So I was all set to get to work on time for once, to make sure I got the right info to the big boss, and.... "someone requiring medical assistance" on my train. Fuck! So instead of my usual two trains, I took three trains and an extra half-hour to get to work, got here, and... big boss wasn't around. So I got my shit together to give her, and she came by my office, and all is well. Phew. But still!
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Jesse - Feb 06, 2007 4:41:02 am PST #8402 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2007 4:45:11 am PST #8403 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You know what's nice? A burst water main in subfreezing temps on your route to work.
Huh. Those are going around. I had brunch with Nora and Tom on Sunday, and our initial destination was frelled by a busted water main. Luckily, it hadn't quite gotten to the sub-teen tempratures like it has since Sunday night.
sarameg - Feb 06, 2007 4:46:57 am PST #8404 of 10001
We get'em whenever there's a drastic temperature change. I much prefer the summer ones....
shrift - Feb 06, 2007 5:00:27 am PST #8405 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It's probably too early for Hecubus to show up, but I'm eating breakfast and I didn't want him to miss out on an oatmeal experience.
Cashmere - Feb 06, 2007 5:04:49 am PST #8406 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
You know what's nice? A burst water main in subfreezing temps on your route to work.
At the bottom of this article of people dying from the cold is a bit about people wandering into a Starbucks and staring, uncomprehending, that a water main bursting prevented them from brewing coffee.
From the article:
Frozen pipes closed one downtown Chicago Starbucks for several hours Monday, and employee Jerry Berry, 24, said some customers stood in disbelief for several moments before moving on to the next shop a few blocks away.
I wondered why they didn't just go to the one across the street.
Kat - Feb 06, 2007 5:08:31 am PST #8407 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I wondered why they didn't just go to the one across the street.
HA! But also, the one across the street probably had the same water main problem?
Jessica - Feb 06, 2007 5:10:01 am PST #8408 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wondered why they didn't just go to the one across the street.
Because that kind of logical thinking requires coffee!
Cashmere - Feb 06, 2007 5:15:26 am PST #8409 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
In spite of the subzero temps, my son will not keep his clothes on. I've turned up the thermostat to 75 degrees and he's dancing around naked.
Because that kind of logical thinking requires coffee!
I wish someone had gotten some pictures of their glazed, uncaffeinated stares.
uncaffeinated Starbucks customer: "A what?"
Starbucks Employee: "A pipe burst."
uncaffeinated customer: "A pipe what?"
Starbucks employee: "A pipe BURST."
uncaffeinated customer: "A what burst?"
Starbucks employee: "A PIPE BURST!"
uncaffeinated customer: "A what what?"
sarameg - Feb 06, 2007 5:24:17 am PST #8410 of 10001
Who just ran out of kleenex at her office?
shrift - Feb 06, 2007 5:26:40 am PST #8411 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I wish someone had gotten some pictures of their glazed, uncaffeinated stares.
I was down in Au Bon Pain a little bit ago, and I was trying to decide between yogurt and oatmeal, and forcing myself not to get a ham & cheese croissant, because I was trying to be good. And since I hadn't had my coffee yet, when the manager asked if he could help me, all I could get out for a little while was, "Hnnrr?"