You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Steph L. - Apr 24, 2014 6:22:35 am PDT #25987 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

if we need to put together an IEP due to his ADHD.

I don't want to make assumptions about CJ, but the more I learn about ADHD, and get to know parents with kids who have it, an IEP is a really helpful thing. It doesn't fix things, but can certainly help.


Tom Scola - Apr 24, 2014 6:24:48 am PDT #25988 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

It's going to be slower, and/or involve switching from train to bus back to train.


shrift - Apr 24, 2014 6:47:50 am PDT #25989 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, I hate that, shrift.

I had to go to IT and get it reset. And then I had to add my account back to my laptop and re-sync my phone, and now some of my settings are gone and I have to re-install some crap, but whatever. Not fired.

Did I mention that it's also Bring Your Kids to Work day? It's so disruptive that I don't expect to get much work done today, anyway.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2014 7:32:07 am PDT #25990 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's going to be slower, and/or involve switching from train to bus back to train

I am down with slower, but not with buses. Is there a page I can monitor to find out which way it will go?

Did I mention that it's also Bring Your Kids to Work day?

I am so glad we don't do that.


flea - Apr 24, 2014 7:37:44 am PDT #25991 of 30000
information libertarian

I have kids. I love my kids. I have no interest in bringing them to work, nor do I want to spend more than 10 minutes with someone else's kids at work (except to the extent that my work involves working with kids, which is another matter.)


Steph L. - Apr 24, 2014 7:41:28 am PDT #25992 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Benefits of being a freelancer who works from home: (1) work in your pjs; (2) lunch = PB right out of the jar; (3) go to the gym at 1:00, when no one else is there; (4) no Bring Your Kids To Work Day.


Amy - Apr 24, 2014 7:45:30 am PDT #25993 of 30000
Because books.

(4) no Bring Your Kids To Work Day

Unless you're a mom who works freelance from home, in which case every day is Bring Your Kids to Work Day. Until they hit public school, anyway!

Man, I don't miss those days.


Theodosia - Apr 24, 2014 7:47:14 am PDT #25994 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"

Is it unreasonable for me to desire my roommate to actually say 'goodbye' to me when she leaves the house in the morning so that I know she's gone?

She does get preoccupied/stressed and is very forgetful, but it's something that I've asked on numerous occasions. I feel like it's almost a safety issue, that we know when another is around or not... and I always let her know when I'm going out.


Steph L. - Apr 24, 2014 7:47:58 am PDT #25995 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

(4) no Bring Your Kids To Work Day

Unless you're a mom who works freelance from home, in which case every day is Bring Your Kids to Work Day.

Oh, oops. Right. I was thinking about other people's kids coming in to the office and being underfoot, but -- yeah, fair point.


Amy - Apr 24, 2014 7:51:14 am PDT #25996 of 30000
Because books.

Oh, I know, Steph. It's just worse when they're your own, because they won't go away!

I don't think that's unreasonable at all, Theo.