yes yes, good thoughts for you msbelle
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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.
Burrell - Apr 11, 2013 10:15:34 am PDT #18185 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Zenkitty - Apr 11, 2013 10:28:01 am PDT #18186 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
May they recognize your greatness, msbelle!
erikaj - Apr 11, 2013 10:29:26 am PDT #18187 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I totally met the Stupidest Man in the World last week.
Fred Pete - Apr 11, 2013 10:29:33 am PDT #18188 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
One that I was told about (names are changed to protect the guilty):
At the end of one day, Person (in DC) couldn't find his car keys. So he sent out an email along the lines of "Nobody may leave until I find my keys." And sent to all fellow employees. In an organization with a worldwide presence.
Luckily many of the people who hit "Reply All" also had a sense of humor. Along the line of "I've searched my office [in Chicago, or LA, or Guam] and can't find them. May I go home now?"
Unfortunately, IT deleted the email and response before morning overseas. So the fun ended there.
shrift - Apr 11, 2013 10:34:14 am PDT #18189 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't understand this heat thing you people are talking about. Chicago is cold and wet and foggy and dismal.
Liese S. - Apr 11, 2013 10:38:12 am PDT #18190 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, it's clearly one of those days where even with productivity in place, I'm not going to actually get anything done, because every damn thing will need just one more thing before I can finish. And I'm too tired to do the one more thing. Maybe I should just file and shred. Surely I can handle that, right?
Toddson - Apr 11, 2013 10:39:13 am PDT #18191 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Keep it simple - skip the filing and shred everything?
Liese S. - Apr 11, 2013 10:39:45 am PDT #18192 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Tempting.
le nubian - Apr 11, 2013 10:41:25 am PDT #18193 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Google has announced a "Death Manager" - rather, an inactive account manager. If/when you die (covering all bases), and your account is inactive, google will contact you, a trusted contact and then delete your account after a set period of time.
All your gmail, youtube videos, etc. will go bye-bye.
Kat - Apr 11, 2013 10:42:56 am PDT #18194 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Good thoughts, msbelle!
I have an appt with a parent who is mad because I won't accept her son's late paper. Which has prompted me to go into lawyer mode (labelled that way by coworker who has argued a case in front of the Supreme Court), gathering documentation including her son's resetting the parent account with grades, a signed syllabus, and a bunch of other papers that were making a case.
Really? This is how you want it? Fine. I also changed the grade weighting in my gradebook back to what is on the syllabus which has unweighted a ton of CST prep we have done this week and will do next which was driving UP student grades. Including her son. Who went from a low C to now an F. Good job, parent! Way to make me re-evaluate what I'm doing.