Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

Zoe ,'The Train Job'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Gudanov - Oct 22, 2010 5:35:26 am PDT #1225 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Amy, unless there's another author with the same name, my library has a bunch of your books. I thought maybe I should check the next time I went there, but then I realized, Internet, duh. I just did a search.


tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:37:41 am PDT #1226 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.

The calendar goes straight from 1 BCE to 1 CE.

And everybody born in year 0 never got any birthday presents ever.

ION, Live crab vending machine

his live hairy Shanghai crab vending machine keeps the crabs at 5° C, at which temperature the poor crustaceans go into hibernation. If you give it some money and it dispenses a dead crab, the machine's owner will give you three free live crabs by way of compensation. The machine is in Nanjing, and represents a major push in the always-complex business of live-crab vending.


Theodosia - Oct 22, 2010 5:49:52 am PDT #1227 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"

I just watched one of those Monsters Inside Me programs on Animal Planet, and there was a guy who got a really gross infestation from eating live crabs at a sushi restaurant. So watch out!


tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:50:48 am PDT #1228 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.

Did they at least give him a t-shirt that says, "I caught the crabs at [dining establishment name]"?


Amy - Oct 22, 2010 5:51:00 am PDT #1229 of 30001
Because books.

That's awesome, Gud! Wow, I had no idea.

Here's hoping many, many more libraries have Cold Kiss next fall.


billytea - Oct 22, 2010 5:54:37 am PDT #1230 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.

ION, Live crab vending machine

Wow. We had Shanghai hairy crabs served at our wedding. ("Take a seat, sir, we serve anyone.") They're quite the delicacy, apparently. And they are indeed very hairy.


Gudanov - Oct 22, 2010 5:58:23 am PDT #1231 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

My library has: Christmas Spirit, Pictures of Us, Hot Date, I Love You to Death, and Murder in the Hamptons.


Theodosia - Oct 22, 2010 5:58:38 am PDT #1232 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"

Whatever you do, don't eat them live and uncooked. According to the program, 80% of Asian freshwater crabs are infected with lung fluke.


tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:59:17 am PDT #1233 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.

Oh, I totally want to live in one of these... or should I wait until I have enough money for a hotel?

Life-size monopoly house


Daisy Jane - Oct 22, 2010 6:02:06 am PDT #1234 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

My routine with current job is shower 10 min. Lotions and potions for skin stuff 5 min. Minimal makeup 5 min. A little prettier makeup 10-15. Finding and putting on clothes & shoes 5 min.

My routine when I worked at an ad agency client facing. Inspect clothes for any stains (after having spent the better part of an hour picking out and ironing the night before) 5 min. Shower+shave 15 min. Lotions & potions for skin issues 5 min. Blowout hair 20 min. Makeup 15 min. Get dressed 5-10 min depending on dress or separates and jewelry. That's about 70 min, and not going above and beyond.

I suppose I could've skipped the clothes inspection (though I added that to the routine after an embarrassing talking to about a ketchup stain on my sleeve I hadn't seen). Leave out the lotions and potions and deal with acne and dry itchy elbows and knees. Or maybe "gotten a better haircut" though I've yet to find one that doesn't either leave me with weird triangle head or an afro-thus the blowout. Or maybe skipped the makeup, but that's pretty much a no-no and will get you a talking to.

I'm sorry. I do take this personally, because I felt actual anxiety over my appearance at the agency. I would be near tears trying to figure out what outfit walked the fashionable and attractive and not dowdy/slutty. And no, you don't get fired over how you look. It's more that you're not the right "fit." Reading, "Blow it off'" or "Get over yourself," upsets me.

I get that lawyer lady was irritating about it, but I don't know what her sitch is. Maybe if she doesn't curl her lashes they go at wonky angles.