I think my favorite thing about this one is how we still assume that In The Future, everyone will use videophones. As if the technology were still just beyond our grasp (as opposed to being completely available and mostly unused because it turns out people don't really want to communicate that way).
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 62: The 62nd 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.
Jessica - Jan 02, 2009 4:34:35 am PST #9083 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Jan 02, 2009 4:34:44 am PST #9084 of 10002
information libertarian
On my list of things to deal with today (non-work): make dentist appointments; buy life insurance. Boy, being an adult is fun.
Laura - Jan 02, 2009 4:35:09 am PST #9085 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
I need to go to the office. I'd go in my jammies, but there are already other people there.
I want to file right away, but last year I couldn't file electronically until the 15th or something. Will look at that option again, when I get to the office.
Shir - Jan 02, 2009 4:39:29 am PST #9086 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
buy life insurance
Don't forget telling them about your skydiving hobby!
Kat - Jan 02, 2009 4:40:22 am PST #9087 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm totally susceptible today. My mom just offered the dog a biscuit and I thought, "OH! I should make cookies!"
Jesse - Jan 02, 2009 4:42:05 am PST #9088 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(as opposed to being completely available and mostly unused because it turns out people don't really want to communicate that way).
Because video phones are a nightmare! I mean seriously -- I took a call the other day from a subordinate, from my apartment, in my inside pants with my cat on my lap. And yet? I still seemed in charge, because she couldn't see me!
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2009 4:42:19 am PST #9089 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think my favorite thing about this one is how we still assume that In The Future, everyone will use videophones. As if the technology were still just beyond our grasp (as opposed to being completely available and mostly unused because it turns out people don't really want to communicate that way).
Maybe in "the future" we'll all have vidoephones, but there will be technology that optionally can make you look dressed all professional, sitting in a nice neat office (or home office, or whatever) even though you're actually sitting there half-naked, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, while the cat vomits on a pile of dirty laundry in the background. Then someone will do a survey and discover that 99.99% of videophone users use this software, and then everyone will just stop using videophones altogether.
Shir - Jan 02, 2009 4:42:36 am PST #9090 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
My mom just offered the dog a biscuit and I thought, "OH! I should make cookies!"
In my world, this is not susceptible. This is how I think.
Thank God, I learned to restrain my mouth from talking. Most times.
Jessica - Jan 02, 2009 4:43:10 am PST #9091 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Phantom sequel receives early review from Lloyd Weber's cat:
London's Daily Mail reports that Lloyd Webber's new kitten Otto has managed to destroy the music he has penned for the upcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. The six-month-old cat somehow climbed into the frame of Lloyd Webber's digital Clavinova piano, which features a built-in computer.
The award-winning composer told the London paper, "I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new Phantom in one fell swoop."
Too....many..Cats...jokes...can't... decide...what...to...mock!
Jesse - Jan 02, 2009 4:43:47 am PST #9092 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe in "the future" we'll all have vidoephones, but there will be technology that optionally can make you look dressed all professional, sitting in a nice neat office (or home office, or whatever) even though you're actually sitting there half-naked, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, while the cat vomits on a pile of dirty laundry in the background.
See? This is what I'm talking about! THAT I could work with.