I am so sorry, Suzi. I would be tempted to just run away. But msbelle probably wouldn't let me!

Buffista Bed Bug Banishers Mobilise! (I ran out of Bs....)

It sucks that there's previous experience, but then again, might as well use pre-loaded misery, and especially from someone capable (can you imagine trying to follow my example? Bed bugs couldn't have happened to a lovelier person than msbelle....please don't tiny punch me...)

Just got off the phone with someone who professionally hates me, but I think she personally finds me amusing. Which, you know--professionally I have some issues with her too. My company is a customer of her company, and she is embedded--she has a desk, a computer, network credentials, a phone extension--everything. When I ask "Hey, can you guys make a change during our standard maintenance window?" the answer is usually "Do we have to?" with a side of "No one else asks us to delay production changes until off hours..."

I'm pretty sure you're being paid not to take our network down...stop pushing back when I ask you if you can COPY FILES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER (same VLAN, even same NAS, potentially even same server, for what it's worth)--don't fight me on it. Work out how to keep us happy, and act like you've bristling with expertise.

Developer A apologised for potentially making me mad by talking down to me with the wrong answer. Developer B...I think she's still smarting from someone laughing when I replied to her with "Are you asking me, or are you telling me?" when she came to me for information there was no reasonable way for me to have, and that she'd earlier said she'd ask the business for.

To be fair, I told her I don't want her to visit the business unescorted--they get kinda handsy, and would totally slip her a roofie in order to get the changes they want--her first meeting with them was solo, because of exigency, and they steamrollered her. But she can email them and ask them questions, as long as I'm cc-ed so I can pull them back on point.

I wonder what it would be like to work with (or for) people you're scared of.

Shit, Burrell, I somehow missed that you have bug problems too. I guess I figured, can't be two b.org families at once, no way.

Yes way.

Bad way. Bad, bad way. Way gets no cookies, in fact.

Oh, Suzi, I am so sorry about the bb. That sucks.

And Burrell, too.

Nature can be an evil bitch.

I will regular pinch you since I AM PERFECTLY NORMAL SIZED!

Sophia - you cannot run away from bed bugs. they are annoying, but running rarely helps. I would recommend runnign if in a multi-unit rental situation if the landlord and other residents all refused to take action.

Urgh, yes, skimmed right over Burrell's bug problems, too. Sorry!

BUGS GO AWAY. BUGS.

She had no idea you could do layers in CSS.

Since I am self-taught in HTML and CSS and often feel like an imposter when designing websites, this is makes *me* feel better, anyway.

I hope they can work out something with home administration, ita ! It will probably have problems of its own, but at least it might free you from the attending roulette.

GO AWAY, BUGS. LEAVE MY BUFFISTAS ALONE.

ION, this almost-but-not-quite a migraine combined with cramps thing can stop ANY TIME NOW, thanks.

IOON, do I need ouija-board socks? [link]

do I need ouija-board socks?

I don't know. Is there any chance your legs will start calling up spirits?