Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.

Anya ,'Get It Done'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Jesse - Feb 05, 2008 5:37:14 am PST #7514 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Do you really think he's not sending cover letters??! That's so crazy to me. I mean, granted, I mostly write for a living, but still. I would think even in techie fields a decent cover letter would go a long way.


Sue - Feb 05, 2008 5:40:12 am PST #7515 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I would think even in techie fields a decent cover letter would go a long way.

The Director of IT at my old job once told me he never read the cover letters. I think he actually said he threw them out. He's totally the type who would do that. Very impatient and down to brass tacks.


hippocampus - Feb 05, 2008 5:40:17 am PST #7516 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

I would think even in techie fields a decent cover letter would go a long way.

especially if some aren't writing them for whatever reason. Shows you took the time to think about the job...

... and you're not a bot.


Trudy Booth - Feb 05, 2008 5:41:30 am PST #7517 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

FWIW, a lot of people who hate vegetables as children end up liking them as adults because their mouths literally change. Some people dislike them out of habit and then discover that now they're actually tasty.

Which is reason 1,953 that its bad to make children eat things they hate. It DOES taste bad to them, they're NOT just being difficult, and you're making a simple preference a bigger deal than it needs to be.


beth b - Feb 05, 2008 5:41:47 am PST #7518 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

actually if he is doing database design - a head hunter could be the right ticket for him.

plant based foods -also means things like apple cobbler, peach pie and pumpkin bread. If you use real butter that is the only animal part of it. ( i forgot - eggs in the pumpkin bread)

Chocolate is plant based. Good for you too. Now, i make no promises about butterfingers

Jars I suggest zucchini bread - or, slightly more seriously, adding things like chopped spinach to spaghetti sauce - so you can't really taste it.

I listened to Micheal Pollen yesterday. 1) he does not consider him self a food guru. He is sharing what he learned - he is a journalist. 2) he has no problem with you eating a big mac - or whatever else you enjoy. He just thinks they should be special occasion foods - not everyday. 3) he isn't saying anything that any nutritionist wouldn't tell you

Now time to put on pants and vote


Miracleman - Feb 05, 2008 5:42:28 am PST #7519 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

I'm thinking of sending around a daily email with creative blasphemous sayings. I might try and do a different religion a day...

This could be fun!

"Buddha was just a stoned fat guy!"

"Re: Communion. Jesus - The Other White Meat!

Or: Jesus - He's What's for Breakfast!"

"If the Second Coming happens, remember what George Romero taught us: Zombies are to be shot through the head."

"Wicca - Your gods are dead, get over it!"


tommyrot - Feb 05, 2008 5:43:41 am PST #7520 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.

Now time to put on pants and vote

Democracy pants?


Lee - Feb 05, 2008 5:44:40 am PST #7521 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Oh! Voting. Right. I should go do that.


Fred Pete - Feb 05, 2008 5:46:40 am PST #7522 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

a lot of people who hate vegetables as children end up liking them as adults because their mouths literally change. Some people dislike them out of habit and then discover that now they're actually tasty.

I resemble that remark, and add that preparation is a factor. (Example: I like broccoli raw, but not cooked.)

Which is reason 1,953 that its bad to make children eat things they hate.

Though I'd change this part slightly to say that it isn't a bad thing to encourage children to try something again a few years later. For me, the age was about 11 or 12.


sarameg - Feb 05, 2008 5:50:05 am PST #7523 of 10001

I didn't like pickles (and even more horrifying, couldn't tolerate anything but the mildest of chile) until I was into my late teens. Still have some vinegar issues, though.

My mom still gets disappointed that I no longer let her have my pickles.