I love that you just refer to them as Jillifont.
Damn, now I totally want to submit an entry to Urban Dictionary.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2011 1:31:59 pm PDT #3523 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Atropa - Oct 27, 2011 1:34:31 pm PDT #3524 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
There's a new Hyperbole and a Half. Except it's not funny, and I'm trying hard to no cry at work right now.
I meant to agree: it hits a little too close to home to be really funny. Brilliant and true, but not funny.
Calli - Oct 27, 2011 1:48:29 pm PDT #3525 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Good luck with the job hunt, msbelle.
I came home to a letter from my health insurance co. They wanted to let me know that a nurse would be calling me with advice on how to be less fat. My level of "bite me, Cigna" cannot be textually rendered.
Jesse - Oct 27, 2011 1:51:27 pm PDT #3526 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They do not review my work, even if I provide it early and then are furious if they find errors when they are on a job site. I literally had to say today that I would not be able to guarantee never making a mistake.
Oh god, that's like the definition of a no-win situation at work. Ugh.
And I can confirm that while msbelle is a beautiful person in many ways, customer service would likely not be the best job choice.... for anyone involved.
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2011 1:51:35 pm PDT #3527 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh my lord, Tim brought home a truck from work and he's taking the drill press out of the driveway to be scrapped.
WHAT IS HAPPENING I DON'T EVEN
flea - Oct 27, 2011 1:52:39 pm PDT #3528 of 30001
information libertarian
Take pictures!
Maybe this is his version of a marriage proposal?
Steph L. - Oct 27, 2011 1:56:17 pm PDT #3529 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Maybe this is his version of a marriage proposal?
You know, that wouldn't be totally weird for him.
For my own part, I've started with the FlyLady shit and keep adding little cleaning tasks to my (semi-) daily routine. This, too, falls under the IT IS THE END OF DAYS category.
I'll report back if he spells out "Wll U MRY ME" in scrap metal on the driveway.
Cass - Oct 27, 2011 1:56:34 pm PDT #3530 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I meant to agree: it hits a little too close to home to be really funny. Brilliant and true, but not funny.
It's not funny at all, but it rang true. And it's something I might use to explain to people who just Don't Get It.
Connie Neil - Oct 27, 2011 1:57:57 pm PDT #3531 of 30001
brillig
re: mistakes at work.
I had a supervisor call me into a come-to-Jesus meeting with the owner, and she wanted me to make a pledge that my work on a particular phase would not have any errors in it. She was horrified when I said, "No, I will not make any such pledge. It's impossible to promise that." She looked at the owner, who said, "She's right, she can't do that. Asking something like that is something the Pointy-Haired Boss would do."
The owner loved Dilbert, and even though he was often an idiot it was nice to have backup, especially geeky backup.
-t - Oct 27, 2011 2:14:20 pm PDT #3532 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That Hyperbole and a Half is the most true thing on the internet. Fear-proof exoskeleton. Yes.
Taking away the drill press is kind of rocking my world, Tep. I know I only have a flawed and mostly made up by me mental image of your home, but the drill press looms large in it and having it be gone is going to take some getting used to.