Timelies all!!
I'm sitting here at secret-mob-front-law-firm again today, so I'll probably be quite chatty again.
How is everyone?
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
zuisa - Sep 15, 2011 4:05:41 am PDT #26329 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Fred Pete - Sep 15, 2011 4:08:50 am PDT #26330 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I also answered to Fred for a part of high school.
I've always answered to Fred, mostly. Except for the grandmother who insisted on "Fritz" or, in her lighter moods, "Fritzer," And a while in 5th-6th grade or so, when I tried to switch to Pete, but that didn't stick outside the family. (It probably stuck inside the family because I'm Fred, Jr. So avoided confusion with my father.) And there was the grad school roommate who insisted on calling me Frederick -- he was a Michael who never, ever, ever responded to Mike.
My best friend in grade school when by Robert at school and Bobby at home. (He was a Junior, too.)
Being a Junior came in handy when I had another Fred as a roommate. When someone would call asking for "Fred," I knew to respond, "Which one?" (Which soon shifted to "Fred P. or Fred B.?") Fred B. would assume they were asking for him, which led to some confusion.
Toddson - Sep 15, 2011 4:14:27 am PDT #26331 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I had a professor in college who could never remember my name and usually ended up calling me Tammy. Karma caught up to him though - his wife got a MacArthur grant and he didn't. I also sometimes geet called Toby ... which is better than Tammy and INFINITELY better than Toddy (shudder).
Jessica - Sep 15, 2011 4:33:28 am PDT #26332 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Someone down the hall is wearing ungodly strong aftershave. I do not need a headache this early in the morning.
zuisa - Sep 15, 2011 5:03:51 am PDT #26333 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Yuck. Strong aftershave is so difficult to deal with. My brother uses really strong stuff from time to time and I always want to smack him.
Hopefully it won't be so bad all morning?
Lee - Sep 15, 2011 5:27:54 am PDT #26334 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I need to be getting ready for work, but my left hand is currently trapped under the cat.
I suspect I may be late
Toddson - Sep 15, 2011 5:31:23 am PDT #26335 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Is this Take Your Cat To Work Day? Perhaps he would consent to lounge on your hand at work ....
hippocampus - Sep 15, 2011 5:34:09 am PDT #26336 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Check with ita ! ? It might be Wear A Cat To Work Day.
Well, it could?
zuisa - Sep 15, 2011 5:42:25 am PDT #26337 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I see no issue with bringing the cat to work. What could possibly go wrong?
In today's the-phone-has-not-rung-once boredom I started writing an essay on how Doctor Who and Torchwood can save the world. That's, uh, a completely normal and not uber-nerdy thing to do, right?
Yeah, I didn't think so either.
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2011 6:01:52 am PDT #26338 of 30001
brillig
I wish I could do Take Your Cat to Work day. I was late getting out of the house because Shadow flopped down in front of me and let it be know that he was The Saddest Cat In the World because no one was available to rub his head for fifteen minutes. So I complied with my fuzzy lord's commands and gave him a good snuggle before leaving.
Koogie would have been a terrific work cat, give him something to sleep on near me, some food and water and a discreet litter dish, and he's have been happy to sleep for eight hours.