I get B or BJ or beej for my initials, or occasionally Last Name. And I'm fine with all. But my first name is not super nicknameable.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2015 8:54:38 am PST #17225 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
WindSparrow - Jan 27, 2015 8:56:53 am PST #17226 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I will answer to almost anything that starts with an A. I will also answer to Windi.
askye - Jan 27, 2015 8:57:24 am PST #17227 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I didn't like being called Ali growing up (except by Mom) because it rhymed with my last name and I did NOT want to add to the teasing for that.
But now I don't mind it. At work the sales manager (who I really like and respect even though there are people who fear him) called me "Allie" (he spells it that way, I spell it "Ali" because Mom always did) and I was okay with it. There's another Allie at the store who was tehre before me and left and then came back. I started getting called Allie while she was gone. And now some people call me Allie and others call me Allison but either way I'm okay.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2015 8:58:53 am PST #17228 of 30000
brillig
It's not that I expect people to know computers as well as I do or to know the location of every feature in our program. But I do expect people to not be surprised by the steps in a process I've just walked them through. I tell them to go back to a specific screen and click on a button. It's not a crowded screen, the button is clearly labeled. But the screen sparks no sense of recognition, and the single OK button does not inspire any inkling that perhaps that's the button to click on to get to the next step--the step they've just done.
Are humans turning into goldfish?
shrift - Jan 27, 2015 9:08:38 am PST #17229 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Are humans turning into goldfish?
Tech support is not the place where you rediscover your faith in humanity and the possibilities of space exploration.
Juliebird - Jan 27, 2015 9:08:58 am PST #17230 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Tax question: I've already done mine. Except that a week after I got my w2 from work, the same finance lady belatedly handed me my 1099. I figured I hadn't gotten one because I hadn't made enough to warrant it, which didn't strike me as odd as my side job had been dry this year. But apparently I made 1300 bucks. Do I go back and file this and lose money? Should I wait until the return hits my checking account so there's actually money to pay the gummymint back? Or can I just . . . not.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2015 9:12:01 am PST #17231 of 30000
hwæt
Yes, the IRS knows what's on you 1099, and you need to pay taxes on it.
Kat - Jan 27, 2015 9:18:16 am PST #17232 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Tom, I got a 1099 that was blank. It just had the orgs EIN and my SSN and our addresses. WTH?
In other news, a kid came to me today and told me she got married on Sunday. Um....?
SuziQ - Jan 27, 2015 9:27:22 am PST #17233 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Julie - as long as you do your amended return before April 15th, there won't be any penalty, so why not wait for the refund to hit before doing the amended return.
A student, Kat? Ummm...
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2015 9:36:15 am PST #17234 of 30000
brillig
Tech support is not the place where you rediscover your faith in humanity and the possibilities of space exploration.
May I use this as a tag line?