It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Theodosia - Apr 29, 2010 10:35:15 am PDT #26220 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hi! Interview went well -- it was with the CTO for a small shop that makes corporate websites, and they're looking for a web developer/designer with pretty much the expertise that I have.

If they call me back, they'll give me a "test" where I spend a day at their office coding a faux project, so to show off my skills & problem solving. I said, quite honestly, that I'd like to work at a place where my fellow developers had passed a test like that.

(Programmers who interview better than they program are a real problem when nontechnical people do the interviewing, they tend to hire the glibbest.)


Strix - Apr 29, 2010 10:35:29 am PDT #26221 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Poop, I forgot to go to the Wednesday evening teeny farmer's market, and I'll be in Iowa this weekend.

ita, no, I think it's HIGHLY reasonable to want to know when you'll be in the hospital. Geez. And I hope your boss' statement comes true!


Shari_H - Apr 29, 2010 10:36:43 am PDT #26222 of 30001
Keep breathing!

DC travel also depends on: is Congress in session, did the Red Line break down again, what's happening at the Pentagon today, and is it Tuesday.

And tourists? STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT!


Jesse - Apr 29, 2010 10:36:59 am PDT #26223 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Fingers crossed, Theo!

You too, ita! And it would be nice to know ahead of time if you'll be in the hospital...


beekaytee - Apr 29, 2010 10:38:09 am PDT #26224 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

When you're lucky. Add in motorcades, random road closures, protestors, and tourists on most days.

With a side order of transportation delays, random construction springing up over night, equally random building demolitions and streets that go in difference directions, depending on the time of day.

And yet? I LOVE this town!

eta:

And tourists? STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT!

Ahahaha! I used to make myself nuts with this one, but now just take a breath. Living here pretty much forces you to be zen.

Todd, I can't believe you didn't add the SEGWAY TOURS of doom. Bartleby nearly got taken out by one of them recently. There would have been blood!


Aims - Apr 29, 2010 10:38:38 am PDT #26225 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I'm trying really hard not to comment on a friend's FB post that it is nigh impossible for there to be 2 Marine One helicopters.

Unless you're Kevin Kline.


Aims - Apr 29, 2010 10:39:21 am PDT #26226 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

They're closing down most of the streets near the stadium which is an area that I will be avoiding all day tomorrow and Saturday.


Fred Pete - Apr 29, 2010 10:39:52 am PDT #26227 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

DC travel also depends on: is Congress in session, did the Red Line break down again, what's happening at the Pentagon today, and is it Tuesday.

And is it rush hour, also known as 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. On a good day.


Jesse - Apr 29, 2010 10:39:55 am PDT #26228 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, I have just convinced myself that it's actually good that I can't get my last project done, because it gives my replacement something straightforward to do on his own....


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2010 10:40:20 am PDT #26229 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Isn't there a Maglev train proposed for Baltimore to DC? That would be cool.