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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.


Zenkitty - Jul 07, 2014 7:19:32 am PDT #1484 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Good grief, Fred Pete, what a scare. Glad you're okay! Much ~ma for Marie.

I've never noticed anything unusual happening when I eat beets. I love beets.

shrift, that would throw off my whole day! One of the (many) reasons I decided to telecommute was the idea of sharing my desk with some random person freaks me out. I'll have to touch things some stranger touched! They sat in my chair! They moved my stuff! I'm not germophobic, I'm territorial.


Theodosia - Jul 07, 2014 7:23:05 am PDT #1485 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 have found that keeping my mouse on the left side of the keyboard (I taught myself to lefty-mouse to ward off off RSI) tends to cut down the number of people who sit casually down at your empty workstation to play with your computer.


Sue - Jul 07, 2014 7:23:51 am PDT #1486 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I had a friend over for dinner last night. As soon as he left, I started to feel terible. I was woozy, headachy and in intestinal distress. Today I feel like I had half a dozen large gins, not a cider, two beer and a whiskey in the course of 6 hours. I worried it was something I ate, but my friend is suffering no ill effects. I have become a serious lightweight.


Connie Neil - Jul 07, 2014 7:35:27 am PDT #1487 of 30000
brillig

I use my work mouse left-handed as well, it frees up my dominant right hand for keyboard work at the same time.


Consuela - Jul 07, 2014 7:35:47 am PDT #1488 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Sue, what I have learned as I age is that it doesn't even matter if I space it out well: more than 2-3 drinks will give me a hangover the next day. It sucks.

I have TOO MUCH to do today, even though it's a day off. Argh.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 07, 2014 7:58:18 am PDT #1489 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Sharing a desk would bother me, but my student workers share. One of them was significantly less neat than the other, but the neat opne graduated and I haven't hired anew.

My friend is looking for educator advice, and she can't find what she needs online. She finds that forums for elementary teachers seem to devolve quickly into warring opinion factions and she doesn't have a place like here. She is in elementary ed, but is a substitute. She subs mostly at 2 specific smaller schools, so she does get to know the kids. One of her students who is in second grade who is normally very lively seemed sad so she asked him about it. Long story short, he is a child that she had suspected is gay, and he had a crush/ intense friendship with a classmate. He tells my friend that the classmate "broke his heart" and that he is very sad. My friend asked him if he was talking about it with his parents, and did that help, and he got very scared looking and said "I don't want to talk about it" several times. Now, my friend is wondering if she can do anything to help this sad boy, but she also does not want to be projecting anything onto the situation that is not there. I think she is looking specifically for literature or help as an educator dealing with a sensitive child that perhaps parents don't understand-- to think broadly. Anyone know any place she can look for real help?


meara - Jul 07, 2014 8:02:15 am PDT #1490 of 30000

She could talk to GLSEN? I think that's the acronym...


Atropa - Jul 07, 2014 8:10:27 am PDT #1491 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

My friend's reaction to the Belinda photo: "Omg. Want. Amp decoration"

That boy is wrong in the head. However, we may have discovered Belinda's true owner.


amyth - Jul 07, 2014 8:10:47 am PDT #1492 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Fred, hope you are feeling better!


Atropa - Jul 07, 2014 8:12:40 am PDT #1493 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Fred, I hope you're feeling much better.