You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Sheryl - Nov 20, 2013 12:53:33 pm PST #12549 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Since all of my outdoor shoes are black, I wear black shoes with jeans. (All of my belts are black as well. All numbering two...)


Theodosia - Nov 20, 2013 1:17:25 pm PST #12550 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Working as application support for the Houghton Mifflin textbook salesforce really gave me a workout, because they were as smart a group of people as you could ever want -- all of them were ex-teachers usually with graduate degrees (including in some cases doctorates) and sometimes ex-principals. I would tell them not to worry because they hadn't been hired for their computer skills, and I couldn't do their jobs.


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2013 1:49:25 pm PST #12551 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Answering PC questions for some people in IT, on the other hand, really does boggle me. It's not like we're a mainframe shop or do any work that's really far away from the platform of all our users--Windows. Lots of people stumble on the OS, Office, don't understand basic principles of websites or the Internet, and I've learnt there's an allowable difference between .NET developer and web developer.


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2013 1:52:31 pm PST #12552 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, wow, that's cruel. Only to dessert-seeking humans, and only to their psyche, but given that, dude.


Cass - Nov 20, 2013 2:04:01 pm PST #12553 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Lots of people stumble on the OS, Office

I have been on Apple OS for so long that having a Windows machine in the office is weird. I get flummoxed on weird things. Usually only once but it's strange because I think I just know PCs until I am stumped.

I did passive aggressively make someone else add a printer and change all my default print settings in the crazy Avimark program the other day though. But that was just because she refused to order toner (after over a month of asking) for the printer I did need and so I wanted her to be stressed and inconvenienced too. Petty but it made me feel better.


Atropa - Nov 20, 2013 2:05:42 pm PST #12554 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I deal with this by never wearing brown at all.

Exactly.


Cass - Nov 20, 2013 2:14:49 pm PST #12555 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

All shoes are black or silver. Occasionally gray. Easy peasy. But then that describes pretty much all of my clothing too. I think I have one green sweater.


Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2013 2:16:30 pm PST #12556 of 30000
brillig

The fire at Windsor Castle was 21 years ago. I disbelieve. Unfortunately, I failed the throw.


§ ita § - Nov 20, 2013 2:52:31 pm PST #12557 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Grammaticians, do you agree that 'because' has a new part of speech role? Some commenters argue it's still the same old, others argue it's been a preposition long time. I am mostly dizzy.


billytea - Nov 20, 2013 3:24:34 pm PST #12558 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Link trekking led me to these gorgeous photos: [link]