I'm teaching an online class, and my class was picked as one of the ones to do a pilot program with online proctoring for exams. The students take the exam on the computer, with the webcam on, and someone watches them the whole time. The first ones took it yesterday, and people will continue through the weekend. It's a mess. Just got an email from a girl who says she started the exam, then the proctor told her she had to go to a different room because the room she was in was too dimly lit. So she brought her computer to the other room, started the exam, and realized she'd left her calculator in the first room. She asked if she could go get it, and the proctor said no. (There were a bunch of options for me to check off for what was allowed during the exam, and I said that it was OK for them to leave the room for a minute for bathroom breaks, but apparently, since there was no "Go get calculator from the other room" box for me to check off, the proctor assumed that the answer was no.) So she did the exam without a calculator, and this exam needed a calculator.

~ma Laura. That's horrible awful.

Can anyone share their experience with Cymbalta? What am I getting into?

Zenkitty, I have been on Cymbalta for about 2 years and it is THE BEST. I was on Zoloft for years before that, but the side effects were just getting way too awful, and Wellbutrin did nothing for me.

The one thing I notice is that if I skip a day, I am more creative and then have crazy ass dreams. And that I really shouldn't skip two days.

Good to see you here again, omnis! Aw, thank you so much, you made me tear up.

All kinds of ~ma for your family, Laura. It's so awful.

Raq, thanks for the data point! I have some hope.

I didn't react well to cymbalta. I couldn't sleep at all.

Another data point!

Super meara:

John Sweden

Yes, bonny, it was a great laugh. I'm really glad I managed to stir myself from my weekend stupor, even if just in the nick of time. Plus, the ticket was $50. I'm not sure I'd be allowed in to see another Scottish comedian if I had been so wasteful with money.

Heh! Billy Connelly might have something to say about that!

Windsparrow

I am not sure how official this is (they asked today, I answered, no paperwork has been done and they may or may not need to post the job externally for official purposes), but I appear to have agreed to become the house coordinator for one of the three houses I work at as a Direct Support Professional. Incidentally, I am also one of seven people in the entire company all over the state to have been accepted to the company's mentoring program for people who want to pursue national credentialing for Direct Care Professionals.

I'm so pleased for you, Andi!

Glamcookie

Boo, personal growth, boo!!!

Mantra.

I feel that way too sometimes. Mantra!

Laura

Just sick to my stomach because there are no good outcomes here. Just pain for all involved. DH is over at his brother's house now lending emotional support. I haven't seen my nephew. I don't think I can without breaking down.

So much ~ma, Laura. I'm so sad for your family, and for all involved.

John Sweden

I still use a Day-Timer. When I w/h/i/p/ get it out in meetings, people gasp like I'm their own personal Christopher Lloyd. I've managed to avoid a blackberry for work all these years, so I never made the transition. I do have an iPhone for personal use, and there is an app that hooks me into Outlook, but I've never felt comfortable storing personal appointments there.

I use a paper Day-Timer that I loooove. I still don't have a cellphone, and am avoiding the Cloud. I just find paper so comforting.

I just finished watching the Fox version of Rocky Horror Picture Show and...well...I'm not sure what I expected but...yesh. Though, the best part of the remake was what I thought was the worst part of the original. Columbia!

Cross posted from Beep Me. I'm kind of freaked out.

So, I talked with a lawyer this morning who says the client has no case, but could file a small claims suit...that would either send us to mediation, or be thrown out.

This evening, the client has called my home number 5 times in 5 minutes (at 9pm) with a voicemail threatening to call the city, the BBB and more. Thankfully, no threat of physical violence, but he sounds unhinged and everyone knows where I live.

Please. Safety ~ma and calm-the-hell-down ~ma for this guy.

Safety~ma, bonny! That's scary. May the guy come to his senses and calm the fuck down.

Oh bonny! So much ~ma. Not fun. Be safe.

DH is home from visiting with his brother. All reasonable people want the kid to turn himself in. Instead he packed a bag and took off with his girlfriend 'refusing' to go to jail. Obviously this is the most recent in a long list of bad decisions. He is still responding to texts with his dad. So I guess now I have actual specific ~ma requested. Turn yourself in boy! It is such a nightmare.

eta: He is in jail now. It wasn't pretty but it is done.

YOU GUYS.

How am i just NOW finding out about the new series on Netflix about QE II??

My life just changed.