Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


Natter 57 Varieties  

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.


amych - Mar 13, 2008 3:55:59 pm PDT #4866 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Today was long.

I had an 8 hour OSHA class.

You win.


sarameg - Mar 13, 2008 4:07:42 pm PDT #4867 of 10001

Yes, yes, she does.

So she now knows all the ways a desk can kill you?

( I know Allyson deals with scarier issues than that in the labs. But in my line of work, those sorts of sessions are all about ducking falling code manuals and tripping over power cords.)


Jesse - Mar 13, 2008 4:12:44 pm PDT #4868 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I had a meeting at the offices of a large company recently, and everywhere we turned were evacuation plans and other safety measures. We were kind of like WTF, but it turns out their industrial plants or whatever had some "issues" a while back, and they set safety as a prime organizational value -- and carried that through the whole company. I thought it was interesting, anyway. (Apparently the plants are very safe now.)


Allyson - Mar 13, 2008 4:30:56 pm PDT #4869 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

It doesn't feel like winning, though.


Kat - Mar 13, 2008 4:33:01 pm PDT #4870 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Oof. Allyson, 8 hours of OSHA is way way way too much.

I'm on day 3 of "cognitive coaching" training.


Jesse - Mar 13, 2008 4:53:52 pm PDT #4871 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm too tired to go to bed. Problem.


aurelia - Mar 13, 2008 5:07:16 pm PDT #4872 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Today was day 2 of staying home to sleep off the ick.

This morning I was awakened by a threatening phone call. Some woman repeatedly called me a bitch and a tramp, recited my address, and said she was coming to kick my ass.

So very random.


hippocampus - Mar 13, 2008 5:16:24 pm PDT #4873 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

This morning I was awakened by a threatening phone call.

aurelia, that is two parts scary and three parts just not right.


sarameg - Mar 13, 2008 5:20:45 pm PDT #4874 of 10001

I'm on day 3 of "cognitive coaching" training

So you thinks good now?

Man, I'm alternately punchy and depressed.


meara - Mar 13, 2008 5:25:01 pm PDT #4875 of 10001

8 hours of OSHA is way way way too much.

At least in a row! Dear god!