I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—

William ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 24, 2013 6:51:56 am PDT #20365 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

The whispering thing gives me the same feeling as nails on a chalk board, swinging too high on a swing, and pencil wood scraping the paper. Just a weird nauseseated shudder that I can feel in my belly as well.


DavidS - Apr 24, 2013 6:54:12 am PDT #20366 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

No task bar, no email, no desktop. Just a brand new Opera session.

So...sort of like a Chromebook.


Maria - Apr 24, 2013 6:54:27 am PDT #20367 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

This will be easy compared to the last job, I think. No more 8 week trips!

It sounds like a win all-around then! Fantastic!


Zenkitty - Apr 24, 2013 6:59:02 am PDT #20368 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Hooray for the job in Geneva! That you don't have to move for!

Aw, baby squirrel got a good home.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2013 7:00:06 am PDT #20369 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So...sort of like a Chromebook.

And about exactly as useful, I'd imagine. At least for work.

Fuck you, Windows. At least sometimes it crashes in front of my face, so I don't feel like I'm going crazy, all by myself. I'm clearly being driven thus.


meara - Apr 24, 2013 7:01:50 am PDT #20370 of 30001

Would Matilda like a taxidermied squirrel? I hear the Blogess could help her out.

Geneva sounds awesome!


Sue - Apr 24, 2013 7:03:42 am PDT #20371 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Speaking of squirrels, the slideshow is hilarious.

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Lee - Apr 24, 2013 7:11:25 am PDT #20372 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

YAY GenevaJob!


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2013 7:25:02 am PDT #20373 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

TOLD YOU.

Yesterday I suggested we take certain steps to determine the root cause for a problem, and I got shut down. I asked the incident manager how to deal with the request for the root cause since "we" had decided not to investigate any more, and he told me to not even mention root cause, just talk about our workaround.

Well, I just pulled over the coals on an IT-wide meeting on the root cause, including by my boss, BECAUSE THAT DECISION WAS ILL-CONSIDERED. I don't get to throw my manager under the bus, I just get to look stupid. Thanks, guys! That was in no way entirely predictable. At least the incident manager agrees that's what I said would happen. Doesn't make me feel better about it happening, though.


Kate P. - Apr 24, 2013 7:36:44 am PDT #20374 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Ugh, ita.

Yay for Sparky's DH!

I'm hungry, and I don't have nearly as many crackers at work as I thought I did. Boo.