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.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'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 10:35:01 am PST #1824 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 10:46:12 am PST #1828 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Now they are saying Deuce will be inactive. [link]
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2010 10:50:07 am PST #1829 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My boss's daughter is about 18 and she has a friend in Haiti. She just heard from her friend, who is homeless, has no food and is sleeping amongst corpses. The friend's father was out of Haiti during the quake and is trying to find a way back - I think he's trying to hitch a ride on a military plane.
I can't even imagine what the woman is going through....
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 10:51:14 am PST #1830 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
How awful, tommy.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 11:04:17 am PST #1831 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
In WTF news: WTF!?! [link]
The horror. It's like experiencing that scene in Un Chien Andalou over and over and over and...
megan walker - Jan 15, 2010 11:06:38 am PST #1832 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That is awful Tommy.
I am relieved that my former roommate finally received confirmation that everyone in her family is safe and sound with food and water for a few days still.
In WTF news: WTF!?! [link]
If it's the Andalou scene I think you are referring to, I am so not clicking on that link.
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 11:08:29 am PST #1833 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Well, think needle instead of razor blade, and you've got it.
Tattooed eyeballs, people. Shitting you, I am not.