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I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Jessica - Dec 27, 2006 6:28:11 am PST #8217 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Dec 27, 2006 6:29:16 am PST #8218 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If not for TDS and Wait Wait my kids wouldn't know what was happening in the world.
Heh -- me too. Oh, except I have You People, too.
shrift - Dec 27, 2006 6:55:22 am PST #8219 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
In a few more minutes, I can eat lunch, and then maybe something will happen on the internets while I'm gone.
Trudy Booth - Dec 27, 2006 7:06:13 am PST #8220 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Old SNL sketch with "Tom Brokaw" announcing the death of Gerald Ford. In no way eerily prophetic, but funny as hell.
Laura - Dec 27, 2006 7:32:25 am PST #8221 of 10007
Our wings are not tired.
Chevy Chase did a brilliant Ford. The falling down the stairs and golf accidents. Too funny.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2006 7:50:40 am PST #8222 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In random news, possibly my favorite part of our Christmas family gathering was when my one cousin and I started singing "Dick in a Box," (the "one, cut a hole in the box" part) with hand/arm movements, and my other cousin's husband joined in from across the room. Hilarious!
shrift - Dec 27, 2006 8:04:09 am PST #8223 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So what do you do with a guy who keeps calling your extension looking for a department to which you don't know the extension, and probably couldn't figure out how to transfer him even if you did?
Trudy Booth - Dec 27, 2006 8:29:13 am PST #8224 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So what do you do with a guy who keeps calling your extension looking for a department to which you don't know the extension, and probably couldn't figure out how to transfer him even if you did?
Bounce him back to reception.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2006 8:37:16 am PST #8225 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG I still haven't really done any work. I've had work-related conversations and sent a couple of emails, but I have yet to open a single document.
I don't see this week getting any better, productivity-wise. Maybe I should take Friday off.
DavidS - Dec 27, 2006 8:52:15 am PST #8226 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I'm reading the NYTimes piece on Putin and realizing: (a) Russia is pretty much a super power again, and (b) I really have no idea which countries were carved out of the USSR. This latter epiphany actually came up when I read about the King of the Turkmen dying.
Anyway, test your contemporary geography skills!
Countries of the former Soviet Union include: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan
Can you name all 15?