So... How about those tornados?
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Jun 02, 2011 4:38:09 am PDT #10905 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"
Aims - Jun 02, 2011 4:41:26 am PDT #10906 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I onerous tasked!!
I made doctor's appointments for me for the OB/GYN and a physical with my GP. I also made dentist appointments for me and Em which I had been avoiding since I got my fillings and we owed them monies but I paid it today and got appointments scheduled!
This afternoon I am going to go get my flipping blood drawn to check my thyroid levels because my hair is falling out by the handful. It's ridonkulous.
Jesse - Jun 02, 2011 4:55:19 am PDT #10907 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So... How about those tornados?
INORITE???
DavidS - Jun 02, 2011 5:00:15 am PDT #10908 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I see this as potentially being a different issue. Is he failing to deliver on work he promised or otherwise being unprofessional in his work conduct? Or is it simply that the customers object to his professional opinion? It reads like the latter, in which case the issue is, as you said, the "stupid ass sense of entitlement" that keeps notalwaysright.com in business.
More they object to the bluntness of his professional opinion. Much like Jilli's cobbler.
Here: Kensington Cobblers on Yelp.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2011 5:06:00 am PDT #10909 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Much like Jilli's cobbler.
I thought no one was objecting to the bluntness of Jilli's cobbler, and that was the whole point. You don't have to be a dick, so why bother?
I hate the idea that "I'm an expert, I'm an artiste, I'm right, I'm clever, so I get a pass on being a decent human being" is somehow valid thinking. Being civil isn't just for losers. It's for us all.
Ginger - Jun 02, 2011 5:21:21 am PDT #10910 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Melville's 20 years in the customs house came after he had largely given up writing novels, discouraged by the public and critical reaction to his work. If he didn't want to have a plan B, he shouldn't have had four children.
James Dickey survived the indignities of teaching and writing ad copy. P.D. James worked as a civil servant for 40 years, supporting two daughters and a disabled husband. Toni Morrison's work doesn't seem to have been diminished by a plan B of an advanced degree and college teaching.
Theodosia - Jun 02, 2011 5:24:54 am PDT #10911 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"
A friend of mine who had some minor success in the comic book field passed on this bit of wisdom about becoming a success: you have to have at least 2 of these three qualities: be good, be fast, be nice. In approximately that order of importance, and if you have all three you're golden.
Cashmere - Jun 02, 2011 5:26:11 am PDT #10912 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have lots of onerous tasks today. I have house guests coming to watch roller derby on Saturday and I have to actually prepare to bout, as well. Then there is end of school stuff and getting Minvan Morrison into the shop to get the A/C recharged.
Cashmere - Jun 02, 2011 5:27:45 am PDT #10913 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Crap. I also have to box up our PS3 to send to Sony to figure out what is wrong with it. I'm going to lose all our movies and games because I didn't back up. Feh.
Jesse - Jun 02, 2011 5:30:31 am PDT #10914 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A friend of mine who had some minor success in the comic book field passed on this bit of wisdom about becoming a success: you have to have at least 2 of these three qualities: be good, be fast, be nice.
I have a similar theory about becoming a pop star or similar -- you need at least three of the following: talent, looks, determination, and luck.