Great. I'm sick. I'm at work anyway because I'm so swamped and I leave tomorrow at 6:30AM on a business trip for a week. I called my manager to beg off of the hour-and-a-half staff meeting this afternoon, and she is Not Happy. I could hear the capital letters over the phone.
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jan 15, 2010 10:22:53 am PST #1818 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Lee - Jan 15, 2010 10:24:44 am PST #1819 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The Sudafed has interfered with your sleep before, hasn't it?
Mine? No. It might, but not so far.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 10:24:44 am PST #1820 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Because it's better to have one person miss a staff meeting today than a bunch miss the in next few days.
I do not understand some managers.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 15, 2010 10:27:59 am PST #1821 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, you know, sickness is weakness of character. As is taking a lunch break.
Atropa - Jan 15, 2010 10:30:10 am PST #1822 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy birthday, msbelle!
ChiKat - Jan 15, 2010 10:32:56 am PST #1823 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Behind-the-counter 12-hour Sudafed
Ahhh, blue Sudafed. That usually works for me. This last time, it did not and I wanted to sob. Advil Cold & Sinus did do the trick, however.
Dana - Jan 15, 2010 10:35:01 am PST #1824 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aaaand I left my Sudafed at home. Great.
My manager is not an unreasonable person, and I'm sure lots of people try to get out of staff meetings with stupid excuses. Today is just a bad day for me.
Fred Pete - Jan 15, 2010 10:36:40 am PST #1825 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
The Fox News headline is "Obama Moves to Grant Amnesty to Haitian Illegal Aliens".
At least 1/3 of the problem with fringe-y right-wing wackjobs is that they ahve so much access to the media.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 10:39:45 am PST #1826 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't think I've ever tried to get out of a staff meeting. I'm not sure how mandatory ours are though. I mean for the one I run, I imagine I am a must have (also I am the keeper of The Spreadsheet without which all kinds of chaos occurs). We used to have a staff meeting that was likely mandatory, but I always wanted to go because a) I like my team b) they were actually pretty entertaining and c) they often came with lunch.
My creative meeting on Tuesdays is one of my favorite meetings in the history of meetings and that includes a mexican food and tequila fueled brainstorming session.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 10:43:52 am PST #1827 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
While hunting for Haiti news I came across this story about a Jamaican Muslim hate cleric soliciting killing Jews and Hindus. How special. Somehow he managed to get tangled up in shenanigans--one of his supporters was killed by Kenyan police. The Kenyan authorities are having trouble deporting him because either no one will accept him or no one will fly him.