tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post95435203638692449..comments2024-01-31T02:25:43.428+10:00Comments on Amarinda Jones: TSTL?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-66499550468632231592008-07-28T15:20:00.000+10:002008-07-28T15:20:00.000+10:00TSTL is usually a reference to a character in a bo...TSTL is usually a reference to a character in a book or movie. You know the guy who goes into the basement of the old house to look for his buddy who just disappeared down there screaming horribly? TSTL. The girl who decides to open the door when she hears a knock on it at 3am and has no idea whose outside it? You know that character is going to be toast. <BR/><BR/>I've also heard it referenced as a red uniform character...a reference to the unknown red uniformed ensign in Star Trek who beams down with the away team. Dude ain't making it back to the ship.<BR/><BR/>As to stupid, I always tell my students stupid means doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.Jacquéline Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763280397841660587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-12939657568569323202008-07-28T13:42:00.000+10:002008-07-28T13:42:00.000+10:00I've only ever heard someone use TSTL in regards t...I've only ever heard someone use TSTL in regards to a book character, never to a real live person. I hope no one would say that about a real person.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534849962517743534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-75248747250621343782008-07-28T13:22:00.000+10:002008-07-28T13:22:00.000+10:00I'm starting to get a callous on my head from all ...I'm starting to get a callous on my head from all the head slapping moments :DLynTaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791911440958799586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-30408339517035362982008-07-28T10:30:00.000+10:002008-07-28T10:30:00.000+10:00I've had plenty of "slapping the forehead" moments...I've had plenty of "slapping the forehead" moments lately but would never consider myself TSTL. Lots of us do and say things in a "distracted moment" they'd love to take back. Sometimes I speak before I think and that's bad too. Figure I'm a work in progress. I keep trying to do better.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-61836822022342853242008-07-28T01:40:00.000+10:002008-07-28T01:40:00.000+10:00I think it's far easier to slap labels on characte...I think it's far easier to slap labels on characters than on real people. Real, three dimensional people are complex. Reading the old romance novels, I frequently despised the heroines who were written so thinly that the hero had to come along and rescue them. I much prefer today's books where the characters are allowed to have good and bad qualities and they're far more likely to work together to solve the problems.Cindy Spencer Papehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583236494759465431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-39538909223758940322008-07-28T01:24:00.000+10:002008-07-28T01:24:00.000+10:00I like the Amarinda quote: labels belong on jars. ...I like the Amarinda quote: labels belong on jars. Good blog as always.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-61215213770530048362008-07-28T00:30:00.000+10:002008-07-28T00:30:00.000+10:00I used to work with a pretend stupid who made it i...I used to work with a pretend stupid who made it into an art form. What I never understood was that everyone knew it yet no one called her on it. I was so happy when I was transferred out of that department and no longer had to be involved since I was always being told I was picking on her when I wouldn't drop everything to help.barbara hufferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110190714520012040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464509310028636226.post-9996959668630059762008-07-27T23:35:00.000+10:002008-07-27T23:35:00.000+10:00Heh. Well, I believe that "label" is generally use...Heh. Well, I believe that "label" is generally used in the romance genre to denote a character (unfortunately, usually a woman) who behaves in a totally illogical manner so as to place herself and possibly the other characters in unnecessary danger. Such as the woman who know that there's a murderer on the loose, but fails to lock her doors--or worse, lets a stranger in her home.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes, she's just a ditz. If the author deliberately writes her as a ditz, then that's on the author's head.Anny Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.com