I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.

Riley ,'Lessons'


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.


Jesse - May 11, 2011 11:24:18 am PDT #7835 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Guess she doesn't really want a job, then?

This is what I'm saying! And also, as it turned out, what the people hiring were saying. So she didn't get the jobs.


shrift - May 11, 2011 11:25:36 am PDT #7836 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm looking at flights to London, and dithering. Dithering like THE WIND.


Vortex - May 11, 2011 11:42:11 am PDT #7837 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

And we have a case of plagiarism where a student copied out of a study guide into a paper. For a class taught by a judge.

We had one where a student copied a law review article verbatim (except for the initial footnote where the author thanked his research assistant. Unfortunately, the professor had read the article. Even more unfortunately is that the student had an A going into the final paper. He could have not turned anything in and still gotten a B. Instead, he will never be admitted to the bar.

My boss is very team oriented (she is always telling me she is not my boss, we are part of a team). Of course, she also issued a written warning when she thought I wasn't actually treating her with respect, so....

See, this is how young people get confused. The "boss" wants to be all touchy feely and "we're all equals", and then gets upset when the kids think that they have an option to do what's required of them.


Steph L. - May 11, 2011 11:56:55 am PDT #7838 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

My revelation of the day: you can't spell "Cupertino" without TINO.

IOW, FUCK YOU APPLE.

While my hard-earned money that I paid for the mythical laptop has already cleared the bank, the laptop is either (1) in The Rift, (2) serving double duty as a waffle maker for the UPS guy, or (3) Tino has it and he is LAUGHING AT MY PAIN.

I know it's totally a first-world, diamond-shoes-too-tight problem to have the luxury of complaining that the computer I paid for has not only not been delivered on time, but has apparently disappeared off the face of the planet, but can't be replaced until they can verify that I am not lying (as in, I really received the laptop but am saying I didn't, so I can get a second one for free). Except, there's this thing where they have the UPS information that shows that UPS NEVER GOT THE PACKAGE. I am not in cahoots with UPS, so I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.

Bah.


lisah - May 11, 2011 12:09:25 pm PDT #7839 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

You may have already done this, Steph, but send them a screenshot of the UPS status? If that is possible. How frustrating!


Beverly - May 11, 2011 12:13:00 pm PDT #7840 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

For those who remember, TableTalk shutting down.


sumi - May 11, 2011 12:15:43 pm PDT #7841 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

That's sad.

Also, (from a tweet from Mother Jones): Did the Florida Legislature accidentally ban sex?

You know: oops.


Nora Deirdre - May 11, 2011 12:26:16 pm PDT #7842 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

For those who remember, TableTalk shutting down.

Aw, that bums me out.


Allyson - May 11, 2011 12:31:51 pm PDT #7843 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Gosh. It's so weird. Now I'm having WXing and People's Forum flashbacks, as well.

Now I feel hella old.


Consuela - May 11, 2011 12:40:45 pm PDT #7844 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Wow, no more Table Talk! Weirdness.