We use the latest in scientific technology and state-of-the-art weaponry and you, if I understand correctly, poke them with a sharp stick.

Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'


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.


Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2014 5:52:06 am PST #12822 of 30000
brillig

I'm still in SLC

Maybe it's just the crappy Utah winter air. There's a haze over the valleys, and it's not the good stuff.


Toddson - Dec 17, 2014 5:53:08 am PST #12823 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

sarameg, hearing about your meeting, I was reminded of a story I heard years ago - an art director for an ad agency was extremely tough ... he'd pretty much rip people's ideas apart unmercifully. One day, a designer who was going to meet with him, before actually going in tossed in a large raw steak (in the hopes that he'd rip into that instead of himself).


Calli - Dec 17, 2014 5:57:08 am PST #12824 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Things have gone delightfully pear-shaped at work (for a kind of delight experienced by the villain of the piece) and given I am leaving in 5.5 hrs for 2.5 weeks, there is nothing I can do about it.

There's something sort of restful in reaching the point where all you can say is, "Yep. It's screwed." No more running or shouting to be done. I hope your 2.5 weeks off are enjoyable.


Dana - Dec 17, 2014 6:31:43 am PST #12825 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I slept horribly and a crazy driver did his best to kill me on the freeway this morning. I hope he breaks a shoelace at a really inconvenient time.


Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2014 6:33:06 am PST #12826 of 30000
brillig

Do not cross Dana.


Toddson - Dec 17, 2014 6:45:58 am PST #12827 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I had someone nearly run me down this morning as I was crossing the street ... guess he thought that red octagonal sign didn't apply to him ....


-t - Dec 17, 2014 6:49:56 am PST #12828 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The stop signs with white around the edges are optional.


meara - Dec 17, 2014 7:04:43 am PST #12829 of 30000

for a kind of delight experienced by the villain of the piece

That's kind of awesome. :)

I woke up with a headache, and am feeling very emotionally blah. Probably just due to the headache, but dang.


shrift - Dec 17, 2014 7:12:16 am PST #12830 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I keep reading through my inbox and muttering about my murderous intentions.

I think I've Adulted myself into a place where I've accomplished a giant list of tasks, and now all I have to think about is how my job situation is in limbo. God damn it.


Jesse - Dec 17, 2014 7:15:38 am PST #12831 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was doing so well this morning, and now I'm with you guys on the cranky rage bench. Ah well.