Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!

Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

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.


sumi - Jun 21, 2012 4:52:45 am PDT #10615 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

It's Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot today.


Burrell - Jun 21, 2012 5:01:49 am PDT #10616 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

oh le nubian, that would piss me off. I get annoyed when my students decide to ignore needed changes, but with a dissertation? boggle


§ ita § - Jun 21, 2012 5:18:36 am PDT #10617 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm even earlier at work this morning because I couldn't sleep and it's not like the pain is going to go away if I wait. So while I could remotely drive (and that is only remotely) I did so.

Problem is, I think it's still unseemly for me to break down in tears.

I'm not sure the first nerve block worked right, and I'm pretty much at the end of my rope. And I'm definitely at the end of the flexeril, but that's probably because of how many I'd take at a time to see if there would be any effect. Actually, I guess that would average out. I'd take the whole days worth in the morning, nothing would happen, and I wouldn't take any more for at least a day.

Still, when they told me they didn't have my muffin I nearly cried. The professional frustration I'm going start coming up against in 15 minutes--I have no idea how to get through.


Burrell - Jun 21, 2012 5:35:17 am PDT #10618 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh crud, ita. I don't suppose coming in early means you get to leave early too?


le nubian - Jun 21, 2012 5:35:24 am PDT #10619 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Not to mention this student has complained about me several times to colleagues at other universities (and of course it has gotten back to me).

If not but for me, she wouldn't have final funding to complete her dissertation this summer. On my sole recommendation, she received the funding.

I'm really NOT going to choke her. I'm not.


msbelle - Jun 21, 2012 5:35:28 am PDT #10620 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

re: Ascot

Some of those are decidedly not hats - I thought they made a rule this year?


le nubian - Jun 21, 2012 5:36:00 am PDT #10621 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

oh geez, ita.


DavidS - Jun 21, 2012 5:40:28 am PDT #10622 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

They should put some of your muffins aside for you!


DavidS - Jun 21, 2012 5:46:20 am PDT #10623 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Dinosaur Comics explains why superheroes should spend more time as scientists and less as crime fighters.


Ginger - Jun 21, 2012 5:53:22 am PDT #10624 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Dear student:

le nubian is really sorry that after all she's done for you, she's going to have vote against your dissertation and comment on the inadequacies of your presentation while imagining your head on a pike.