Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.

Wash ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Dana - Oct 04, 2007 7:55:43 am PDT #4919 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You should write me a Heroes story. You know what kind. Or that other story we were talking about the other night.


§ ita § - Oct 04, 2007 7:56:13 am PDT #4920 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hanson's married? And I'm not???

I use the fit option all the time when printing spreadsheets, and my co-workers hate me. It's not my fault I have good eyesight. I just hate spreadsheets more than a page wide, as well as ones where a given cell is multiple lines.

Luckily I have access to a printer that prints on ledger. But sometimes I want to use the plotter just to make it easier.

Cleaning out my Outlook inbox I sorted by size. My Enormous [sic] email has been deleted--now to pare down "Huge" and "Very Large."


shrift - Oct 04, 2007 7:58:31 am PDT #4921 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

You should write me a Heroes story. You know what kind. Or that other story we were talking about the other night.

I'm so tired that I can't remember my own mailing address. Mentally I'm maybe capable of drawing narrative stick figures and making them do the kissyface.


Dana - Oct 04, 2007 7:59:44 am PDT #4922 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Hanson's married? And I'm not???

You should try impregnating your girlfriend.


shrift - Oct 04, 2007 8:00:43 am PDT #4923 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, I know what I should do! Figure out what I'm requesting for Yuletide.


§ ita § - Oct 04, 2007 8:02:10 am PDT #4924 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, god. Two of the ERs I go to have started requiring pregnancy tests before giving me my meds. Dude. Unfair. Especially if you have me waiting an undetermined time before being taken to a room. I up and told a couple nurses how long I've been NGA, and to this last one I tried "I have these drugs so often there's no time for me to get pregnant inbetween!"

I haven't dared ask what they would or would not do if I were pregnant.


-t - Oct 04, 2007 8:07:33 am PDT #4925 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

All of the Hanson wives were born in 1983? That's surprising.

Though, now that I think about it, my older brother's wife and my younger sister's husband are both approximately my age, so maybe it's not surprising at all and I shold recalibrate.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 04, 2007 8:09:35 am PDT #4926 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Hee! The Mansion and the Austin Motel were 2 that I had just recommended to my boss, before I came back and checked the board. Their suites are $137 a night! crazy cheap.


Pix - Oct 04, 2007 8:10:04 am PDT #4927 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

My older brother had to stop taking Ambien from the hallucinations. You get those as well?

Oh dear. No, I wasn't hallucinating, but I clearly was out of my head. I only take Ambien when I absolutely can't sleep--usually no more than twice a month--but I swear that that post made perfect sense to me when I typed it. I have *no* idea what the hell I was trying to say now. How very embarassing.


Lee - Oct 04, 2007 8:12:15 am PDT #4928 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I have a hivemind question. I just picked up a loaner car from the dealer for the second time in a few weeks, and both of them had a wand/stick that you put into the ignition slot plus a button to push to start the car, rather than a key.

What is the advantage to this? Why is it seen as an improvement over starting your car with a traditional key? I like the key, and don't see why this is better, but maybe it is.