Well, I went to bed at 9:45 pm and slept until 3:30 am, then woke up for an hour, then back to sleep until the alarm went off. I think cocaine might be required to keep me up until 3:30 am at this point.
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smonster - Aug 23, 2011 4:41:47 pm PDT #362 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Consuela - Aug 23, 2011 7:01:19 pm PDT #363 of 1416
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smonster, does Open Office not have a Project Management app in it? That would be my first thought.
Although ISTR finding some open-source PM software at some point several years ago, I don't remember the name at all.
I used to be quite good at Gantt charts, but MS Project is SO HORRIBLE to use, and it's all I have access to.
smonster - Aug 26, 2011 10:12:54 am PDT #364 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ooo, I'll check Open Office. We have a program in the office, but there aren't any more keys for it.
So my boss and I might start a side business together. What could go wrong? It's an idea I had that he thinks is brilliant, and I'd never do it by myself, so we're going to discuss it over drinks.
Are you ready? I may have mentioned this in Bitches, it arose during one of my bouts of panicked unemployment insomnia brainstorming sessions... manufacture glass Mardi Gras beads locally from recycled beer and wine bottles.
Steph L. - Aug 26, 2011 10:15:34 am PDT #365 of 1416
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I didn't realize there were glass Mardi Gras beads; I assumed they were all just the cheap plastic ones. (My experience of Mardi Gras, of course, being parties and whatnot thrown in Ohio, trying to simulate the fun of Mardi Gras without the actual NOLA and krewes and so forth.)
Glass beads would be cool, and recycled would be even cooler!
smonster - Aug 26, 2011 10:18:03 am PDT #366 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Back in the day they were glass, and glass ones are making a bit of a comeback. They're a coveted "throw," and think how much more coveted if they were local!
amych - Aug 26, 2011 10:31:40 am PDT #367 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That would be totally awesomesauce!
Scrappy - Aug 26, 2011 10:38:28 am PDT #368 of 1416
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Brilliant! Or should I say "Beerilliant!."
Ginger - Aug 26, 2011 10:39:38 am PDT #369 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Recycled beads would be great. There would certainly be enough local beer and wine bottles.
You could find a local sheltered workshop to string the beads.
smonster - Aug 26, 2011 11:01:15 am PDT #370 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
And there is NO glass recycling here. None. You can take it to the Target in Metairie and I think they haul it to Texas.
Ginger - Aug 26, 2011 11:12:58 am PDT #371 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Recycling for beads is about the simplest recycling there is. The glass is just smashed and melted in molds. It's done in pretty primitive areas in a labor-intensive way [link] but surely you could scale up this basic process fairly economically.