One of the ladies who was a cashier at the cafeteria at work was a biologist from Chile. I never got the story of why she was here.
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'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.
Zenkitty - Apr 08, 2015 4:42:37 am PDT #23971 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
billytea - Apr 08, 2015 5:01:40 am PDT #23972 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yep. Peter is my dad's second cousin, and now that he's living in New York, one of his BFFs.
That is very cool. I voted for him once, for the Australian Senate. (He didn't get in.)
-t - Apr 08, 2015 5:48:44 am PDT #23973 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very pleased with my new French press. I did notice that the instructions on the box say to use 3T of coffee while the instructions on the sheet inside the box say to use 1T of coffee, which maybe I should bring to someone's attention but I probably won't. I'm using 3T. Anyway, I didn't realize when I was comparing the various small carafe presses we carry, but I managed to get one that doesn't have to have the top aligned right to pour, which is good for me, I often forget about that.
Sparky1 - Apr 08, 2015 5:52:20 am PDT #23974 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I feel like I really need to speak up here for the people in Poland that I've worked with for so many years, and/or taught, who have never been anything but respectful of my Jewish husband (who keeps a form of kosher) while we've been there, and took us to Auschwitz and the discussion we had about my DH's feelings on seeing it and the complex relationship they have with the site.
-t - Apr 08, 2015 5:53:55 am PDT #23975 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's good to hear.
-t - Apr 08, 2015 7:14:17 am PDT #23976 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
::poke::
Jesse - Apr 08, 2015 7:16:57 am PDT #23977 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought my long-running internet problems were office-wide, but apparently not! I finally complained to IT, and they came and fixed stuff! Just goes to show, I guess, that sometimes complaining is the right answer. I do think that not doing it ALL the time is worthwhile, since they still take me seriously.
shrift - Apr 08, 2015 7:29:07 am PDT #23978 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm waiting for my relatives to show up so they can have lunch and an office tour.
Trudy Booth - Apr 08, 2015 7:35:46 am PDT #23979 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The 'unamerican credentials don't transfer well' thing still exists - a woman I know from high school did law school in the UK (she was married to a British man) and when she divorced and returned the the US found that she could not use her law degree. She's currently enrolled in a US law school (while working as a paralegal.)
I'm sure your friend is aware of this, but there are states where you can sit for the bar without going to law school. [link]
I feel like I really need to speak up here for the people in Poland that I've worked with for so many years, and/or taught, who have never been anything but respectful of my Jewish husband (who keeps a form of kosher) while we've been there, and took us to Auschwitz and the discussion we had about my DH's feelings on seeing it and the complex relationship they have with the site.
To be clear about my German backpacking friends - they were open-hearted, generous, liberal-minded people. One of them was learning Turkish (the latest despised minority). When we had the whole "Kosher food exists" conversation it was in the context of meeting an observant family also staying in our hostel (long story) and they were eager to learn abut it. Their ignorance wasn't due to THEIR cruelty in any way.
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2015 7:37:22 am PDT #23980 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no work to do right now so I'm practicing playing a MIDI guitar on my Mac. It's one of these: [link] Small enough to fit in my backpack.