Oh my GOD, I hate people.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
shrift - Jul 15, 2005 8:41:04 am PDT #277 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
DXMachina - Jul 15, 2005 8:42:37 am PDT #278 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Oh my GOD, I hate people.
You poor dear. Have a pancake.
Connie Neil - Jul 15, 2005 8:43:16 am PDT #279 of 10002
brillig
Have a pancake
Because they arrest you if you go around pouring syrup on people. Unless those people are paying you to.
Cass - Jul 15, 2005 8:45:35 am PDT #280 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Congratulations Sophia!!!
I love diving and I think Greece might yield some interesting things to see on the bottom. Like being Lara Croft and searching for ancient artifacts, but with the leaving them there and fewer guns hopefully.
Cooking question: I have some lovely farm-fresh eggs and the possibly incredibly bad idea of making a cheese souffle. Alton Brown has my back on a recipe and it seems like it might even work. However, he wants me to use cream of tarter (in the whites to help them foam and keep their peaks). Are there any substitutes or am I heading to the grocery store? If I buy cream of tarter, what am I ever going to use it for again?
shrift - Jul 15, 2005 8:47:00 am PDT #281 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Pancakes won't keep me from wanting to bludgeon the woman who just sent me an insane and bitchy email.
Her: [cc-ing everyone] "You sent me the wrong thing. I need this, this, and also this, and it has to look like this. And I need it ASAP."
Me: "Dude. It would have helped if you'd MENTIONED that, like, EVER. But you did not, and now I am left feeling all 'what the hell?' and 'how did I get into this left field?'"
msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 8:48:13 am PDT #282 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY SOPHIA!!! WOOHOO! If assboss won't approve vacation that just means they will have to pay you for it.
Cass - Jul 15, 2005 8:50:42 am PDT #283 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
shrift works with JackAssDave (What? I'm going to hide his identity? He's a jackhole and he can suffer the wrathful thoughts of Buffistas.) at my office too? In drag, obviously.
Use the pancakes as a silencer.
sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 8:50:58 am PDT #284 of 10002
shrift, carefully do a reply-to-all with ALL YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER attached.
And sit at your desk muttering "bitch" under your breath.
It's what works for me.
Nutty - Jul 15, 2005 8:53:23 am PDT #285 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I wish that worked for me. I can internally use the phrase "magical thinking" to explain why clients don't remember things I told them months ago, but I am categorically disallowed from saying that directly to the client. It's very annoying.
sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 8:57:15 am PDT #286 of 10002
Oh, I often will include past emails. Especially when people get all shirty with me over something that is categorically not my fault, and start cc'ing higher ups. It's less in-your-face when you consider that so many of the mailtools around here automatically include the original text in replies. They don't know that mine doesn't, though...
Look, if they want to make me look like an ass in front of my superiors, they'd better be damned sure they aren't being one.
I've actually been apologized to. About fell over.