I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


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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.


aurelia - Dec 29, 2014 6:30:44 pm PST #13515 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'm still considering running away to join the circus.

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Shrift, do you work Friday? If so, would you be interested in meeting up for lunch? I expect that day to be pretty flexible for me.


shrift - Dec 29, 2014 6:43:07 pm PST #13516 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Ha, I think I am not in good enough shape to join a circus for reals.

Shrift, do you work Friday? If so, would you be interested in meeting up for lunch?

I decided to take Friday off. However, I am thinking about recycling some electronics at the Best Buy in the Hancock Center on Friday, so I easily could time that with lunch!

Actually, if you are interested in any of the leye.com restaurants, I have gift cards and lunch could be on me.


aurelia - Dec 29, 2014 7:57:22 pm PST #13517 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Sweet! Petterino's is easily doable, but Beatrix looks more interesting. What do you think?


meara - Dec 30, 2014 2:03:15 am PST #13518 of 30000

Whew. Line just to drop off bags (for people who had already checked in and paid!) was 45 minutes long....but only for Delta?? Thankfully the security line was short and boarding was delayed on my flight (and flight will be delayed, since they are still boarding and we are supposed to be taking off now). The agent yellng at the line was all "you're supposed to be at the airport two hours early!!" And everyone was like "dude, srsly?? Wtf is up with this line??" I suspect a number of people will miss their flights or the deadline to check the bag in---I think I checked mine about 40 minutes before we were supposed to take off? I think 45 is supposed to be the cutoff, there were folks on a flight a few minutes before mine who panicked and the agents started trying to deal with them (which pissed off the people in line ahead of them who were also on flights soon). Ugh. At least I made it--hoping my bag did!


Theodosia - Dec 30, 2014 3:29:29 am PST #13519 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"

OK, I'm bringing out the big gun -- a full dose of Benadryl. Still dripping and miserable here. It's making my eyes run like waterfalls. If it makes me sleepy, so be it, though it will be fun to see if massive doses of caffeine counteract it to any usable degree.


-t - Dec 30, 2014 4:15:04 am PST #13520 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Good luck with that, Theo. My own itchy eyes and stuffy nose are sympathetic.


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2014 4:32:35 am PST #13521 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Ha. Author from yesterday replied and basically said "Are you nuts? We used 'median' for our own work, because we calculated a median. We used 'average' in citing the other study, because that is what they used. Changing it would be incorrect."

Vindication! Not that I expect my boss to acknowledge that.


-t - Dec 30, 2014 4:35:37 am PST #13522 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Righteous, Tep.


Kat - Dec 30, 2014 4:43:26 am PST #13523 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yay, Tep! Standing up for nummeracy.


brenda m - Dec 30, 2014 4:49:07 am PST #13524 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

HA-ha.