Bits of sun in DC right now.
Only bits, but they'll do for now.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Fred Pete - Oct 14, 2005 9:09:18 am PDT #6216 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2005 9:11:48 am PDT #6217 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lightweight. '99 was the 91 consecutive days of rain in Seattle. That year, pharmacies in Seattle ran short of Prozac (really! It was in the paper!).
Yeah, but it always rains in Seattle. You don't have an expectation of sunshine.
I moved to San Francisco at the beginning of the 5 year drought. That was fucking great! I love droughts. It's a desert climate, people!
dw - Oct 14, 2005 9:13:39 am PDT #6218 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
New word of the day that I swear never existed before the DOCUMENT FROM HELL was written (still not finished, BTW):
Operationalize.
"The list below reflects the current values of the School, as determined by faculty and students. The bullet points document ways in which each value is operationalized."
Nutty - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:27 am PDT #6219 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I am pretty sure "operationalize" was a word coined by the US military. It smacks of that pedigree.
They're curiously inventive with words. They coined "exfiltrate" off of "infiltrate," and a ton of other fun words. Including snafu!
I will forgive a bit of jargon suffixizing for the same of "exfiltrate."
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:29 am PDT #6220 of 10002
brillig
"The list below reflects the current values of the School, as determined by faculty and students. The bullet points document ways in which each value is operationalized."
When you have nothing to say, invent new words to say it with.
le nubian - Oct 14, 2005 9:16:31 am PDT #6221 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
dw, I use operationalize on a weekly basis. No shit. It is a specific term in statistics & research.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 14, 2005 9:19:20 am PDT #6222 of 10002
What is even happening?
I think I love exfiltrate, and I also love the typo I made at first, which was extrilfate.
dw - Oct 14, 2005 9:19:35 am PDT #6223 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Yeah, but it always rains in Seattle.
Yes, but not 91 days in a row.
You don't have an expectation of sunshine.
We have an expectation that it's going to drip like Chin, er, Asian water torture, not come down like God knocked back a 12-pack of Rainier and thinks Seattle is the urinal cake.
I moved to San Francisco at the beginning of the 5 year drought.
I moved to Seattle just in time for the El Nino and La Nina winters of the late 90s.
erikaj - Oct 14, 2005 9:20:00 am PDT #6224 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I've got more orb than Rumsfeld's got excuses...it's probably even finally nice out today.
brenda m - Oct 14, 2005 9:21:47 am PDT #6225 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
So far today I have:
Paid my credit card bill
Paid my car insurance
Paid a couple of overdue medical bills
Submitted the bills and some scrips to my FSA
Changed a hotel reservation
Gotten a new drivers license
Checked out the sale pages for grocery shopping this weekendDone actual work that I get paid for
Whoops, not that last one. Maybe I should get on that.