That's because the lurkers support you in email, tommy.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
Theodosia - May 21, 2009 6:43:46 am PDT #20526 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"
Nora Deirdre - May 21, 2009 6:44:35 am PDT #20527 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I always say something like "Thanks- that's why they pay me the big bucks." And then laugh hysterically.
tommyrot - May 21, 2009 6:46:48 am PDT #20528 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.
After thinking a bit... I think it's when the person implies that I have some special gift, skill, intelligence, etc. (eta: that the person doesn't have) - I think that's what bugs. Of course, all Buffistas are smart and funny and gifted, so that doesn't bug me when a Buffista compliments some post I made or something....
Theodosia - May 21, 2009 6:47:25 am PDT #20529 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 used to tell my boss, "Aren't you glad you hired me?"
This especially worked because he was my boss for ten years and really did hire me.
I expect I shall still be nostalgic for my old job (laid off two years and nearly two months ago, BTW) for quite a while yet.
-t - May 21, 2009 6:48:43 am PDT #20530 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Anyone have some good science or entertainment podcasts to recommend?
Radiolab! It's science AND entertainment. PRI, I think.
I went and read that WSJ piece to see how mad it would make me. I shouldn't do that. It would have been so simple to get across his main thesis without being a big jerk.
tommyrot - May 21, 2009 6:50:19 am PDT #20531 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.
WSJ editorials are famous for often contradicting facts reported elsewhere in the paper.
tommyrot - May 21, 2009 6:52:13 am PDT #20532 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.
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Original Caption: Keeper Petra Schroeder takes one of the triplet jaguar cubs out of a basket for weighing, at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The three cubs were born on April 16 and named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia.
That jaguar cub has the cutest expression....
Cashmere - May 21, 2009 6:57:23 am PDT #20533 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
We've been considering canceling our subscription. I haven't seen today's editorial page yet but if it pisses me off, I'm pulling the trigger.
JZ - May 21, 2009 7:00:31 am PDT #20534 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
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Those are excellent! And I'm blown away by the self-portrait with clouds--I can't believe that girl is only 14; she's got such a great eye and incredible sense of color and composition and, well, everything.
Sophia Brooks - May 21, 2009 7:16:37 am PDT #20535 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I get uncomfortable, too, tommy, especially if what I did wasn't that exceptional. I always suspect the person of ulterior motives in complimenting me- either they want something or they are really making fun of me.
This probably stems from the fact that a) I have had three toxic bosses who gave out compliments with high expectations of what they would get back and b) as a child, there was a group of girls who would make fun of me by complimenting my clothes/hair/look very very nicely, and then laughing and laughing and laughing.