I am a clock buyin' fool this month, the seller just accepted my offer on this baby: [link]
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I plan to put it on this exposed brick wall just above the rolltop desk to the right.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 16, 2013 10:15:25 am PDT #5388 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
amych - Sep 16, 2013 10:23:13 am PDT #5389 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I will say that changing roles makes areas for improvement a total gimme.
"Figure out WTF is going on in my new department"
Jesse - Sep 16, 2013 10:26:14 am PDT #5390 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He looks like a 1980s figure skater in that pic.
He isn't??
I had to set goals within my first month here, and most of them were "learn my job" -- I mean, gain deep understanding of the organization and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
shrift - Sep 16, 2013 10:31:03 am PDT #5391 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
"Figure out WTF is going on in my new department"
"Become an expert at ALL the things, not just SOME of the things!"
Amy - Sep 16, 2013 10:47:25 am PDT #5392 of 30000
Because books.
Go to ALL the meetings! Take ALL the notes! Visit ALL the floors!
brenda m - Sep 16, 2013 11:28:26 am PDT #5393 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Watching the Navy Yard press conference (one of the many, I'm guessing). I'm struck by the fact that's it's nearly all women, from EH Norton to the Police Chief to the DC Bureau chief from the FBI.
Amy - Sep 16, 2013 11:32:08 am PDT #5394 of 30000
Because books.
I was thinking that, too.
Theodosia - Sep 16, 2013 11:56:14 am PDT #5395 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"
I haven't been watching the news. I'm dismayed by hearing now that the death toll has gone up to 13.
le nubian - Sep 16, 2013 11:58:20 am PDT #5396 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Theo,
it is really 12. the 13th is the shooter.
not that 12 people dead isn't too large a number.
msbelle - Sep 16, 2013 12:16:01 pm PDT #5397 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I didn't know anything had happened. goodness, that is awful.