I think teacher's lounges stopped being essential when teachers stopped smoking at school. It used to be the place where they could all light up out of sight of the kids. I remember going in a couple times as a kid and they just reeked of nicotine and caffeine.
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
I'm so excited for you! There will be LOTS of pictures, right?
I think that's a certainty. We have a whole day set aside just for photos.
we call them "faculty rooms" now, and no one ever uses them
Why not? They seemed so occult and fascinating to me when I was in high school. I can't imagine not needing a place to escape from students. Hell, us instructors flee to behind the front desk, which annoys the people actually working back there. The students can still see us, and perhaps hear us, but are geographically urged to not have long conversations with us.
A couple of times at our sales conventions, when we've been doing massive overhauls of all the laptops, et cetera, we've actually kind of barriered off the room and got somebody to act as a receptionist. Because the sales reps -- pushy by nature, you know? -- will come in and talk the ears off the tech types and push to get better upgrades for their laptops.
I do mean actualy barrier -- long tables pushed together so that you have to carefully maneuver to get in and out of the area. Telling the reps "you can't come in" just doesn't register, but then they've self-selected for a profession that doesn't take No for an answer.
I remember going in a couple times as a kid and they just reeked of nicotine and caffeine.
Oh man, me too.
Today it's supposed to be 53. Finally, it's up to normal temps for the season. ION, I am on a choo-choo.
Because it seems like every single Buffista is getting sick at exactly the same time, I'm staying home today. I woke up with a wicked sore throat this morning.
And it didn't help that I had a really, really tough therapy session last night.
Sometimes staying home is good for what ails you. Not for me, of course, because I'm still just as pissed off about work as I was on Wednesday, but now I'm wondering if my nausea may actually be something physical and not just stress.
I just turned on Survivor for the first time in years, and what is with these people's names? Dreams, Rocky, Boo?
It's "Dreamz" thankyouverymuch.
This is the first Survivor I've watched in yonks and I am BORED out of my MIND.
The rumors are no more! Feast your eyes on what will soon be popping up at local United States Post Offices!
As reported here earlier, the USPS will be helping Star Wars celebrate its 30th anniversary. Stay tuned for more as we get it, right here at TheForce.net.
In the meantime, click away on these super cool R2-D2 wrapped mailboxes. I want one for the end of my driveway!