I was just thinking about that scene!
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'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.
Scrappy - Jul 15, 2014 1:12:37 pm PDT #2009 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
sarameg - Jul 15, 2014 2:26:25 pm PDT #2010 of 30000
My maternal grandpa used to invite missionaries in to get my grandmother to debate with them. It drove her nuts, but farm manners dictated hospitality and she couldn't pass up an argument( she wasn't super religious, but she knew her bible like whoa.) Grandpa just liked to see her being brainy.
I GOT TO SWIM!!
Dana - Jul 15, 2014 2:28:09 pm PDT #2011 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"It's nice in here. Indoors."
msbelle - Jul 15, 2014 3:46:00 pm PDT #2012 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Items from work I can't vent about on fb.
- Speaker phone in an open working area where other people are on the phone is RUDE. Also, INSIDE VOICE. I swear less than half the people I work with know what that is.
- Refusing my requested vacation days is starting to piss me off. I do not care why you are doing it (he thinks it is saving me from having to use them), I do not want to have to RUSH on the days I need to cover the kid or get the kid registered for school. Rushing is not my friend.
- And about those vacation requests, don't ask me why I need to take off. I wrote "appt" - that is all you need to know. I only get 10 days off a year and I work every 4th weekend. Damn, give me off when I ask off unless another office worker is already off.
I need to apply for jobs and WAS TOO FRUSTRATED TO FOCUS tonight. beer.
sarameg - Jul 15, 2014 3:58:50 pm PDT #2013 of 30000
If 'it's personal' isn't cutting it, I think you need to go with Texas-sized outlandish:
- mission for the country! it's classified
- I'm having my absorbed twin removed
- I really can't talk about it, but if you'd like to donate to reforming renegade longhorns, I can hook you up.
- I'm going to have really bad gas that day. Environmental hazard, violates OSHA.
shrift - Jul 15, 2014 4:01:34 pm PDT #2014 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Reporting in that cleaning under the refrigerator seems to have made an improvement. The temp is holding steadier and nothing new is frozen. Stuff that did freeze is defrosting.
Jesse - Jul 15, 2014 4:01:49 pm PDT #2015 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is all ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. I'd be calling out sick as much as possible.
Edit: msbelle's stuff, not shrift's.
-t - Jul 15, 2014 4:01:55 pm PDT #2016 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
he thinks it is saving me from having to use them
The what now? Is he okay with you being out of the office and not using a vacation day, then?
-t - Jul 15, 2014 4:03:27 pm PDT #2017 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was thinking about having a beer anyway, but now I will have one in solidarity with msbelle.
Burrell - Jul 15, 2014 4:05:29 pm PDT #2018 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
YOU GUYS. There's a Kerfuffle Foundation!
And they put their money where their mouth is.
(he thinks it is saving me from having to use them)
WTF uh thanks?! How the hell is denying you vacation days a plus in any way, shape, or form?
Speaking of jobs, we are hiring 10 new faculty members this year. Shocking! And only 1 of our top candidates turned down the job. That probably says more about the state of the academic job market in the humanities (which must be anemic) than about how fantastic my job is, but still it's a good reminder that this is a good gig for NTT.