Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


Burrell - Jan 27, 2014 3:08:22 pm PST #18323 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I am so annoyed by our archaic systems at work.

ooh, sounds super annoying, meara.

I knew that M&M meetings were pretty specific--and that I don't know how precisely the term is used--that's why I said I wasn't sure. But "debriefing" seems fairly all-purpose.


Burrell - Jan 27, 2014 3:33:51 pm PST #18324 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ugh, my poor student. He's a hemophiliac, and he bashed his knee and it has filled with fluid (blood I assume). He has to go to the emergency room and anticipates missing school tomorrow. I'm just thinking what a gruel it must be for him, every little bonk is potentially life threatening!


meara - Jan 27, 2014 4:06:17 pm PST #18325 of 30000

Oh wow, that does sound like a pain, poor guy.

My tonsils are so annoying at the moment I am wishing I could give myself a tonsilectomy. They always swell up like crazy whenever I'm sick, so right now my throat doesn't hurt because it's raw, but just because they're all swollen. And I can FEEL them. Which is so gross. And annoying. Almost all my cold symptoms are gone, except this. Blech blech blech.


Burrell - Jan 27, 2014 4:11:05 pm PST #18326 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh ick, meara, I hate that feeling.


meara - Jan 27, 2014 4:16:30 pm PST #18327 of 30000

Thanks. I'm feeling grumpy and lonesome, but not able to go interact with people. And there is not enough internets! Make more internets, people!!


Jesse - Jan 27, 2014 4:23:35 pm PST #18328 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sick AND bored? No good.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2014 5:14:57 pm PST #18329 of 30000

I just spent almost 2 hours darning up my coat pockets (do you darn nylon?) And reinforcing some stitching on my swimsuit.

Goddamn, that took a long time for maybe 8". I really need to get a sewing machine.


shrift - Jan 27, 2014 5:16:26 pm PST #18330 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The internet is pretty dead. So dead that I've started the Food For Thought course on edX: [link]

Edit: Which I am enjoying!


Kat - Jan 27, 2014 5:19:33 pm PST #18331 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I hemmed pants last night and repaired a pair of K's krav shorts. Tonight, I helped Grace and Noah do their science fair project. We kept it simple (how maps work) and looked at why you can't make a sphere flat without having extra space on a map.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2014 5:56:27 pm PST #18332 of 30000

Uhg, thought I heard what might have been a quartet of gunshots a couple hours ago. Or ice or tree branches. Checking local crime reporter's tweets, homicide is working 2 blocks north and several over, the one with the jesus victorian under constant renovation on the corner I pass everyday.

This won't make national news, not like the Columbia Mall. Nevermind it is a fairly stable residential street on the cusp, nevermind it is #19 or 20 since Jan 1. It's just Baltimore.

Mutterings mutterings.