My officemate woke up Monday convinced it was Friday.
Oh THAT'S just got to suck.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 14, 2010 4:50:11 am PDT #22885 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
flea - Apr 14, 2010 5:05:09 am PDT #22886 of 30001
information libertarian
I worked Sunday, and I usually work tonight but this week I switched and I'm working tomorrow night, so I ahve no idea what day it is. I am also triple-booked from 2-2:30pm today. Joy.
I am working on a car-buying spreadsheet. Buying a car is SO BORING.
Casper was potty-trained for pee right around 3, but she insisted on pooping in a diaper while hiding in the closet well past 3.5. Dillo needed to be out of diapers for school at 3 years one month, and for the first couple of weeks he had 2-3 accidents most days, and they dealt with it. He's 3 years 8 months now and still has pee accidents reasonably often, mostly little leak-ish ones. He kinda just doesn't care much. He's good for poop though, thank god.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2010 5:08:08 am PDT #22887 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I blame pollen. Not for any specific reason, just because we've got a lot of it around here, and pollen is always blameworthy.
My allergies are KILLING me. If I want to breathe, I have to take enough antihistamines to fell a horse. This is making me a little comatose.
Die, pollen. Painfully.
A truly beautiful grammar rant: [link]
Ah yes, the Alot. Beautiful plumage.
sj - Apr 14, 2010 5:14:11 am PDT #22888 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Die, pollen. Painfully.
Wrod!
billytea - Apr 14, 2010 5:14:42 am PDT #22889 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wrod!
Goldenwrod, I presume.
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2010 5:18:09 am PDT #22890 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.
I might have mentioned that a friend of mine who majored in English and French did not know that "alot" is not a word. How does that happen?
JZ - Apr 14, 2010 5:26:09 am PDT #22891 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
tommyrot, maybe because English is just that much of a sloppy mutt of a language? For every obviously wrong bad grammar fake word, there are probably two or three that look just as wrong but are actually right (and which usually started out as sloppy and wrong but are such old wrong words that all the prescriptivists who railed against them died off centuries ago).
Frank, my officemate said she swanned into her kitchen all cheerful and peppy, and when her roommate (very gently and tenderly) broke the bad news to her she almost cried.
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2010 5:36:58 am PDT #22892 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.
all the prescriptivists who railed against them died off centuries ago
Now I'm imagining a new supervillian - Grammar Nazi. His evil plan is to create an army of zombie grammar prescriptivists who will go around correcting everyone's grammar - when they're not eating brains....
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2010 5:42:41 am PDT #22893 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.
Eric Rautio's cat Iggy goes paws-on with the iPad and discovers he loves the Noby Noby Boy app almost as much as we do. Time to add an entire new species to the list of who Noby is for?
eta: HuffPost sez:
When Steve Jobs and Apple created the touch screen technology used in the iPhone and iPad, they likely tested it on actual human hands. Developers probably sat there, noting how it responded to the finger tips, and adjusted accordingly. Standard procedure. But if this video's any indication, they clearly had some stop secret division of R&D where they brought in kittens to test the touch screen, as well. There is no other explanation for how this cat can paw at an iPad, masterfully maninpulating its capabilities with every swipe. Apple, you've done it again.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 14, 2010 6:09:34 am PDT #22894 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
x-posted with Bitches:
job searching question for the hivemind:
Tom had a phone interview with a company from New Orleans last Thursday morning. He thought it went well, he was asked to email his salary requirements, and we haven't heard anything from them since. Would it be appropriate to follow up with the HR liaison with an email along the lines of:
just wanted to touch base with you regarding any follow-up you might require in considering my candidacy for a position with [Company]. I know that a half hour on the phone isn't much time to get a good idea of where I fit in with the company, so I wanted to reach out to see if there was anything else I can help you with. I also would like to note that there is certainly room for negotiation as far as my previously stated salary requirements. Being from out of state, my requirements were based on some research but are not definitive numbers.
I also wanted to ask what your thoughts on the hiring process timeline might be? Any information on that would be most appreciated, thanks!
Thoughts? We are really, really going crazy. Not least of which because the last job he applied for, that called HIM out of the blue and scheduled him for an entire day of interviews NEVER GOT BACK TO HIM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.