Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.

'Out Of Gas'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


msbelle - Apr 08, 2009 5:14:55 am PDT #14385 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

some of it I could fix if I could just steal some log on info - the other stuff, I have dug in my heels and will not learn to do on my own. In Nov when my work load doubled because I took on a third of the work from an eliminated position, this person was supposed to take one of the other thirds. I did my training and started catching up on the stuff in January. He is starting training today.


Barb - Apr 08, 2009 5:17:46 am PDT #14386 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Well, see, Jimmy Webb was driving by the park and there had been a reception that got rained out. So there really was a wedding cake in the rain and he thought that was a sad metaphor for something.... Maybe that won't really help your dad.

I left it at "it was a lover's lament, described in particularly descriptive metaphors."


Tom Scola - Apr 08, 2009 5:19:28 am PDT #14387 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

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In 1992, humorist Dave Barry conducted a poll among his readers (as recorded in Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs) of the worst songs ever. Barry's readers selected Harris's version of "MacArthur Park" as the worst song ever recorded, both in terms of "Worst Lyrics" and "Worst Overall Song."


Cashmere - Apr 08, 2009 5:21:43 am PDT #14388 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

I decided we needed a fun breakfast. French toast shaped like dinosaurs with strawberries and homemade whipped cream.

Now I need to prepare 23 goody bags for Owen's class for his birthday. I have a school meeting this afternoon at 4 and then my sister and brother in law arrive for the holiday weekend.


Barb - Apr 08, 2009 5:23:59 am PDT #14389 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Lewis just said he preferred Weird Al's interpretation.

And he launched right into this:

Jurassic Park is frightning in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit it's kinda eerie
But this proves my chaos theory
And I don't think I'll be coming back again
Oh no

I don't know what's more disturbing. My FiL calling me with the question in the first place or the fact that I'm married to a man who's some sort of idiot savant when it comes to Weird Al lyrics.


Gudanov - Apr 08, 2009 5:25:19 am PDT #14390 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I decided we needed a fun breakfast. French toast shaped like dinosaurs with strawberries and homemade whipped cream.

I'm impressed, I don't think I could ever manage to make a breakfast like that on a weekday.


§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 5:26:37 am PDT #14391 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can someone explain this xkcd to me? My physics isn't up to it.

They're doing a pre-code inspection of the apartments today. which means it needs to be tidy. I should probably do laundry, that's what that means.

I want Cashmere's brekkie.


sarameg - Apr 08, 2009 5:29:03 am PDT #14392 of 30000

Baseball AND Apostrophes drama!


lisah - Apr 08, 2009 5:29:29 am PDT #14393 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

My supervisor tends to deal with complaints by calling the problem person in immediatly when you are presenting the information - very confrontational and puts you on the spot if you are the one making the complaint. It makes me really uncomfortable.

That's a terrible management style! Sheesh.


msbelle - Apr 08, 2009 5:31:46 am PDT #14394 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ANDdddd it is snowing.