Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


Allyson - Apr 14, 2008 4:22:16 pm PDT #1780 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

Can someone explain this Harry Potter Lexicon thing to me? From the JKR standpoint looks like:

Lexicon = entirety of all Harry Potter Books in alphabetical order

Is this what it is, or is it like, a lexicon. You know, a lexicon?


Kat - Apr 14, 2008 4:32:07 pm PDT #1781 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

So, as of May 21, my contract to work as a coach is terminated. Mine and the other 30 employed by my employer. Apparently the school district took the old contract (which ended June 30), crossed out the end date and wrote in May 21.


amych - Apr 14, 2008 4:33:41 pm PDT #1782 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Crap, Kat. That just sucks in so many ways. I'm really sorry.


Hil R. - Apr 14, 2008 4:34:56 pm PDT #1783 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, given the state of Amtrak in the Northeast, that's roughly equivalent to saying you have a very good chance of your train arriving on it's scheduled day.

I've taken Amtrak up and down the East coast (well, between DC and NYC) at least four or five times a year for the past five years, and only once been more than half an hour late. It's gotten a whole lot better since they switched to all reserved trains. (Not assigned seating, but they'll only sell as many tickets as they have seats. They used to sell "unreserved" tickets, which pretty much meant they'd throw on as many people as they could, and good luck getting a seat, but since they stopped that, the service has improved a lot.)


hippocampus - Apr 14, 2008 4:36:20 pm PDT #1784 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

(((kat))) what the hell?

Also does revising a contract like that even hold up?


sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 4:37:12 pm PDT #1785 of 10001

Shit, Kat. You and my mom are living parallel lives. You are still in district right, and just have to find another opening once they are posted? Shit.

LAUSD is really fucking up.


Jesse - Apr 14, 2008 4:37:40 pm PDT #1786 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Apparently the school district took the old contract (which ended June 30), crossed out the end date and wrote in May 21.

That shit doesn't seem right!


Lee - Apr 14, 2008 4:39:38 pm PDT #1787 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

It really doesn't. Fuckwads.


sarameg - Apr 14, 2008 4:40:05 pm PDT #1788 of 10001

(My mom's principal traded the 2 or 3 PDTs for keeping the ass't principal because the school is under 250 or something. And didn't tell the PDTs. They found out through the rumor mill and had to seek the principal out for confirmation, which was nervously given.)


beth b - Apr 14, 2008 4:40:20 pm PDT #1789 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

used to go from NYC to SC to see my folks . 18 hours ( same as car basically) Not late and before cell phone towers were everywhere. DH was in vacation mode by the time we got there. We usually got a room - on special pay a fair for on e - and a 2nd person came free - so it was cheaper than flying.