Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.

Mal ,'The Train Job'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Amy - Oct 20, 2011 5:13:18 pm PDT #2536 of 30001
Because books.

So ... you're supposed to use illegal tender? Monopoly money? Barter?


Jesse - Oct 20, 2011 5:14:56 pm PDT #2537 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

This country is going insane.


Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2011 5:18:29 pm PDT #2538 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Looks like it's not actually as bonkers as it sounds.


le nubian - Oct 20, 2011 5:19:51 pm PDT #2539 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

cash without records. okay, I guess that's better. thank you for the clarification.


Amy - Oct 20, 2011 5:19:59 pm PDT #2540 of 30001
Because books.

Oh, that's different. That's like when they passed that law a few years back about reporting purchases made in cash over a certain amount.


smonster - Oct 20, 2011 5:24:26 pm PDT #2541 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

In other news, apparently Louisiana just banned legal tender for second-hand merchandise.

What in the flying fuck? That likely applies to my organization.

REGULAR dealers in secondhand goods, scrap metal, and junk are required to make records of cash deals of more than $25. Record includes ID of seller/buyer, description of goods (to include identifying marks if they exist), and cash exchanged.

Ah. Okay.


Nora Deirdre - Oct 20, 2011 5:26:51 pm PDT #2542 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I nearly choked on my pizza. Which had cheese (two kinds) but no hummus.

If you got your pizza at Regnelli's (which I suspect you have) note that they do have a hummus app which is actually pretty tasty.

In other news, apparently Louisiana just banned legal tender for second-hand merchandise.

While this sounds crazypants (and I will be investigating it more thoroughly shortly) I will say that metal/copper theft and resale is a HUGE HUGE ENORMOUS issue here and it appears that is bill, however totally ridonkulous, is trying to address that.

If this bill is what it seems to be, it makes me laugh that Louisiana must go about and apply the EXACT WRONG SOLUTION in the MOST EGREGIOUS MANNER to an actual problem.

And I will admit to being pretty annoyed by the ha-ha aren't southern people the most fucking stupid people on the planet tone of the comments. They are politicians. Of course they're stupid. At least they're stupid and self-serving in a more entertaining manner than in the S-M-R-T-er states.


Stephanie - Oct 20, 2011 5:27:35 pm PDT #2543 of 30001
Trust my rage

Fwiw, most prisoners eat on a really early day schedule. Meal time is very guard intensive and by shifting the hours the prisoners eat, it allows the guards to rotate in and out at their meal times without needing a lot of extra guards.


Kat - Oct 20, 2011 5:32:22 pm PDT #2544 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I mark papers in red pen when I mark them in hard copy. Otherwise, I ask they submit it all online. I don't do track changes; I just comment.

The first paper set for my AP kids is always turned in online and I print and comment big time (that way I can keep track of word count and check for plagiarism quickly) usually in red pen or green or purple or even black or blue.

I have also instituted fatal errors. If kids make a set of mistakes then I stop grading and they get a zero. I'm going to make a stamp with a kiss on it and just say it's the kiss of death. Fatal errors include not capitalizing I, not punctuating titles, misspelling literature, author, poet or the name of the texts about which you are writing. I also count the set of big homonyms as major errors when used incorrectly.

In other news, Grace is changing schools as of Monday. Her last day at her old school is tomorrow. They, oddly, made her student of the month. Wha? Also they actually wrote in her IEP, which is a legally binding document, that she is adorable. So now she is legally adorable. Oy.


smonster - Oct 20, 2011 5:34:05 pm PDT #2545 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

If you got your pizza at Regnelli's (which I suspect you have)

Totes did! It was pretty tasty. I actually don't like most hummus. Heresy, I know.

I will say that metal/copper theft and resale is a HUGE HUGE ENORMOUS issue here

Indeed. Like, once the wiring is in, you best start sleeping in your house, or it won't be there long. Nora and I know someone whose wiring has been stolen out at least twice, if not three times.