I think I need to book a one-way ticket to Timbuktu. Or maybe not Timbuktu since Mali isn't a vacation destination I've ever had in mind, but someplace remote where I can insist that there's no wireless.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 6:43:15 am PDT #4165 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Pix - Oct 01, 2007 6:46:52 am PDT #4166 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Today did not begin auspiciously.This.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 01, 2007 6:47:03 am PDT #4167 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's a trick I use fairly often. I wish there was a "cut as plain text" or "paste as plain text" option.
The thing is, they often need formatting (books in APA format etc).
I wish there was a "type your own damn thing into Blackboard if you are going to type it" function, but I think that is my own crankiness. I have issues against double work-- like, if you are going to go through the trouble of typing and formatting it the way you want it, why not do it in the program you will be using.
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 6:50:00 am PDT #4168 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
In the grand old tradition of school bureaucracy, I need to have already turned in the tests I plan to give three weeks from now, apparently because once five years ago someone didn't give a test at all. Yes, that makes perfect sense.
Edited because "the tests I plan to give three weeks ago" doesn't make a lot of sense, and also wouldn't be worth complaining about.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 6:50:15 am PDT #4169 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
someplace remote where I can insist that there's no wireless.
Avoid Africa. On the whole, they have marvellous wireless coverage. For crap coverage, here's a good place to stay, or maybe somewhere really really underpopulated.
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 6:53:46 am PDT #4170 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
You can come live on the mountain with me, shrift.
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 7:03:33 am PDT #4171 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Dude, it's like, the only thing not making me want to run for the hills right now is my job. The job where the company cancelled employee appreciation day after moving me to the sub-basement next to the vault and the Christmas decorations.
Dana - Oct 01, 2007 7:04:42 am PDT #4172 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Is this more committee stuff? E-mail me if you want to whine.
juliana - Oct 01, 2007 7:05:10 am PDT #4173 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Today did not begin auspiciously.
So very much this.
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 7:15:42 am PDT #4174 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Is this more committee stuff? E-mail me if you want to whine.
Things are somewhat better on that front now that I've sorted through my inbox. There's also a "why do people have to be so complicated?" whine in there, and a "the cleaning service J uses was a half-hour early, and so I was still in the shower rather than long gone, and guess where the cleaning supplies are? my bathroom closet."
And my oatmeal was gross. And my mom still hasn't confirmed if she's coming to Chicago this weekend.