Jessica, I feel the same way. Sometimes I can get past that and sort of go with the narrative flow, but more often I find it irritating and distracting.

I wish RadioLab were produced in a different style, because they always find such fascinating topics, but listening to it drives me bonkers with the overlapping narration.

Ugh, yes!

Timelies all!

I'm sorry, lisah.

Where is everyone??? I went for lunch long enough to eat away from my desk again. That's twice in a week. I don't usually make it twice in a month. But that red snapper special looked Especial, and that would be rude to eat at my desk. So I sat on the patio, read a Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist fusion fic, and just chilled. Felt marvellous.

Four people mugged me for information before I got back to my keyboard.

Expectations.

Still, I did step up for a new piece of subject matter expertise, so even though it's not the thing to get our project restarted, it will hopefully speed up other processes by circumventing the humans. And sometimes when you ask someone you rarely work with how their stuff works, they get really excited about teaching you.

Maybe I'll make a goal--by the end of the year, carefully assess standing in each director's office asking to learn something about their suite of solutions. Maybe all of them won't have something for me, but I will consider each explicitly.

I like the aural weirdness most of the time. I find it soothing.

I've done lawn taming for the last two days. I am sore and no longer embarrassed about the lawn weeds rippling in the wind. And I no longer expect the lawn police at my door. Last season I (stupidly) paid for cutting -- not a stupid idea in general, just for me in terms of wasted money given that the front and back lawns are manageable. I had no lawn confidence in myself. Now I do.

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Lisa, I'm so sorry about Uncle Bud.

I've been playing around with my new Chromebook Pixel that arrived yesterday. It's so shiiiiiny.

Man, that micropreemie story is just amazing. I haven't listened to the Radiolab piece but I read all three parts of the story from the Tampa Bay Times at my desk this morning and nearly lost it more than once. It's written by the mother, and she is, incidentally, a wonderful writer. It's a very moving, thoughtful piece.

AGREED. Granted, this is a particularly salient piece for me. I just thought it was so well written.

chromebook pixel, shrift? Is this work provided?

I'm sorry, lisah.

The comments make this twice (twenty!) times as hysterical: [link] but I don't know if it's GOOD, exactly.

This is good stuff for sure, though: [link]

This is a bit political, but amuses the FUCK out of me: [link]