I hope the crank callers roast over a slow fire in hell, Sparky. It does look like you're going to get some good coverage.
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
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.
Ginger - May 18, 2011 1:41:56 pm PDT #8718 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kat - May 18, 2011 2:11:08 pm PDT #8719 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh, sparky, the crank callers suck. I am so sorry.
1. Thing that made me smile -- us in professional development. We made a bingo card.
2. Thing that I like -- I have already swum today and I am home at 4:00! Yeah efficiency!
Liese S. - May 18, 2011 2:18:34 pm PDT #8720 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The Christian band that came out to us and wrote a song about our kiddoes is doing an apocalypse party! They are that kind of band, though, irreverent, funny, self-deprecating.
Calli - May 18, 2011 2:18:56 pm PDT #8721 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
1. Seeing the flower buds on my hydrangeas.
2. On my third run this week (which is also my third run in the past 18 months) this morning I finally rediscovered my stride.
Jesse - May 18, 2011 2:24:47 pm PDT #8722 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, man. A friend of mine just found out her job is likely going away in August. She's due to have a baby in September. Uggggh. I said, well at least she could get unemployment if she's laid off, but her company's maternity leave policy is 12 weeks at 100%, and her salary is large. She will be screwed if they can't find another position for her, and somewhat screwed anyway, since it probably will be in a different area of the country if there is another job. In short: think good thoughts for my friend?
le nubian - May 18, 2011 2:54:04 pm PDT #8723 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
there is a new TED talk on chronic pain. It just showed up in my list of podcasts.
sarameg - May 18, 2011 3:22:06 pm PDT #8724 of 30001
My work is batshit insane. A critical bit of software (database replication) is not working yet. We're still going live with it Tuesday. Which means a frantic scramble to change a lot of the code to update on 2 separate databases simultaneously. Which I found out at one. Guess what I'm doing the next 3 days? Head of the developers is losing his cool with people.
It's just all sorts of fucked up.
And I just noticed something has chewed on the trim of my screened doors. I suspect squirrels. Or rats. Anyway, not amused.
§ ita § - May 18, 2011 3:45:12 pm PDT #8725 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks for the heads up, LeN.
Jesse - May 18, 2011 4:11:20 pm PDT #8726 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess I'm all packed (I have underwear and my cell phone charger, and what more do you need, really?), so I guess I'll go to bed, since I have to be up at 4. Yikes. See you all nest week!
-t - May 18, 2011 4:15:45 pm PDT #8727 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Have fun, Jesse, and good luck to your friend.
And good luck, Sparky.