I love it when coworkers commit my time without consulting me first. Because if she'd asked, I would have said, "Actually, I'm in the middle of something important, and if I don't finish, the fileserver will probably crash."

'Cause, you know, that's a few steps up from twiddling my fingers.

YAY WATER!!!

t understands the pain of no running water/dependency on well water

Heather,

Thanks. I wasn't sure if anyone was interested, but while I'm sure some mistakes were made by some state and local officials, I don't think they're to blame for the awfulness, and to me it seems like they're the family in the car that's sinking to the bottom of the river. Maybe they should've gotten one of those escape hammer thingies. Maybe they shouldn't have taken the route over the bridge, but at that point I'm more interested in what the people outside the car did to help them. If that analogy makes any sense.

This analogy makes perfect sense to me.

I love it when coworkers commit my time without consulting me first.

I just "reprioritized" my day to do someone else's job just to get a project done for the fifth and hopefully final time. I am terrified that if I don't get it out the door today, the client find something else she wants changed, added or grown an arm. And I don't know how to code arms.

YAY for running water! I grew up in the desert in a tiny town, I understand the mezmerizing way that faucets have.

I just "reprioritized" my day to do someone else's job

I get to reprioritize a lot. And by "get to" I mean the fan the shit hits sits on my desk.

The guy who shouted "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney" has a website:

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What's this about Cheney?

Maybe they should've gotten one of those escape hammer thingies. Maybe they shouldn't have taken the route over the bridge, but at that point I'm more interested in what the people outside the car did to help them. If that analogy makes any sense.

Word. This is where I'm at, too.

Love the Lulu Eightball, but... who's Moonchild?

Moonchild was the name Bastian gave the Empress. His mother's name, IIRC.

Speaking as an Empress, it is a stupid name.

His mother's name was Moonchild? What? Very confused.

What's this about Cheney?

The day Cheney was dispatched to Biloxi for damage control/photo ops, a passerby shouted loud enough to be heard: "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go fuck yourself."

Cheney laughed it off and started to say something to the effect of "He must be a friend of.... Nevermind...."

(Presumably, Cheney was going to say "he must be a friend of [whoever it was Cheney called a fucking asshole, while in front of a hot mic, during the early part of one of the campaigns], but realized that would be an INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID THING TO SAY, and promptly shut himself the fuck up.)