I survived the Registry even though my wait was closer to 45 minutes than the 30 predicted, but given that it's close to the end of the month and all, I won't complain. And now I won't be driving on expired insurance or expired registration, so I feel like I'm slowly coming out of the extended funk I've been stuck on for the past couple of weeks....
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
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.
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2013 1:09:30 pm PDT #415 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"
le nubian - Jul 26, 2013 1:14:25 pm PDT #416 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2013 1:17:23 pm PDT #417 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(My new boss has discovered I can word good. Now I'm apparently writing emails for the intern as well as website copy. I think I've performed poorly if it's taken him this long to work it out--but when he handed me the web pages on Wednesday and explained his goals and asked for a review, apparently everyone fell in love with it. Come on! I have an "excellent presentation" award from the CIO pinned up in my cubicle. It's my not-so-stealth differentiator.)
(My previous manager thought I was pretty incompetent when it came to communication...)
Right! Grab the fruit salad for late lunch and back to the presentation.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2013 1:21:48 pm PDT #418 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I found the last Cost Market Plus Whatever Adirondack chair in the Los Angeles area, and *purchased* it to find out it can't fit in my car assembled
I had that problem with a coffee table (and my parents' car). It was so sad! But I'm really happy with the one I have, and that one really would have been too big for the space. I hope your chair situation works out as well!
Hil R. - Jul 26, 2013 1:27:55 pm PDT #419 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Anyone have suggestions on how to get a drawer unstuck? It's a wooden drawer in a wooden cabinet. It doesn't have runners or anything -- just the plain rectangular drawer stuck in a slot. And it's stuck. I'm not sure if it's that the heat expanded the wood, or what, but I can't watch a DVD or play Wii without the remote that's in the drawer. It's a nice cabinet, so I don't want to ruin the wood in the process of unsticking the drawer.
Amy - Jul 26, 2013 1:30:02 pm PDT #420 of 30000
Because books.
Anything that will cool it down will help, but it's usually heat. My desk drawers wouldn't open until we had the desk in A/C for a few days, after getting it out of storage.
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2013 1:33:47 pm PDT #421 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"
It may be quicker and cheaper to get a replacement remote in the meantime!
Jesse - Jul 26, 2013 1:33:55 pm PDT #422 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Humidity more than heat, I bet. But I have no ideas of what to do except wait for fall!
Jesse - Jul 26, 2013 1:35:41 pm PDT #423 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hilariously, Apartment Therapy suggests (a) a dehumidifier, (b) a heat lamp, (c) moving to Phoenix. [link] But that makes me think a hair dryer might help.
Hil R. - Jul 26, 2013 1:37:17 pm PDT #424 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's really annoying -- my cable remote was programmed to work with my TV, and it can do everything except switch input. The cable guy tried it with a few different codes, and the TV just wouldn't recognize the switch input button with any of them. So I use the cable remote most of the time, but have to keep the TV remote around just for when I'm switching between TV and DVD and Wii.