Writing fic is a great way to slack when there's no computer. Notebooks in the purse are very useful.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 9:09:51 am PDT #9168 of 10001
brillig
shrift - Jul 12, 2005 9:21:43 am PDT #9169 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Before I began working on offices, I remember slacking on jobs by way of hijinks. And possibly getting high off heavy metal cleaners. These things may have been interrelated.
Volans - Jul 12, 2005 9:46:57 am PDT #9170 of 10001
move out and draw fire
All my jobs up until a couple years ago were slack-tastic. I wrote games, wrote stories, drew comics, and read read read read read.
Roald Dahl question: He was a fighter pilot in the African theater? And crashed in the desert? Or am I confusing him with St.-Exupery?
the White House said Tuesday that President Bush continues to have confidence in Karl Rove
Isn't this exactly what he said about Rumsfield after Abu Ghraib?
sarameg - Jul 12, 2005 9:47:02 am PDT #9171 of 10001
So I suggest creating an email list to a group, driven mainly by the fact that one member CONSISTENTLY does not reply to all and sometimes replies to the wrong email entirely and because I'm sick of typing out 5 different addresses in my software (and it is stupid software that doesn't have an addressbook.)
And that ONE MEMBER replies that he doesn't think it is necessary. The one who hasn't gotten it right ONCE this week.
headdesk
DavidS - Jul 12, 2005 9:52:12 am PDT #9172 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He was a fighter pilot in the African theater? And crashed in the desert?
Yes, and yes. He survived the crash (obviously) and just got clear before the plane caught on fire. It's in his book Solo.
msbelle - Jul 12, 2005 9:56:53 am PDT #9173 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
johnkerry.com has an autoform letter asking for Rove to be fired. Sure the administration probably won't pay any attention, but it does give the Dems and others opposed to Rove to say things like XXX million Americans support Rove being fired. That's not nothin.
DavidS - Jul 12, 2005 9:57:26 am PDT #9174 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Damn. I really want chicken pot pie for lunch.
Volans - Jul 12, 2005 9:59:39 am PDT #9175 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I just went and looked up Dahl's bio. Turns out he did his combat flying here! Although it seems like Africa made a bigger impact on him (pun not really intended).
Calli - Jul 12, 2005 10:03:37 am PDT #9176 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I had one or two temp jobs where they wouldn't give me internet access. (Because...why would I need to access the network? I was just there to answer the phones!) I ended up reading a LOT of magazines.
At one temp job I read the entire LotR trilogy. I could probably have finished The Silmarillion if I'd had it handy. I've yet to figure out why they hired me, or anyone really. I sat at an empty desk for three weeks. Reading Tolkien.
DXMachina - Jul 12, 2005 10:07:55 am PDT #9177 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Laura really ought to be in on this conversation.
6'6 isn't gigantic.
It is for a fighter pilot.
I looked up, right about into Dave Cowans' belly. It took a long time to look all the way up to his face. I think he was about 6'6" or 6'7".
6'9", or at least that was his listed height.
They are clients of ours - I wrote software that was used during the construction of this platform.
Was this the software that was supposed to keep the platform level?