I hope so too, Frank. Also, that the husband didn't lose to many of his tools. He's a metalsmith (made our wedding rings). I dont know if he has a separate studio space or not. His wife, who is a printmaker and professor, does and it was not affected so that's something.

I just walked up to someone's desk and they were sleeping. I hightailed it out of there. I do not want to be the person that wakes him up. Too much contagious embarrassment.

I don't like these chocolate chips in my brownie. They're throwing off the texture.

I thought we were gentrifying Harlem just so we could do this without repercussion?

That kind of thing is fine for non-tramp ladies, of course.

That kind of thing is fine for non-tramp ladies, of course.

What about unstamped tramps?

I just walked up to someone's desk and they were sleeping. I hightailed it out of there.

ita, you need to do the person a service. I would turn around and walk about 3 yards, then come back loud talking walking very slowly (perhaps in my cell phone). They should wake up before you get there.

Oooh, tommy has a point. I was about to say I don't think I ever use the word tramp, but in the compound "tramp stamp". Hmm. But yeah, I would totally laugh at a friend and say "You BRAZEN HUSSY!" but can't imagine calling a friend a tramp?

ETA: ita, I would go back to my desk and call them, hoping the phone ringing would wake them up

Sort of along the lines of tramp stamp, should I email someone to let them know that their use of "paddy wagon" on a website is offensive?

"You BRAZEN HUSSY!"

Hmm. If the brazen is implied by hussy, isn't that redundant?

Reminds me of Urinetown

"What an unexpected surprise!"

"Is there any other kind?"

Allyson, you're made of stronger stuff than I am. I don't think I would have friended someone who'd push my buttons in that way.

I feel sort of removed from it because I've been studying confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance, and it's easier (for reasons that seem obvious to me) to see it in people we vehemently oppose than ourselves. I'm reading a lot of it and thinking, "I do that. How can I stop myself from doing that?"

He doesn't argue very well. If I want a good argument with a conservative, I can have one with Tim, who is pretty great at listening, responding, conceding a point. I'm not as good at it.

I think it's that it's less that I feel like I've lost something by conceding a point to someone, but that some folks behave as though they somehow won my land and can slaughter my people if I say, "you know, I didn't think of it that way. That's a good point." Or, "I didn't actually know that. Thanks." And I don't know why it should matter to me, if that makes sense. I'm not explaining this well.