I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


Nora Deirdre - Sep 12, 2007 8:05:18 am PDT #9916 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I wonder what my life would be like if I started every working day with a large gin and tonic.


Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2007 8:06:35 am PDT #9917 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Dana, what's the threat level for office with a door, but also with the daily client files and fax machine in it?


Dana - Sep 12, 2007 8:08:35 am PDT #9918 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Hmm. What happens if you shut the door? Do people bang on it and ask for their faxes and files? If so, I think that takes you up to "office without a door."


shrift - Sep 12, 2007 8:10:54 am PDT #9919 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Any news about the open floor plan threat?

Not really. We're moving at noon tomorrow, and they were still cleaning up the space when we went down there earlier this week. I don't think I'll know until we cart our computers down there.

The International Internet Association to Keep Shrift From Killing People. Really.

Hey, I've yet to kill even one person! Unless you guys already formed a secret society and you're working hard behind the scenes to keep the Earth a No-Kill Shelter in the face of my desire to exterminate.


Jesse - Sep 12, 2007 8:13:03 am PDT #9920 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG, you know who this guy is? It's Toad of Toad Hall!

TOTALLY Mr. Toad!


Dana - Sep 12, 2007 8:18:12 am PDT #9921 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

There's a tropical depression forming almost literally right along the coast. That hardly seems fair. They think it'll be a weak tropical storm by the time it hits later today.


Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2007 8:19:53 am PDT #9922 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Hmm. What happens if you shut the door? Do people bang on it and ask for their faxes and files? If so, I think that takes you up to "office without a door."

I really can't because I need to watch out for clients who'll just blithely wander into peoples' offices. It's just...there's no consideration for my being on the phone or having lunch, or just in general not wanting a bunch of people congregating around my desk or bitching about paperwork, faxes or schedules while standing around my desk. BAH!

Also, you know the quickest way to piss me off when you call for some information? Tell me what I "forgot" to tell you. I didn't forget to tell you; you forgot to ask.


Dana - Sep 12, 2007 8:20:55 am PDT #9923 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

there's no consideration for my being on the phone or having lunch, or just in general not wanting a bunch of people congregating around my desk or bitching about paperwork, faxes or schedules while standing around my desk.

I think you're actually halfway between "office with no door" and "cubicle."


shrift - Sep 12, 2007 8:26:43 am PDT #9924 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I think I'm going to miss my cubicle even though anyone can walk in willy-nilly and Tiny the Annoying Sales Guy is so tall he see everything I do just by standing up.


shrift - Sep 12, 2007 8:31:45 am PDT #9925 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I have been invited to go see Manos: Rock Opera of Fate!

I don't think I want to spend $15 on a ticket until someone confirms that the rock opera will include singing the praises of pants.