Here is your cup of coffee.  Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.

Xander ,'Chosen'


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.


msbelle - Aug 20, 2012 6:47:58 am PDT #18721 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Sophia, just pick on task and plow through. Then at least on is done.

Me? I am feeling scattered, so I am sharing my to do list with y'all in the hopes that it clarifies things for me:

- double check that reports for today's staff mtg were emailed to group, if not, do it
- print out 2 reports each for mtg
- check that action matrix was done and emailed, if not do it
- print out 6 copies of action matrix
- agenda for meeting
- agendas for trips this week
- check travel for 6 bosses, lookig 2 weeks out, clean up anything missing
- make travel packets.


tommyrot - Aug 20, 2012 6:52:04 am PDT #18722 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Read the increasingly desperate tweets of Martian rock N165 as it is zapped by Curiosity

Poor little N165. It never really had a chance. As soon as the Curiosity rover warmed up its rock-vaporizing laser, it was certain to be used as target practice. But thanks to the miracle of social media, that Martian rock has a voice, and it's not happy.

Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) can deliver more than a million watts of power to a Martian rock, vaporizing the rock's surface. The ChemCam can then analyze the vaporized bits of rock. In order to calibrate the laser, NASA selected a perfectly ordinary rock, N165, as Curiosity's first victim...I mean, test sample.

How does N165 feel about this? Well, the rock now has its own Twitter account, and yesterday it started tweeting:

More at the link.

Poor little rock.


Jesse - Aug 20, 2012 6:52:41 am PDT #18723 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

First day of first grade for Matilda!

Woo hoo!

Anybody have a good deviled egg recipe? I have to make a side dish today to take to the class picnic tomorrow.

I mostly like the classic (mayo, mustard, relish w/ paprika on top), but made some really good ones recently with a lot of lemon juice and capers and a little mayo.


DavidS - Aug 20, 2012 6:57:17 am PDT #18724 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Deviled egg: mayo, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce.

Top it with paprika.


Hil R. - Aug 20, 2012 6:59:33 am PDT #18725 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

That sounds like a great wedding!

It really was. The bride also sang a totally silly song that she'd written about her husband, because, when he gave her a guitar for her birthday last year, she told him that she'd write a song for him if she learned how to play it by their wedding day. And they wrote their own ketubah, using some of the traditional text and some that they rewrote, and a friend who's an artist made it all pretty. They did the traditional Jewish wedding blessings, and the groom's sister read something asking for the blessings of earth, fire, air, and water. The ceremony part was on a platform surrounded by statues of the Muses. The a capella group that the groom founded sang as they entered and left.


Zenkitty - Aug 20, 2012 6:59:50 am PDT #18726 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Go to grocery. Buy deviled eggs. Place deviled eggs on pretty plate. Serve deviled eggs. Receive praise warmly.


§ ita § - Aug 20, 2012 7:00:42 am PDT #18727 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I got dinged half an hour ago by my boss, saying "I should not have to follow up on this."

He didn't. He's had the info since Thursday. He just never read it.

Now he's dinging me for not having followed up on him not having read the email.

I have a lot to accomplish today, but I am not going to take the penalty for that.

I just told the actual trufax project manager that they need to track down what's taking this step so long. Yeah, I know the answer, but I'm not getting any further involved.


lisah - Aug 20, 2012 7:05:09 am PDT #18728 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

My deviled eggs are mustard (dijon usually), mayo, a little dill pickle or caper brine, chopped up capers, salt & pepper, sometimes paprika sprinkled on top. Always delicious!


Hil R. - Aug 20, 2012 7:12:52 am PDT #18729 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oh, and the bride and groom's first dance was to "Our House." (The "very very very fine house" one, not the "in the middle of our street" one.)


le nubian - Aug 20, 2012 7:16:57 am PDT #18730 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

man, you know I went to the Madness place and I will have that song playing in my head all day.