The data center at work is powered down. If we don't go in and turn the computers back on, we won't be able to trade on Monday, and will lose millions, maybe tens of millions of dollars.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2006 5:45:20 am PST #6643 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 5:45:41 am PST #6644 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Boring...
You won't hear me contradicting you, nor complaining about the boringness.
DXMachina - Feb 12, 2006 5:46:48 am PST #6645 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Michelle Kwan just dropped out.
Which means that instead of covering any actual events this morning, the good folks at NBC have just been talking about her, and what a tragedy it is that she won't be competing. @@
§ ita § - Feb 12, 2006 5:47:03 am PST #6646 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The data center at work is powered down
Who turned them off? Hadn't they been reading the weather reports?
I wish you all the warmth and good travel in the world, and perhaps a small adventure of the non-stressful sort, but on your way home so you're not late.
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2006 5:48:10 am PST #6647 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The subways are all running. It's annoying, but not a big deal.
tommyrot - Feb 12, 2006 5:50:33 am PST #6648 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some stuff for people who like words:
Double-Tongued Word Wrestler "A growing dictionary of old and new words from the fringes of English"
Editing Hunter S. Thompson
Ask Oxford FAQs
tommyrot - Feb 12, 2006 5:55:24 am PST #6649 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Christopher Walken reads The Raven [link]
Nilly - Feb 12, 2006 5:59:19 am PST #6650 of 10002
Swouncing
I wish you all the warmth and good travel in the world, and perhaps a small adventure of the non-stressful sort, but on your way home so you're not late.
Tom, I was just coming to post what ita did (and better than I could phrase, too).
I love the "from my window" pictures. Even ita's, because that's around how my window looked like when there was still enough light to see anything through it.
aurelia - Feb 12, 2006 5:59:20 am PST #6651 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Nice view, ita.
I wish I'd had time for oatmeal. Off to work.
Zenkitty - Feb 12, 2006 6:04:17 am PST #6652 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Aw, I'm sad Michelle Kwon dropped out. This was pretty much her last chance.