I was so pissed one year I did a big volunteer day in NYC, and we were supposed to be sprucing up outside a school, but it was raining, so they had people painting inside -- but not just regular painting, they made a really crappy mural. Don't leave the school worse than you found it!!
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
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.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2015 4:37:17 am PDT #22755 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Mar 22, 2015 5:09:18 am PDT #22756 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This is 2015, right? We're going to a birthday brunch at what I think is a prohibition-themed bar, but it has NO WEBSITE. I just wanted to see the menu, and -- nothing. It does have a FB page, but that's pretty sparse (and no menu). Googling the name of the bar brings up reviews of the bar in local publications, but they don't really talk about food as much as "Yay, bar!" I even checked UrbanSpoon and Yelp, because sometimes they have pictures of the menu that someone took with their iPhone and uploaded, but -- nothing.
How does a bar not have a website in the year 2015? Sheesh.
I think maybe I'll eat a bagel before I go.
Sheryl - Mar 22, 2015 5:34:07 am PDT #22757 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Quiet day here.
Gris - Mar 22, 2015 6:13:49 am PDT #22758 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I have been annoyed quite often lately with how many restaurants and bars and other such things have been using facebook pages exclusively instead of websites. It is like AOL all over again.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2015 6:16:31 am PDT #22759 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I hope I'm about to get into a fight on the internet about how my neighborhood has changed over the last 30 years.
Strix - Mar 22, 2015 6:44:25 am PDT #22760 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Gris speaks truth.
Kat, It made me think of Joey telling Phoebe that anything done to be nice is always more about the do-er than the recipient.
I think it depends on context. I mean, I do nice things for people, and yes, it makes me feel good, and that's great, but I do them in the hopes that it will make that person feel good/be helped/bring compassion into the world blah blah.
Some people do it to LOOK nice. I think the Greeks are a combo of "have to do this"/pad my resume/people who like kids and wanna help them have fun/some who have or have friends/family with special needs and it's really important for them.
Woked till 11:30 last night, then had some wine, and got to sleep at 3. Still up at 10, ready for noon yoga class, then by god I am going to the gym and walking 3.1 miles. The 5K is next Saturday, and I have been making it to yoga, but I haven't walked in a week, so this week is a big push, NO MATTER how busy I am. At least 3 3.1 mile walks before Saturday.
sj - Mar 22, 2015 7:18:42 am PDT #22761 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have been annoyed quite often lately with how many restaurants and bars and other such things have been using facebook pages exclusively instead of websites. It is like AOL all over again.
Yes, and very often they don't even update those with their correct seasonal hours or seasonal menu.
WindSparrow - Mar 22, 2015 7:46:19 am PDT #22762 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 guess it's because one of the people said something about how the event was super important. Important to whom, I guess. Yes, fun for my kids, but not a particularly meaning-filled experience.
Can't speak for those Greek Life young persons, but in my line of work, making sure people get to have fun - that IS important. As important as making sure the medications go down the right throat? No. As important as making sure that bruise is from the edge of the table and not from a human being? No. Important enough for the State to say, "Buy some damn cameras, we want proof the people we are paying you to care for are having fun." Oh, hell yeah. It's kinda nice that the State has caught up with some of this stuff. I could wish that they weren't so hamfisted with their ideas of what the paperwork should look like, but we'll deal with it.
Juliebird - Mar 22, 2015 7:51:17 am PDT #22763 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I don't think it's a secret that anything that is set up as a volunteer activity for a group is always at least as much about making the group feel good. This is why I never wanted corporate volunteer days at my youth center job. PITA for no benefit to our kids!
We actually had one corp who pretty much told us that they didn't want to do volunteer work, but wanted the staff to entertain them and their small children. That's not volunteering, that's getting a private program for free.
We don't do busy work for vols, it's a waste of everyone's time. We do have a weekly and a bimonthly SN group who come to volunteer, and it's all about life and job skills and getting fresh air. And if I feel like it is make-work only available, I cancel. Socializing is another big component.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2015 7:56:56 am PDT #22764 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Steph, clearly you're supposed to drink enough bootleg gin that the taste of the food ceases to matter.