Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.

Willow ,'Bring On The Night'


What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - May 11, 2005 6:47:10 am PDT #3222 of 10001

Oh & that tall thin coworker (in a different building) who I'd wondered if she might be pregnant at the christmas party because she was wearing a loose sweater that wasn't her usual style? Was. I figured this out when she came back from her 3 month maternity leave. In march.

Observant, I am not.


§ ita § - May 11, 2005 6:52:53 am PDT #3223 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Some chick at work tugged on my skirt in the caf this morning. Skirt goes to Goodwill. Not because she touched it, but because it looked like she had to. The lining is possessed.


flea - May 11, 2005 6:54:32 am PDT #3224 of 10001
information libertarian

What you cannot do when someone announces her pregnancy is PAT her stomach. Luckily I have a frosty New England reserve, or so I am told, and no stranger ever laid a hand on my belly.


Jesse - May 11, 2005 6:56:05 am PDT #3225 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Dudes, if there is one thing I would never do, it is pat someone's stomach! Ew.

Edit: But I am glad to know that my anti-hug vibes should carry through into anti-belly touch vibes if I ever get pregnant.


§ ita § - May 11, 2005 6:59:24 am PDT #3226 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

if there is one thing I would never do, it is pat someone's stomach! Ew.

I've never patted a pregnant belly. I have cupped one or two, though. But I'd never do it to someone I hadn't already, say, hugged. Hugged a bunch of times, too.

I'd pat Jesse's tummy lots.


Jesse - May 11, 2005 7:00:22 am PDT #3227 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Of course there are people who break through my nature reserve. ita, you can rub my belly now, if you want. Boo boo.


sumi - May 11, 2005 7:00:46 am PDT #3228 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

KristinT - I'm guessing it was the same person you guessed and for the same reasons plus his mom is at the hospital and I bet he'd like to see Veronica too. They have one or two things to talk about, you know?


Jessica - May 11, 2005 7:01:52 am PDT #3229 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

IWF cracks down on illegal porn at work:

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has launched a campaign to crackdown on child porn in the workplace. It claims that many IT managers are unsure about what to do if they found illegal material on their servers and wants to raise awareness about to do.

A survey of 200 IT managers found that three quarters of those quizzed would not report employees caught downloading indecent images of children to the police, while four in ten companies surveyed would not even discipline or dismiss an employee caught up to no good.


Scrappy - May 11, 2005 7:06:59 am PDT #3230 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Oops, I beleive I have hugged Jesse. The Hugging Force is strong within me and I try to remember when I meet folks whether they are non-huggers, but I get all excited and fergit. I never patted someone's belly without an invitation, though, because, ew.


Aims - May 11, 2005 7:07:09 am PDT #3231 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

no stranger ever laid a hand on my belly.

Try riding the LA subway at 30+ weeks. Small, older Hispanic woman would rub and rub and rub like I was a freaking crystal ball. But they were sweet, too.