Suela, every single time you post about the job sitch it makes me wince, because it everything about it is so familiar - the delays, the lack of communication, the fear that someone who happens to be a veteran will snatch one's job, the one hand not knowing what the other is doing, the apparent tendency to draw names out of a hat to fill a position, the terror of filling out a job application knowing that some completely abstruse system of keywords and criteria will determine whether one even ends up in the potential hiring pool. People may grip about federal employees having "gold-plated benefits" (though in my experience they are just average), but they PAY for them in ANGST.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
flea - Jan 21, 2011 1:42:50 pm PST #18160 of 30001
information libertarian
DavidS - Jan 21, 2011 1:45:54 pm PST #18161 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
However, until I was about 15, my parents had convinced me that my middle name was Vegomatic.
Oooh, have you ever heard the song "Dodge Veg-o-matic" by Jonathan Richman?
quester, I think Moby Bush would make an awesome stripper name. It would sound both formidable and invert Moby Dick.
DavidS - Jan 21, 2011 1:48:45 pm PST #18162 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick show of hands: Who loves Art Nouveau?
For those who do, I am going to blow your mind.
But first a quick tally.
Anne W. - Jan 21, 2011 1:49:46 pm PST #18163 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Who loves Art Nouveau?
raises hand
tommyrot - Jan 21, 2011 1:50:26 pm PST #18164 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.
Quick show of hands: Who loves Art Nouveau?
I do!
Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2011 1:51:04 pm PST #18165 of 30001
hwæt
I love Art Nouveau, except that I hate that the next generation had to rebel against it and create Modernism.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2011 1:51:22 pm PST #18166 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Art Deco FTW.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 21, 2011 1:54:26 pm PST #18167 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My two remaining fingers say Art Nouveau!
tommyrot - Jan 21, 2011 1:55:11 pm PST #18168 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.
Are Art Deco and Art Nouveau related?
meara - Jan 21, 2011 1:56:26 pm PST #18169 of 30001
BLOW MY MIND, HEC!