I just asked my boss if I could have the rest of the week off, after getting news of the biggest grant either one of us has ever gotten. Sadly, the answer was no.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2014 8:15:33 am PST #10650 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ginger - Nov 17, 2014 8:38:59 am PST #10651 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Surely there should at least be fireworks.
I had one of those dreams that seem to last forever. In it, my computer died, and I couldn't find a computer to research buying a new computer. I went to a library, but the sign in system for the computers was complicated and involved going to several floors and I got lost. (I get lost in dreams a lot.) Then I was in some kind of office and I asked several people who weren't using their computers if I could borrow them, but the people said "No."
aurelia - Nov 17, 2014 8:39:42 am PST #10652 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I need captions naming the people in the Band Aid 30 video. I only recognize the people who were around for the first one. Also, are they singing "feed the world" or alternating between that and "heal the world"? The latter would make more sense. If you haven't seen the video yet, be warned. The beginning is... grim.
Hil R. - Nov 17, 2014 9:34:09 am PST #10653 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There was a thing on Buzzfeed that had screencaps with everybody labeled, plus the lyrics.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2014 9:49:36 am PST #10654 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh! Here's the most amazing thing I learned over the weekend: The illustrator of Harry the Dirty Dog [link] (among many others) is in the same unit as my father at the nursing home!
Amy - Nov 17, 2014 10:05:10 am PST #10655 of 30000
Because books.
Harry the Dirty Dog! Those books were huge favorites of mine, and my kids! Aw.
Congratulations on the grant, too, Jesse, although it not getting the rest of the week off isn't as great.
-t - Nov 17, 2014 10:21:13 am PST #10656 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw. Be Nice to Spiders, I remember that one.
Calli - Nov 17, 2014 10:21:25 am PST #10657 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congrats on the grant, Jesse!
Jesse - Nov 17, 2014 10:31:16 am PST #10658 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks, y'all!
-t - Nov 17, 2014 10:34:12 am PST #10659 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Congrats on the grant. You should totally be able to take the rest of the week off.
I have officially declined the Thanksgiving potluck for this Friday. I don't understand why people want to do this, I have enough cooking and eating to do for actual Thanksgiving I don't need a feast at work, too.