Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

'Serenity'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


Emily - Nov 19, 2007 6:33:16 am PST #3030 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Me too. I've got files just sitting on computers that I need to grade -- 6 files each, 10 computers -- and I'm leaving right at the end of the day today, and yet I'm just sitting here like a lump on a log.


Steph L. - Nov 19, 2007 6:41:13 am PST #3031 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Anyone care to give me an objective guage of exactly how ridiculously anal-retentive I'm being about this?

Please. I spent more hours that I care to admit using Google's SketchUp to draft a 3-D model of The Boy's house, his furniture, and my furniture, so that we can figure out where everything might fit.

Your floorplan map is much better labelled than my 3-D model. I *like* the labels.


tommyrot - Nov 19, 2007 6:45:27 am PST #3032 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Please. I spent more hours that I care to admit using Google's SketchUp to draft a 3-D model of The Boy's house, his furniture, and my furniture, so that we can figure out where everything might fit.

I've never used SketchUp. I wonder if you could make a 3-D model of your house and export it to some "first person shooter" game - that way you could practice slaughtering monsters in your house. You could learn things such as where blind spots and the best fields of fire are and whatnot.


Gudanov - Nov 19, 2007 6:50:42 am PST #3033 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I've never used SketchUp. I wonder if you could make a 3-D model of your house and export it to some "first person shooter" game - that way you could practice slaughtering monsters in your house. You could learn things such as where blind spots and the best fields of fire are and whatnot.

There are plenty of games that have level designing software. You could just make your house a level.


shrift - Nov 19, 2007 6:50:49 am PST #3034 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Nnrrgh. Programs are crashing on me as I'm finishing major updates, I have to do the stupid evil report which cuts me off from the internets while it's running, and now supervisor wants to schedule my annual review.

SUCK IT, Monday.


Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2007 6:53:35 am PST #3035 of 10001
brillig

You could learn things such as where blind spots and the best fields of fire are and whatnot.

Um, you don't figure these sorts of things out in the first few weeks of living in a place? Or is that just Hubby and me? Not that we're expecting anything, no . . .


tommyrot - Nov 19, 2007 6:55:57 am PST #3036 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Unrelatedly (I think): How many playpen balls would it take to fill your apartment?

Online calculator thingie. Inspired by an xkcd comic (reproduced here).


Cashmere - Nov 19, 2007 6:57:24 am PST #3037 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

So far, I've taken care of ordering repairs to our phone line (AT&T), registering and logging onto our new email accounts (Charter Communications), had movers come and take away the large pile of cardboard boxes in the garage from the move, filled out our Atlltel Wireless rebates, packed our old mobile phones to ship to a friend, and called the speech therapy place and school district regarding Owen's evaluations.

All while juggling two, snotty, sick toddlers.

Monday is my BITCH.


shrift - Nov 19, 2007 7:08:02 am PST #3038 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Okay, annual review isn't going to be today, which is good because at this point I'd probably just put my head down on the conference table and try not to cry.

I need a nap. And food.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2007 7:09:00 am PST #3039 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Woo hoo! I was one of four winners in my office baby pool for our coworker! I won $5.50.