Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.

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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.


Sue - May 06, 2009 2:48:49 am PDT #18156 of 30000
hip deep in pie

So I'm being visited by the insomnia fairy. I saw this house in the NYT. I love the design. I adore the plot of land. But the way the giant cavernous interior room is being used, particularly with things stuffed in the alcoves? Does it look like a furniture showroom to anyone else?

My friend's live just down the road from that house! Their house was not 1.6 mill, however. I looked at the pictures thinking "If my house was being featured in the NYT, I would hire a interior designer."


Sparky1 - May 06, 2009 2:53:46 am PDT #18157 of 30000
Librarian Warlord

Does it look like a furniture showroom to anyone else?

Yes. But they always stage it that way. My uncle and aunt's house was in Architectural Digest and the basically came in and re-arranged/re-dressed everything to their liking.


Theodosia - May 06, 2009 3:22:41 am PDT #18158 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I wouldn't kick that house out of bed for eating crackers, no matter how it's staged. Anyway, it's supposed to look like a barn, with a big central area and, well, stalls.


Kat - May 06, 2009 3:30:00 am PDT #18159 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yes. But they always stage it that way

Well I know they usually look like an upscale furniture store.

But with everything facing one direction (towards the camera head on) it doesn't even look like a nice furniture store.... more like a Levitz Outlet.

It's a cool house, but the staging on it is really ugly.


msbelle - May 06, 2009 4:31:56 am PDT #18160 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Does anyone who does NOT currently have Netflix want a free month? I have coupons to send out.

ION - I am cleaning out the desks of laid off co-workers. unfun.


Theodosia - May 06, 2009 4:49:58 am PDT #18161 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Oh, that's a sucky task.

(The two times I've been laid off, I got let back in to clean out my own desk, which unfortunately because I'm a packrat was a major task.... But at least nobody else had to do it.)


msbelle - May 06, 2009 4:56:15 am PDT #18162 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Well 2 of these people were consultants, so they had 2 weeks warning actually, it's just all the office supplies and ketchup packets and assorted crud they left.

I am stopping with what I have already done though, at least for today. There is another person who has been laid off and their last day is today - the 2 desk I need to clear out are right beside her and that just feels a wee insensitive.


Sophia Brooks - May 06, 2009 5:04:28 am PDT #18163 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

As per usual, I have a question for the hivemind

Does anyone know anything about getting insurance if it isn't offered by your job? My boss's daughter is uninsured and is peeing blood. They have gone to the emergancy room, but they are not finding an underlying cause, so she needs to see a PCP. They are hung up on getting her insurance before she has a condition diagnosed. She passed on COBRA. Any thoughts? She is in NY State, and not employed in the arts(because I know you can get insurance through arts councils).


tommyrot - May 06, 2009 5:05:39 am PDT #18164 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Font Fight

College Humor brings us the long-awaited sequel to the Font Conference. It’s Helvetica vs. Arial with help from their peeps in a fight to the death!


Cashmere - May 06, 2009 5:09:33 am PDT #18165 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

I really need this t-shirt.