Customer service question #2: Muzak is a punishment, right?
Must be.
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Faith ,'End of Days'
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.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2012 1:33:13 pm PDT #8969 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Jun 08, 2012 1:58:37 pm PDT #8970 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Connie Neil - Jun 08, 2012 2:01:11 pm PDT #8971 of 30001
brillig
Okay, who has worked phone support before and can confirm for me that sometimes, if things aren't going well, you "accidentally" disconnect people.
I actually never have, though I occasionally wish I were the sort who would. It's grounds for a lot of trouble if such is suspected at my work.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 2:03:22 pm PDT #8972 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Fascinating short story about, well, us. Sort of: [link]
DavidS - Jun 08, 2012 2:09:54 pm PDT #8973 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's strongly worded and its message is clear: the Vatican's intrusion is "excessive". Here's the full text released yesterday morning. It is, as James Martin puts it, "fathers and brothers coming to the defense of their sisters. " It's a nuanced and respectful defense of core Catholicism, asserting that the current Vatican's insistence on total control over all issues, even those where there can and should be "courageous discernment", is actually against Catholic teaching, as expressed in the Second Vatican Council.
Schism! Schism! Schism!
Thanks for the Giants Math, tommyrot. Looks like a mix of the pythagorean method used to calculate wins based on runs alllowed vs runs scored (some teams win above or below their pythag, but the pythag is a better measure of their True Talent level and better predicts what they could do going forward) and a Strength of Schedule calculation.
I think that pug just never learned how to coordinate its front and hind legs. You see that sometimes in puppies where the back end starts drifting forwards or to the side.
Calli - Jun 08, 2012 2:33:18 pm PDT #8974 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's kind of amazing that Sterling's story was written ~15 years ago.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 2:36:19 pm PDT #8975 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Isn't it, though? That whole pay-it-forward element reminded me of Reddit's annual Secret Santa thing.
Amy - Jun 08, 2012 2:49:00 pm PDT #8976 of 30001
Because books.
That was a great story, Consuela. Thanks for the link.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 08, 2012 3:56:58 pm PDT #8977 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He's also the sort of guy who deliberately and pointed reads every word he can see on your screen, and will even flip idly through windows if you let him use your keyboard.
I have every confidence in your ability to condition him against doing that, ita. Use your superpower in the cause of Good!
sarameg - Jun 08, 2012 4:20:07 pm PDT #8978 of 30001
I renewed my driver's license today and had the most shocking experience! It took all of 15 minutes from walking in the door, the picture is acceptable and looks like me, the MVA clerk was friendly and chatty and we talked about all sorts of stuff (where we were from, etc) while he processed everything. Yay Parkville MVA extension office!
I should say that this was also true of the one that used to be in Towson. Now the main city MVA that was in Mondawmin, now Reisterstown Rd....uhg.