yesterday my student and I were told we could not have our doors to our offices open (by the fire inspector) even when we were inside of them

I would've asked if it was okay to open the door to enter and exit the room.

Teppy, I've contacted my crafty person about the B and am waiting to hear back.

Debet and Hil, props does indeed have a mechanical typewriter. What now?

I'm typed something, so I hope they're okay on the typing front.

I would've asked if it was okay to open the door to enter and exit the room.

Apparently, if there is a random fire in my office, this will contain it. However, I am pretty sure that if there is a random fire in my office the first thing I will do is open the door to leave....

Teppy, I've contacted my crafty person about the B and am waiting to hear back.

Thanks!

Aurelia, Ginger is correct. Thanks to both of you. And everyone else who has helped. It's been quite the experience (All I have left, I think, is getting hug pictures and a shitton of video editing). Once all of this is over, I will be posting the photos and videos that we made.

However, I am pretty sure that if there is a random fire in my office the first thing I will do is open the door to leave....

In at least one hospital, you're supposed to close patients into their rooms, since all the doors are highly rated for fireproofness.

I love the internet, because I don't have enough face to face conversations that go here:

I think I'd almost prefer having ants in my head than any orifice. The idea of them crawling, tiny feet tickling tender membranes as their mandibles seek a way to enlarge their new found home is just too disturbing to contemplate, even if the idea does find sweet, sweet relief when the anteater's tongue provides salvation.

Yeah, that was a sex thing.

I bought a (cheap) clock from Zulily and the hour hand is so random that sometimes I think it's an hour slow, and sometimes it looks on time. Right now, the hour hand is implying 12:50, while the minute hand is behaving as it should.

even if the idea does find sweet, sweet relief when the anteater's tongue provides salvation.

...Huh.

So, if I get a phone call from a number I don't recognize (701 area code) telling me, in a voice mail, that they're calling from a debt collection agency, and telling me to call an entirely different number (855 area code)... that's definitely a scam, right? Especially since they didn't use my name or any other identifying details, and I'm pretty damn sure neither M nor I have any debts that have gone to collections?

It might not be a scam.

I had that happen and it turned out to be an identity theft. 4,000 phone calls later it was resolved. The whole thing was just delightful.

Yikes, Trudy. How did you find out? *goes to check bank balance*