Yikes, Fred. ~ma to you and your feline family. Poor Rigatoni.
ION, this is totally of the suck. For shame, Hyatt. [link]
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 17, 2009 5:24:06 am PDT #9347 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Jessica - Sep 17, 2009 5:29:38 am PDT #9348 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The thing about 666 under the hair wasn't a separate question in the survey; that's the reporter rephrasing the Anti-Christ question.
Aha. In that case, that's just a weird thing to say.
Ginger - Sep 17, 2009 5:36:57 am PDT #9349 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
From Nora's link:
But Sacco pointed out that outsourcing has been going on for years at companies around the country and that not only would the move save the Hyatt money, it wouldn’t affect the hotel guests. “If you stayed at the Hyatt last night and you bumped into the housekeeper, would you notice a difference?’’
So he's saying "We can abuse the housekeepers as much as we want, because they're invisible?"
Sophia Brooks - Sep 17, 2009 5:37:38 am PDT #9350 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Happy Birthday Perkins!
I just had 2 weird "reprimands" lately. last week, my boss was convinced I was somehow working against her and trying to hide things from her and would rather work in finance upstairs when in reality I was trying to help her not have to do things since she is actually only supposed to devote 30% of her time to the our department and the rest to teaching. That came out of the blue and I was shocked.
She seems to have gotten over it, but now we both have an issue where the people on our floor are complaining about us talking too loud and too much. But the real problem is that they have placed a continuing ed registration office, which has constant phone calls and students coming by on the wing of the hallway that is all people trying to do research and write papers. We should probably be near the admissions or Registrar's Office
Jessica - Sep 17, 2009 5:48:37 am PDT #9351 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sue - Sep 17, 2009 5:49:31 am PDT #9352 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Perkins!
Happy Birthday Board!
Sue - Sep 17, 2009 5:57:25 am PDT #9353 of 30001
hip deep in pie
So my friends who were expecting had a baby boy on Tuesday. I just found out the husband's mother passed away later on the same day. So heartbreaking. They thought she was holding on until the grandchild arrived, and it really seems like it was true. I feel so badly for A, such an emotional rollercoaster. I'm assuming too that my friend is still not ready to travel and won't make the funeral.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2009 5:59:58 am PDT #9354 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Happy Birthday Perkins!
You still suck.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2009 6:01:27 am PDT #9355 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Men can be REALLY ANGRY about weight. Like, they're offended I exist. I have no idea how to respond. I think to myself, "I've written two books. One is published. I've had characters named after me on television shows. I've had lunch with a physics Nobel, and hang out with some of the finest scientists in the US. I've raised over 100K for various charities in the last ten years....and really, you wish I didn't exist because I wear size 14 jeans. What the fuck have YOU done with your life?"
In my experience, the men who are douchebags about women's weight tend to not be paragons of male pulchritude themselves.
Alyson, my personal opinion is that the anger that men feel toward fat or otherwise unattractive-to-them women is a general misogyny thing, not just an anti-fat thing.
Some men feel that we, as women, *owe* it to them to look (and act, to some extent) like someone they want to fuck. If we dare to be unfuckable (to them) and seem OK WITH IT, then that ignites the rage. How dare we? How dare we live our lives not according to WHAT THEY WANT and what they desire?
The misogyny, it burns.
Man, I love Nora with a pure white-hot love.
Jesse - Sep 17, 2009 6:04:31 am PDT #9356 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, Sue, that's incredibly sad. And then happy.