Wow, Colbert showed those paintings on whichever show I finally saw yesterday and I thought they had been mocked up by his graphics department as a joke. Huh.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Feb 15, 2013 8:39:17 am PST #11463 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Theodosia - Feb 15, 2013 8:44:36 am PST #11464 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My last day of work! They actually had a little breakfast buffet for me, which was very sweet. I've been very lucky to work here, for sure.
Jesse - Feb 15, 2013 8:51:30 am PST #11465 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's nice, Theo. I'm still sorry it's your last day!
I think the Bush paintings are charming, really. And it's terrible that I'm seeing them, but I'm also slightly heart-warmed by the emails about GHWB's funeral and THINGS NOT TO TELL YOUR MOTHER. Outside of politics, I think the Bush family is probably great.
-t - Feb 15, 2013 8:54:15 am PST #11466 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's so sweet, Theo! I'm sorry it's your last day.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2013 8:58:59 am PST #11467 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
THINGS NOT TO TELL YOUR MOTHER
This should just be standard mailing list functionality. In fact, an add on to a client that checks your to and cc lines every time and asks "Are you sure you want to tell your mother this??" might be useful.
Theodosia - Feb 15, 2013 9:19:07 am PST #11468 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Some mail systems make access to mail group addresses very locked down -- a reply all will bounce back at you if you try. At HMCo, a department- or company-wide email had to be forwarded to the IT mail team to be sent out.
Consuela - Feb 15, 2013 9:21:20 am PST #11469 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
THINGS NOT TO TELL YOUR MOTHER
There's a sub-category of Things You Told Your Mother and She Forgot, which is even more fraught. The other night Dad called me and put her on the phone so she could yell at me for selling their condo without telling her about it. Fun times!
IONallaboutme, I just learned that the period of performance for my contract is up at the end of this month, although there's enough money to keep it going for another six or eight weeks. But between that and the looming sequestration/furloughs/hiring freeze, even if they do want to hire me, they may not be able to. Joy.
Theodosia - Feb 15, 2013 9:25:35 am PST #11470 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Good lord, Consuela. I am aghast.
Amy - Feb 15, 2013 9:27:13 am PST #11471 of 30001
Because books.
Jesus, Consuela. I'm sorry.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2013 9:28:55 am PST #11472 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The other night Dad called me and put her on the phone so she could yell at me for selling their condo without telling her about it.
First line of defence failed here. Yikes. But more yikes about the lovely morass of rules regs and requirements that make doing your job harder than not.