Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.

Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'


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 - Mar 04, 2011 8:13:36 am PST #26263 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

This is actually quite old now, but topical in light of the recent supreme court case.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/how-fight-fred

I'm not a fan of everything Michael Moore does, but this is pretty inspired. The first 1:30 is lead-in. Um... technically there's nothing NSFW in there, but you can make a judgement call from the blog article that goes with it.


Daisy Jane - Mar 04, 2011 8:13:49 am PST #26264 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

It does!


Liese S. - Mar 04, 2011 8:18:47 am PST #26265 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Wow.

That advice letter was something else. I'm just kinda sitting here with it.

It reads very, very familiarly and I'm glad to have read it.


DavidS - Mar 04, 2011 8:20:36 am PST #26266 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Some position titles from our client's Saudi Arabia office:

We had a Tea Cart Lady listed for our Singapore office.

Also, at a different job I had to do expense reports for my boss who did land deals in Spain and I had to expense bribes. Just a cost of working there.


Dana - Mar 04, 2011 8:22:05 am PST #26267 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Did some work, filed some paperwork, and got dizzy again. Probably a good call not going into work.


Vortex - Mar 04, 2011 8:22:16 am PST #26268 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

it took them 3 attempts to get an IV in. forearm failed, back of hand failed, finally they just went with crook of elbow. all on my right arm, my dominant arm, now with three big bruises.

ugh, I hate that. I had the elbow IV and it sucked. Especially when I was in the hospital for three days and couldn't bend my arm.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2011 8:31:25 am PST #26269 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I had the elbow IV and it sucked

Where's the better place? I love it when they can get one in my elbow. Which is once every few months. Back of my hand always infiltrates. Fingers and pad of the thumb and inside of my wrist hurt like a bitch.

Good call, Hailee. You were walking pretty badly.


Vortex - Mar 04, 2011 8:38:32 am PST #26270 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I like back of the hand, which is better for sleeping. Elbow is fine if you're sitting or lying, but since I move a lot in my sleep, I kept trying to bend my arm and hurting myself.


Kathy A - Mar 04, 2011 8:39:02 am PST #26271 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I had fun with IVs when I was in for my surgery. The initial IV was in the back of my left hand, and lasted there from Monday afternoon until Thursday night. But then, it started leaking blood, so I called them in to take a look. The first IV nurse spent ten minutes trying to find a vein in my right hand, then my left forearm, and finally stuck one in the left forearm. I had to hit the call button two minutes after he left, when the arm started to swell and really hurt. They disconnected me, and then sent in another IV nurse. This one took only one minute before she got one in my right forearm with no problems whatsoever, which lasted until they discharged me the next morning.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2011 9:00:49 am PST #26272 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't have problems moving around with an elbow stick. The catheter bends pretty easily--I just need to keep the arm straight if I have fluids going in. Fingers mean I can't really move around. And feet.