http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/09/06/100906sh_shouts_rudnick
The (fictional) dating site for those who admit they're not up to standards for any normal dating site. I think my favorite piece of the questionairre is --
3. Whats your idea of a great way to spend a Saturday morning?
(a) Grabbing some coffee, reading the paper, and catching a movie, all while sitting on the toilet.
(b) Walking hand in hand through the park, all by myself.
(c) Spending the whole day in bed, with my parents.
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In other news, that translation grant is up again this year. I didn't win it last time, hoping to change that. I'm trying to get them to give me money for the translation of some 18th century French plays. Although the grant is theoretically for any kind of translation, one of my friends looked over the past winners and observed, worryingly, that the recipients usually tend to be pieces of Jewish or Eastern European origin, which says something about who is deciding these. And although they specify the grant applies to drama as well, it appears poetry and novels are most of what get the prize. So I'm in a bad position
The (fictional) dating site for those who admit they're not up to standards for any normal dating site. I think my favorite piece of the questionairre is --
3. Whats your idea of a great way to spend a Saturday morning?
(a) Grabbing some coffee, reading the paper, and catching a movie, all while sitting on the toilet.
(b) Walking hand in hand through the park, all by myself.
(c) Spending the whole day in bed, with my parents.
__
In other news, that translation grant is up again this year. I didn't win it last time, hoping to change that. I'm trying to get them to give me money for the translation of some 18th century French plays. Although the grant is theoretically for any kind of translation, one of my friends looked over the past winners and observed, worryingly, that the recipients usually tend to be pieces of Jewish or Eastern European origin, which says something about who is deciding these. And although they specify the grant applies to drama as well, it appears poetry and novels are most of what get the prize. So I'm in a bad position