Well, I got two reports done. One I had planned to do tomorrow, and did instead of one of the ones that was due today. Because that one is for an awful place and will require SO much documentation. ...still not a good reason, but at least it got done (tomorrow, many teleconferences, expenses, and the hard report plus one more easy one)
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'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.
meara - Apr 23, 2015 2:48:50 pm PDT #25111 of 30000
sarameg - Apr 23, 2015 3:21:24 pm PDT #25112 of 30000
Juliebird - Apr 23, 2015 3:43:03 pm PDT #25113 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I experienced racism in horticulture today. A woman visiting from South Africa informed me that the Clivia in the greenhouse had a derogatory common name more offensive than the N word. It's the Kaffir Lily.
Yeah, once we get the new engraver running, that'll bd the first label to change.
-t - Apr 23, 2015 3:58:36 pm PDT #25114 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Avocados are not available by the case this week. Woes.
Lee - Apr 23, 2015 6:02:07 pm PDT #25115 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I need to go get some avocados.
Good thing! The last time I had to go up to SF for work I put the wrong stall number in when I paid for parking, so I got a ticket, but I had managed to save my receipt, and appealed the ticket, pleading my own stupid, and they dismissed the ticket!
-t - Apr 23, 2015 6:07:14 pm PDT #25116 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay dismissal!
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2015 6:33:55 pm PDT #25117 of 30000
brillig
Vindication of pack rat habits!
A year or so ago I wanted to re-read a fic I'd written, one of my better ones, 10 to 15 years old. So I searched my drives. And my disks. And my drives again. And all the disks, including the ones I knew it wouldn't be on.
And it was gone, another victim to bad data management. I swore a lot, wept a small tear, sighed and shrugged.
Tonight I was going through some old piles of CDs, old program install files and such. I found a backup CD from 2001 and was about to add it to the Toss pile when I thought "Wait. Maybe?"
And there it is. The original folders of all my fics and the file I gave up for lost a year ago. Don't get rid of backups until you've absolutely confirmed all files are saved!
Lee - Apr 23, 2015 7:25:43 pm PDT #25118 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Grey's Anatomy: Well, there's that.
Burrell - Apr 23, 2015 8:14:43 pm PDT #25119 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Enjoy! 25 years of Hubble. Flying !
Seriously cool
WindSparrow - Apr 23, 2015 8:38:17 pm PDT #25120 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.
The Hubble telescope being 25 years old is exceptionally amazing. And yet it makes me feel old.
Know what else makes me feel old? Last week, we watched "Look Who's Talking" at one of the houses I work at. My coworker that day is in her early twenties, she has a year old daughter. She said, "That's not what pregnancy tests look like!" So I explained what a big change home pregnancy tests made. And then I said, "You aren't familiar with the phrase, 'the rabit died', are you?" She wasn't, so I had to explain that, too.
Living history. Almost fossilized, I swear.