It turns out Tim O'Reilly has a BA in Classics from Harvard. We're everywhere!
There are dozens of you!
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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.
Gudanov - Jun 12, 2013 7:34:32 am PDT #25650 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
msbelle - Jun 12, 2013 7:34:44 am PDT #25651 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh ita, that does not sound good.
SuziQ - Jun 12, 2013 7:35:34 am PDT #25652 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
One manager in my hierarchy was asking for help with some proposal efforts, which would be a great learning opportunity for me. I said I'd help but couldn't lead the effort. Then my direct manager sent out a request for us to list what projects we are working on now and what our expected time committments are for the next 6 months. Not including that proposal effort, I'm already over 100% committed. Eeeeep.
§ ita § - Jun 12, 2013 8:05:44 am PDT #25653 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am so pissed right now I could burst into tears by mistake. Which means I need to take deep cleansing breaths, maybe take a walk (or two) around the block...but I've gone to my new manager and told him that my old job won't let go, and asked one of the old managers if his expectation of my new job is that I keep doing my old one too.
I don't really care if this gets ugly, since I feel it is ugly.
Jesse - Jun 12, 2013 8:18:54 am PDT #25654 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oy, ita. If it has to get ugly, it has to get ugly -- you can't do two jobs!
§ ita § - Jun 12, 2013 8:25:36 am PDT #25655 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And stress leads to tension and tension leads to headaches and headaches lead to sick time, AND AND AND. That cycle ain't nothing but vicious.
Burrell - Jun 12, 2013 8:26:02 am PDT #25656 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh ita, good for you for being proactive here and not letting the old boss load up too much work onto your back. But yeah, sounds like it might get ugly.
shrift - Jun 12, 2013 9:17:32 am PDT #25657 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Is "genuine" Roman speak as dick-laden and gay-snapping as Spartacus dialogue?
Dunno. Catullus was pretty filthy, but it was more celebratory than pejorative. On Tumblr someone just linked to graffiti found at Pompeii: [link]
Jesse - Jun 12, 2013 9:25:23 am PDT #25658 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My parents came back with some hilarious pictures of the whorehouse district in Pompeii -- the way there was marked with penis-arrows, and then each house had a picture of its specialty over the door. (The overall tour guide was scandalized that the local guide had taken the church group there, but of course they were into it...)
amych - Jun 12, 2013 9:29:24 am PDT #25659 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I can't think of Pompeii without thinking of my 10th-grade Italian teacher, who had one carousel of slides from his summer trip that were suitable for students, and another carousel of his full set of slides.
OF COURSE he hit the off switch just as soon as he realized the mistake, but OF COURSE we were all extra-researchy at the town library after that.