This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Theodosia - Mar 29, 2007 1:44:48 am PDT #9443 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hmmm, "beefy" would go along with "steers like a cow" really.

I woke up this morning (the first full day of my layoff) and immediately thought of various tasks at work that I had to do... then remembered it's not my responsibility any more. I will say this: my coworkers and ex-boss are so going to miss me. I left a fair amount of documentation behind, but really, when you don't know the answer is somewhere in an obscure file, it's not going to pop out at you where to look for it.

In the meantime, I'm going to look at the next month or so as Paid Vacation before buckling down to the job of seeking work, which from my previous experience consumes on average less than two hours a day because there are only so many postings and leads and interviews one can go on. Which leaves the rest of the time for reading, writing, exercising and so on.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 29, 2007 1:51:23 am PDT #9444 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Random: After last night's Daily Show, John Oliver and Larry Wilmore are now my OTP. They better do more of those segments because that was made of awsome.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 29, 2007 2:07:20 am PDT #9445 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Kristin, replace "beefy" with "strong" or "husky".

"Husky" is a word with far stronger negative connotations than "beefy," IMHO.


msbelle - Mar 29, 2007 2:25:36 am PDT #9446 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

barely slept last night and am staying home sick. working a little, but NOT a full work from home day. no way.


Theodosia - Mar 29, 2007 2:44:27 am PDT #9447 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Do take it easy, msbelle! You've got to take care of yourself first, or you won't be able to do a good job.


Cashmere - Mar 29, 2007 3:34:17 am PDT #9448 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I am following a telenovela-like saga of a teenage con artist's company from Digg. Oh. My.

Like I needed a time-waster on the internets today.


Stephanie - Mar 29, 2007 3:36:33 am PDT #9449 of 10001
Trust my rage

How is it that there are people in the world who *still* do not know that you don't hit "Reply All" when the original email went to 40+ people to make your own little point or vent your own personal frustration?


Rick - Mar 29, 2007 3:37:05 am PDT #9450 of 10001

I'm sorrry to hear of Theo and Nutty's job problems. Something that Theo said reminded me of a lecture that I went to last week:

But I learned long ago that my career isn't my life (just a part of it) so I can grab down one of the other hats I have hanging around -- writer, craftsperson, fan, daughter, sister, friend and spend more time on that aspect.

There is a sociologist on my campus who studies women's response to stress and life-change. One of her main findings is that the best predictor of women's adaptation to stress (e.g. illness or injury, death of a relative, divorce, economic hardship) is the number of differnt roles (hats, in Theo's terms) that they see themselves in. The more roles, the better the response to stress. And it's not really how many things you actually do in your life. It's how many roles you articulate when you are asked to describe yourself. So if you want to be robust to stress, collect lots of hats.


Cashmere - Mar 29, 2007 3:40:49 am PDT #9451 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

How is it that there are people in the world who *still* do not know that you don't hit "Reply All" when the original email went to 40+ people to make your own little point or vent your own personal frustration?

You got an email from my mom?


Frankenbuddha - Mar 29, 2007 3:47:58 am PDT #9452 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh yeah, meant to say sorry to hear that Nutty also got pulled into the Marchocalypse. Job-ma when you need it.