Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.

'Bring On The Night'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


sj - Jun 02, 2010 11:35:18 am PDT #21055 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Pix, I am obviously not a lawyer, but a teacher friend of mine who may be laid off this year did mention to me that all of her lesson plans are considered property of the school. I think it is in her contract.


Hil R. - Jun 02, 2010 11:36:46 am PDT #21056 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

~ma for your friend, Pix.

After several rounds of editing and comments from five people (including three Buffistas), I've just sent my latest introduction draft to my advisor. Maybe this time it will be good enough that he doesn't need to throw it aside in frustration after reading one paragraph, which is what he said he did with the last draft.


Hil R. - Jun 02, 2010 11:38:53 am PDT #21057 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Pix, I am obviously not a lawyer, but a teacher friend of mine who may be laid off this year did mention to me that all of her lesson plans are considered property of the school. I think it is in her contract.

I saw an article a few months ago about teachers selling lesson plans online (for like $2 or $3 each), and some schools were claiming that they couldn't do that, because the lesson plans were school property. The article made it seem like there wasn't any definite answer -- it depended on the school and the state and a bunch of other stuff.


Laga - Jun 02, 2010 11:39:16 am PDT #21058 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'd like it if take-away Chinese food came with a count of how many chili pods are in it.

And Indian food with Cardamom pods.


Steph L. - Jun 02, 2010 11:39:21 am PDT #21059 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Maybe this time it will be good enough that he doesn't need to throw it aside in frustration after reading one paragraph, which is what he said he did with the last draft.

Hil, I hate him SO HARD.


Laga - Jun 02, 2010 11:41:33 am PDT #21060 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'll join you on the "I hate Hil's advisor" couch.


Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2010 11:46:03 am PDT #21061 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You are spending a lot of time on couches.


Hil R. - Jun 02, 2010 12:03:42 pm PDT #21062 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

ION, ow. I did way too much walking yesterday without the cane or crutches (I haven't yet figured out how to use the cane while pulling a suitcase without getting totally lopsided), and my ankle is killing me now. Do not want.


JZ - Jun 02, 2010 12:03:55 pm PDT #21063 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.

You are spending a lot of time on couches.

We could all get off the damn couch if Hil's advisor would stop being such an utter ass.

Much vibeage and sympathy to Pix's friend and her family, and keep-feeling-better~ma to Laga's dad.

And, omnis, if you're at a state-run university, I think I know which modules you're slogging through. They really, truly are lethally boring.

Plus, as a bonus, my officemate and I were doing some budget work earlier today and realized that there are a handful of really crucial functions hidden somewhere in the application the modules cover that would make budget work infinitely easier, but the modules completely neglected those functions in order to focus more closely on the vital tasks of pointing and clicking, and learning that a menu of icons and a drop-down menu can contain the exact same items.

The only consolation is that we at least did them online, while a couple of coworkers got suckered into taking an actual class - which consisted entirely of the stupid modules on an overhead projector while a miserable unwilling teacher walked up and down the rows of miserable unwilling students saying things like, "See where it says to point and click? That's what you point at, and then you push down on the mouse button to click it."


tommyrot - Jun 02, 2010 12:07:07 pm PDT #21064 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.

"See where it says to point and click? That's what you point at, and then you push down on the mouse button to click it."

Wait, what? Explain that again.

Also, if someone tells you to "write 'click'", where do you write it?