Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
sumi - Dec 14, 2007 4:26:03 am PST #7333 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 4:40:49 am PST #7334 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.
When the writers' strike is over, we should just put a picture of the Daily Puppy up in the top corner of b.org.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2007 4:56:19 am PST #7335 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
only when I'm already on my way to one
I guess I always am, these days. Doctors ask about my pre-migraine symptoms. I tell them I'm usually migraine, otherwise I already know I'm pre-. I don't have to wait for auras, etc. Somehow 3/4 of the time in pain doesn't translate for them.
Pfft.
Friday! We're almost done, right?
Jesse - Dec 14, 2007 5:00:39 am PST #7336 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes!
Is Ginger our energy-efficiency expert? I have a question. We were told in staff meeting yesterday to turn off our lights when we leave the office. The thing is, the cleaning lady comes through less than an hour after I leave, and I feel bad about leaving the whole floor pitch black for her. (HR lady was like, "She has a finger -- she can turn the lights back on." I don't care, it's shitty to have to walk through a dark office.) So, how much does it matter, really?
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:16:56 am PST #7337 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Are they flourescent lights? If so, for about an hour it's a wash, because regular flourescents use most of their energy in starting up. With regular lights, we're talking about a few cents a light, at most. If she's worried about energy efficiency, tell her to turn down the thermostat.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 5:18:34 am PST #7338 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.
regular flourescents use most of their energy in starting up.
I've heard that's less true these days. It used to be they'd use about an hours worth of juice to start; I think now it's a minute or less....
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:21:13 am PST #7339 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is a lot less that it used to be, but it's kind of a tossup over an hour, because it will use an additional spike of energy to turn back on. In the old days, it actually used less energy to leave them on all the time, but that's not true anymore.
Jars - Dec 14, 2007 5:21:47 am PST #7340 of 10001
Oou government has just banned incandescent lights. CFLs or nothing for us from now on, which is nice.
shrift - Dec 14, 2007 5:27:52 am PST #7341 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I didn't realize until last night that my kneecap is all one swollen bruise. Oops. No wonder it still hurts!
You know, I have never been able to see flickering refresh rates.
Oh, god. I have to change my screen resolution to run a macro, and even in the few seconds it takes me to up the refresh rate, I get all pukey and cross-eyed.
Annual review in an hour. t sigh
Ginger - Dec 14, 2007 5:27:54 am PST #7342 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hope we get there too, Jars. It makes a huge difference.