey Kham, I thought you were at a machine learning camp. The curriculum must have changed a lot if they’re wall-to-wall screenplays now ;)

Quoted from FrankM Hey Kham, I thought you were at a machine learning camp. The curriculum must have changed a lot if they’re wall-to-wall screenplays now ;)

That was for a week and will resume in September for a total of 4 months for me. Hopefully. I'm totally not against it after all this screenplay business. And I thought that thing was the hardest.

Kham, don’t sweat on the theme. If you’re bogged down, start writing now. I’ve written one of the scripts already and am halfway through the other. If the themes happen to fit (which happened by chance for my Rd 3 one) then great. If the themes don’t fit, I’m still posting them as the opportunity to create 2 really good scripts is too good.

I haven’t marked down any based on the themes (most peeps haven’t I think) only if the shoehorning has been too convenient, and if the genre has been fiddled with.

Quoted from stevie Kham, don’t sweat on the theme. If you’re bogged down, start writing now. I’ve written one of the scripts already and am halfway through the other. If the themes happen to fit (which happened by chance for my Rd 3 one) then great. If the themes don’t fit, I’m still posting them as the opportunity to create 2 really good scripts is too good. I haven’t marked down any based on the themes (most peeps haven’t I think) only if the shoehorning has been too convenient, and if the genre has been fiddled with.

I’ll try some staring at the criteria tomorrow.
I’m not out for now, just thinking it’s going that way.

Quoted from khamanna I’m also translating someone’s screenplay right now and it’s screenplays all around. I’m screenplay struck,

Wow! That's gotta take some talent. Well done, you!
...

Anyway... Read and commented on all and my votes are in.
Looking forward to groaning about the next theme.

P.S. Bit of a ghost town around here at the moment.

Voted!

I have some good/bad news. Good because I've got a job and start on Monday. I've been out of work since April and living off meagre handouts from the government and savings. Bad because I've been writing every day and produced so much content. I've loved it and wish I could work full time professionally as a writer, but writing doesn't pay. Well, not enough for me to live off anyway. I'm back to writing on weekends :-(  

I'm not out of the tournament or making any excuses. All I'm saying is I will endeavour to read/review all scripts, it will just take me longer to get through them from now on. Just two weeks to go, I'm sure I'll manage!

Congrats on the job Mark!

Terrific news, Mark!

Good luck, Mark.

Get. Set. Go!

I'm struggling with the grading this round... there are scripts that have clearly made no attempt to address the theme, and where the genre is also suspect.

So with a limited 1-5 system which is what we have here... a 2.6 or 3.6 is rounded up to a 3 or 4. But then a 2.4 and a 3.4 is a 2 and a 3....

AJR

Nice,  Mark, good luck on the job!

Great news on job, Mark! That's become a rare thing these days. So glad you were able to find something. I hope it's a job you like!! Lost mine in March and can't find anything that paid close to what I was making. Crazy times.

Quoted from mmmarnie Great news on job, Mark! That's become a rare thing these days. So glad you were able to find something. I hope it's a job you like!! Lost mine in March and can't find anything that paid close to what I was making. Crazy times.

Indeed. It's about a 50% pay cut I've had to accept. Better than nothing and maybe in a year or two I can crawl myself back to what I was once earning.

Congrats Mark.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw Indeed. It's about a 50% pay cut I've had to accept. Better than nothing and maybe in a year or two I can crawl myself back to what I was once earning.

ouch, but well done for taking the job and accepting the situation

now you just have to work and write like the rest of us  :D :D :D

Congratulations Mark!

Quoted from ajr I'm struggling with the grading this round... there are scripts that have clearly made no attempt to address the theme, and where the genre is also suspect. So with a limited 1-5 system which is what we have here... a 2.6 or 3.6 is rounded up to a 3 or 4. But then a 2.4 and a 3.4 is a 2 and a 3.... AJR

yup, it's a tricky one.

The scoring system is not a bad one, but as you say sometimes hard to separate out. Especially as you could have good script, but weak connection to theme/parameters - if we don't adjust, whats the point in the first place?

I haven't given a 1 because the script are all fair efforts

I have rarely given a 5 as I reserve this for a 'blow me away' type script

so that leaves 2-4 to differentiate. But averaged out across us all it seems to work out

I did wonder whether we should be given our average review figures to see who's mean, and who's just plain lovely  8)

would that change some scores? don't know.

Quoted from Reef Dreamer I haven't given a 1 because the script are all fair efforts I have rarely given a 5 as I reserve this for a 'blow me away' type script so that leaves 2-4 to differentiate. But averaged out across us all it seems to work out I did wonder whether we should be given our average review figures to see who's mean, and who's just plain lovely  8) would that change some scores? don't know.

If I remember my statistics education, it shouldn't matter if someone votes 1-4 or 2-5 (either thinking no one is excellent or no one is crap). Where scores can muddy the system is if everyone is average. I've rarely scored an entry a 5, but I have dished out a 1 a couple times through the years (sometimes for my own, if I could). So mean/lovely is relative to the curve that they vote on. If they voted 15 entries as poor and 2 as very good, that can screw the scoring as well. I usually think of just how I would order them from first to last based on how they fit the parameters and how well crafted they are. A well crafted entry that is light on theme is better than an entry that ticks all the boxes but is riddled with mistakes.

But then again, maybe I'm just blowing smoke.

Quoted from JEStaats If I remember my statistics education, it shouldn't matter if someone votes 1-4 or 2-5 (either thinking no one is excellent or no one is crap). Where scores can muddy the system is if everyone is average. I've rarely scored an entry a 5, but I have dished out a 1 a couple times through the years (sometimes for my own, if I could). So mean/lovely is relative to the curve that they vote on. If they voted 15 entries as poor and 2 as very good, that can screw the scoring as well. I usually think of just how I would order them from first to last based on how they fit the parameters and how well crafted they are. A well crafted entry that is light on theme is better than an entry that ticks all the boxes but is riddled with mistakes. But then again, maybe I'm just blowing smoke.

There are three ways this gets handled in serious surveys.

First, yuge sample size. Law of large numbers ensures the effect you mentioned above.

Second, inter-rater reliability. At the opposite end of the scale, you can measure that different raters' scores of overlapping targets are sufficiently correlated that the ratings mean something. This is usually combined with attention checks or manipulation checks (where the answer is already known by the surveyor, to make sure people are taking the survey seriously.)

Third, rater fixed effects. That is, you take a particular rater's average score and subtract it from each of his/her scores. All of your scores will be centered on zero, but comparable to one another. You can go all-out with z-scores (subtract the average then divide by the standard deviation) to normalize if one rater has higher variability than another.

It'd be a fun exercise to see the margin of error for the ratings here (standard deviation of ratings devided by the square root of number-of-ratings times a scaling factor^*), but all it would really show is that the top few entries are really close to one another. We already know that.

^* Scaling factor comes from looking up "number-of-raters minus one" on the first column of this table and using the third column, which will be something in the neighborhood of 2.15.

I mainly score based on obvious effort. To fit in 5 variables in 5 pages and come up with a decent story is beyond challenging. Some weeks you have easier variables than others, and sometimes you have to work with variables that are just completely insane. If I see someone tried to fit all 5 in, even if they were light on a couple or even "kind of" shoehorned...I give them credit for trying. If there is no attempt at theme...they get a 1. Zero sign at an attempt of the assigned genre...1. If they just tell us someone has a certain job but it's not shown in their actions...1. Object...personally, I dont care much. As long as it's doing something and not just a prop, it's there. Location doesn't seem to be much of an issue. I think the majority of scripts so far have made good use of that.

IMO, people are going to vote on their personal take on this challenge. Some review and score according to their prefence on fave genres.  Some even review and score based on their own made up rules of what's acceptable and what's not. So based on all that, I'm not sure showing averages would enlighten us to anything.

Sean probably knows the history of us and how stingy or lovely each of us is.


I have no pattern, but usually there is at least one excellent from me. This time there were two.

Actually this time there were a variety of grades when other times (not often) there's many goods and just a couple deviations.

There are so many factors to care for in this comp. So I decided that genre and theme are more important than anything else. I don't see many that are not on the theme btw or there's no attempt to touch the theme.
And genre better be somewhat close to the labeled.

congrats Mark

I score according to my view of how the script has tried to meet the Challenge, i.e. use the criteria, meet the theme in stated genre and fit them into a coherent story.

But I think maybe we might be taking it a little too seriously if we get into debates on statistics ;-)

Quoted from AnthonyCawood But I think maybe we might be taking it a little too seriously if we get into debates on statistics ;-)

When I told my brother (whose day-to-day job is very dangerous) that my job involves econometrics, he looked at me like I said I handle snakes.

I wasn't really concerned about the statistics, I was just pointing out that if in our minds the script is a 3.4, then the script is still a 3, as is a 2.6 script. So the quality can vary widely, by 8/10 of a point, and the scripts will receive the same grade.

AJR

Quoted from ajr I wasn't really concerned about the statistics, I was just pointing out that if in our minds the script is a 3.4, then the script is still a 3, as is a 2.6 script. So the quality can vary widely, by 8/10 of a point, and the scripts will receive the same grade. AJR

Last Thursday all the scores were in at this time. I wonder if it�s the same this time round.

And I hope we�ll hear the theme tonight

@Frank lol!!

I'm not too excited to see my score this week.

The theme though... Trepidation more than excitement. It will determine a lot.

Frank, are you like Chandler Bing in Friends where nobody knew what his job was for years, and then finally it was revealed as:
IT procurements manager with the specialization Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration, I know you don't do that exactly, but...  ;D

Quoted from LC I'm not too excited to see my score this week. The theme though... Trepidation more than excitement. It will determine a lot. Frank, are you like Chandler Bing in Friends where nobody knew what his job was for years, and then finally it was revealed as: IT procurements manager with the specialization Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration, I know you don't do that exactly, but...  ;D

People can start guessing after the votes are in  ;)

Quoted from LC Frank, are you like Chandler Bing in Friends where nobody knew what his job was for years, and then finally it was revealed as: IT procurements manager with the specialization Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration, I know you don't do that exactly, but...  ;D

You think he stays up at night worrying about his WENUS?

Quoted from khamanna People can start guessing after the votes are in  ;)

I still have to type out a few reviews I wrote on paper when I was reading offline...but my votes are in. I never know who wrote what. Don't think I've ever guessed right.

Quoted from mmmarnie You think he stays up at night worrying about his WENUS?

Yes! I forgot that...

Chandler: I just don't want to be one of those guys that's in his office until twelve o'clock at night worrying about the WENUS.
Rachel: The... the WENUS?
Chandler: Weekly Estimated Net Usage Systems. It's a processing term.
Rachel: Oh, that WENUS.

;D

Quoted from LC Yes! I forgot that... Chandler: I just don't want to be one of those guys that's in his office until twelve o'clock at night worrying about the WENUS. Rachel: The... the WENUS? Chandler: Weekly Estimated Net Usage Systems. It's a processing term. Rachel: Oh, that WENUS. ;D

And don't forget the "Annual Net Usage Statistics", better known as the ANUS

Nothing as exciting as a WENUS in my work. One branch of statistics (called Bayesian) gets upset whenever you talk about a “p value,” but their own methods involve a lot of “priors” and “posteriors.” The nerdy inside jokes basically write themselves.

Ahaha you guys.

And Barney from How I Met Your Mother worked for PLEASE.
When asked where he works he would just say 'please' and not answer. Turns out he workd for PLEASE.
Provide Legal Exculpation and Sign Everything

;D ;D
Haha, it just gets better and better.
...
I wonder what Blondie's cooking up. It's Friday here. I want the theme!!

Don’t forget the SAUSAGE  ::)

Quoted from stevie Don’t forget the SAUSAGE  ::)

Barbecue theme?
If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen.
A watched pot never boils.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
If you play with fire, you’ll get burned
Just amusing myself here.  ;D

This thread was out at 10:39 last time. Did Sean forget about us?

Quoted from khamanna This thread was out at 10:39 last time. Did Sean forget about us?

He did say it was early last time.

Maybe he just likes watching everyone in suspense.

And then after the announcement, everyone in shock.

Quoted from FrankM Maybe he just likes watching everyone in suspense. .

Well, he’ll watch me go to bed now.

Quoted from khamanna This thread was out at 10:39 last time. Did Sean forget about us?

I've given it to all of you early the previous two weeks. You all highly overestimate the limits of my generosity. =)

I have a few more to comment on but I've read them all and that's me voted now...

Sorry all, I'm an essential worker and I've been on the go seemingly 24/7 since March with work and family matters.

Don't be offended, but I'm reading most of these on my phone from the toilet...

It has replaced hate-tweeting Trump for me...  

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AJR

Quoted from ajr I have a few more to comment on but I've read them all and that's me voted now... Sorry all, I'm an essential worker and I've been on the go seemingly 24/7 since March with work and family matters. Don't be offended, but I'm reading most of these on my phone from the toilet... It has replaced hate-tweeting Trump for me...

Don sent me the list. One writer to go. Then, they'll be verified and posted.

Quoted from ajr I have a few more to comment on but I've read them all and that's me voted now... Sorry all, I'm an essential worker and I've been on the go seemingly 24/7 since March with work and family matters. Don't be offended, but I'm reading most of these on my phone from the toilet... It has replaced hate-tweeting Trump for me...   (0: AJR

First, thanks for the essential work that you do.

Second, working 24/7 is tough but now that it's 25/7, you can take a breather ;)

Thanks Frank but I'm not a health care worker so no thanks necessary. I run office buildings and property management was considered essential from the get-go.

I was able to work from home most days from mid-March through most of April but my engineers were on the front line, every day. They are the real heroes.

I've been back in the office since last week of April.

AJR