The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2010 6:19:48 am PDT #293 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yes, Perkins, be less stupid than me and don't dial in to work. Dammit. But I have a theoretical go live today that I must be braced for.

And checking my emails means my boss doesn't know I'm not at the office today, being that he's not going to be in, and I called in sick to his phone


megan walker - Oct 18, 2010 6:28:38 am PDT #294 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Should we not be subtle about this kind of thing?

Yes. Just be thankful you don't have my boss, who told more than one colleague that I threatened to leave if I didn't get promoted or a raise (not exactly what I said) and then told me that I wasn't being professionally savvy.


Jessica - Oct 18, 2010 7:01:31 am PDT #295 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I love this series of tweets:

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(However, I hope never to be writing a series like that myself!)


Theodosia - Oct 18, 2010 7:04:45 am PDT #296 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"

Sophia, Celexa isn't as bad as Paxil for screwing you up if you suddenly change dosage, but it certainly gives me some tsuris for missed pills.


tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 7:16:49 am PDT #297 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.

ita, have you tried botox for migraines? I seem to remember you have, but I'm not sure so I'm posting this:

Botox For Migranes: FDA Approves Botox For Migraine Headaches


bon bon - Oct 18, 2010 7:21:52 am PDT #298 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I just turned on the tv and a Scooby Doo movie was on, because I had taped Venture Brothers last night. James Hong was definitely reprising a version of his role from Big Trouble in Little China. Kids these days!


Vortex - Oct 18, 2010 7:26:56 am PDT #299 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

A list for Buffistas: Literature's Ten Best Dressed Authors


Theodosia - Oct 18, 2010 7:33:27 am PDT #300 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"

FWIW, tommy, I think at this point it's easier for ita to list the migraine treatments she hasn't used.

I recently finished reading Melanie Thernstrom's The Pain Chronicles which delves into the conundrum of chronic pain and why it resists modern medicine so well.

She describes ketamine procedures, which basically puts you into a coma for several days. The idea is, sort of like ECT, it interupts/resets the pain circuits. It's a dangerous procedure, and it's not been proved to be effective for many, to boot.

There's some intriguing work being done with fMRI, that lets pain patients watch a scan of their own brain and concentrate on raising/lowering pain at will, which the researchers theorize trains the brain into rerouting inappropriate pain circuits.

It's not a self-help book, but one that deals with the history and theory and applied science of pain -- I highly recommend it.


Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 7:36:01 am PDT #301 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yes. Just be thankful you don't have my boss, who told more than one colleague that I threatened to leave if I didn't get promoted or a raise (not exactly what I said) and then told me that I wasn't being professionally savvy.

Hahaha! Why so fucking crazy, bosses???


Sophia Brooks - Oct 18, 2010 7:39:47 am PDT #302 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think there is something that makes bosses crazy, when they get to be bosses.

The designer who is working on the next show is driving up today, for one night only, and no one told me until just now. When I sent him an email asking him when he was coming up.