It is cold. I don't think there's an Indian place down here. I'm hungry, but have no idea if I want pizza, tacos, sandwich, Italian, Greek, Asian, cafeteria style, salad. No clue, but still hungry.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
Daisy Jane - Feb 10, 2011 7:39:48 am PST #22147 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
amych - Feb 10, 2011 7:41:41 am PST #22148 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What's everybody doing for their Onerous Task today?
The un-fun businessy parts of freelancing. Proposals and contracts and whatnots.
(Note to current client: if you just would answer my outstanding questions and send me stuff, I would VERY HAPPILY work on your project and have way more fun and, you know, get paid.)
Strega - Feb 10, 2011 7:44:25 am PST #22149 of 30001
I was reading that story about Anon this morning; it's fascinating... Although parts bother me: I haven't read the entire IRC chat log yet, but the parts I have gotten through seem a lot less dramatic than the summary in the piece.
On the other hand, I will never get tired of hearing about the Low Orbit Ion Canon.
brenda m - Feb 10, 2011 7:45:10 am PST #22150 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
OTOH, Barr was a total dickwad.
A dickwad with poor grammar.
DavidS - Feb 10, 2011 7:50:40 am PST #22151 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A dickwad with poor grammar.
My favorite part, actually, were his chats with his coder.
The programmer keeps saying, in essence, "I know you think you've got the tiger by the tail, but you don't understand the very important, very basic concept of small sample size as it applies to statistical analysis. You are completely full of bullshit and there's no way I'm going to put that shit on my computer because those guys will take me out."
SailAweigh - Feb 10, 2011 7:55:38 am PST #22152 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I did my onerous task for the day: calling a meeting space to get availability and price quote. I hate phone work, so getting that done has left me feeling all virtuous. Now, it's time to go to my Access class, which is my reward. Yay!
Jessica - Feb 10, 2011 8:00:17 am PST #22153 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My onerous task today is laundry, but I haven't done it yet. OTOH, I did make a tuna casserole for dinner, so maybe I'll just count that...
(No seriously, I *have* to do laundry. My clothes can be picked out of the laundry basket and worn again dirty. Aeryn's diapers, nsm.)
lisah - Feb 10, 2011 8:01:54 am PST #22154 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
The Vice President, Omar Suleiman, might be an even worse dictator that Mubarak.
Friends of friends in Egypt are hearing he will cede to the military not to the VP. Seems all very confusing at the moment.
flea - Feb 10, 2011 8:02:17 am PST #22155 of 30001
information libertarian
Onerous task: deposited $531 in the bank, much in small bills and change (hello, Girl Scout cookies.)
brenda m - Feb 10, 2011 8:03:36 am PST #22156 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The VP is head of the inteligence servcies (can't remember what they're called), so yeah, kind of scary. Very strong US ties. But the position itself was just created in the last weeks and my understanding is that there is nothing that says he sucedes the president should he step down.
Frankly, ceding to the military would scare me less. So far anyway.