What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Jan 11, 2013 12:54:29 pm PST #7354 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

On my way home, I swung by the Gap to see about new jeans. I tried on a bunch, one fit fine and was as dark as I wanted, and was on sale for $40. Good deal! And then I got to checkout, and sale items were 30% further off, so they were $27! Suh-weet. I feel sort of bad about buy more boot cut, but fuck it, I like them.


Scrappy - Jan 11, 2013 12:54:32 pm PST #7355 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Nice office, Jess! I bet having all that lovely open space is more of luxury in NYC,where people go home to smallish spaces.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 11, 2013 1:29:43 pm PST #7356 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I technically have a back corner office (it's the room with the light table and, theoretically, 6500° overhead lighting for art and print reviews). However, the newer computer that I do 95% of my work on is in the cubicle of a former co-worker, so that's where I sit and build my nest out of unfiled paper. I could move it to my actual office, but this is a more comfortable location in the warm months and I can see/hear if people come in the front door.


msbelle - Jan 11, 2013 1:37:31 pm PST #7357 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ignore any news reports of crazed woman attacking people and/or screaming like a banshee through the Fort Worth Texas area. prepared alibies would be appreciated. anyone with photoshop skills, get to work for documentary evidence.


Vortex - Jan 11, 2013 1:38:36 pm PST #7358 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Being a lawyer, we all have offices, given the confidential nature of our work. I interviewed with three different departments at my company and one of the reasons that I chose the department I did was that I knew I'd get an office in the law department.


Scrappy - Jan 11, 2013 1:41:27 pm PST #7359 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I have an office with no windows, but it does have a large skylight.


Anne W. - Jan 11, 2013 2:07:22 pm PST #7360 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I think the only people at our firm who have offices are the managing partner and a couple of the corporate attorneys. Everyone else - and that includes division heads and members of the management committee - gets a cube. Some of them are really big cubes, but still.

Our cubes are tall enough that you can't see who is sitting where, so we rely on the stuff people put on top of their cabinets to navigate (plants, binder clip dinosaurs, etc.). We also make homemade signs for who sits where to put at the end of each aisle.

My team leader still hasn't noticed that we put his title as "Zumba Instructor."


Hil R. - Jan 11, 2013 2:07:38 pm PST #7361 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I have an office on a floor that used to be the attic, so it's got the ceilings that slope way down. I share with one other person. I've got the desk that's under the really low ceiling, but also next to the window. What's tougher is that the office just has one computer, so we've got to share that.


Typo Boy - Jan 11, 2013 2:13:31 pm PST #7362 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Gris so sorry.


Laura - Jan 11, 2013 2:24:05 pm PST #7363 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

We've had all in individual offices, all in an open office, and variations through the years. We hated it when we were all isolated. I'm the only one with my own office now. It is more a factor of the office layout than anything. I would work from home more if I didn't have my own space though.

Some day I want a big office and one of those huge wood two sided desks to share with DH. We shared an office for years. The major downside being that he talks really loud on the phone. Collaboration is improved with the shared space in my experience, but co-worker craziness is much harder to ignore or avoid.