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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 - May 28, 2015 6:44:40 pm PDT #27500 of 30000

Ow, blisters under the Tegaderm? Is he allergic to it, or is it rubbing him wrong, or what?

I am freaked out. I did not know pack rats were actual rats. That collected things. I do not want to know that.

Also, my neighbors came by this afternoon and claimed they've seen crackheads smoking by our garages, and suggested we get a motion detector sprinkler. Um....

I totes want some tillamookies. Mmmm. Also good: those gelato sandwich bars--the key lime with graham cracker is delicious.


Burrell - May 28, 2015 6:54:03 pm PDT #27501 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Crackheads by the garage is NOT ON, meara. Yeesh.

Recipes that involve tutorials can be a bit much.

Hence my hesitation


Ginger - May 28, 2015 7:57:29 pm PDT #27502 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

It sounds like he's allergic to the Tegaderm, which is not unheard of. If it was me, I'd take off the tegaderm and replace it with a larger nonabsorbent pad and paper tape.


Burrell - May 28, 2015 8:08:53 pm PDT #27503 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Allergic to Tegaderm? What a bummer.


juliana - May 28, 2015 8:45:55 pm PDT #27504 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I am sensitive to Tegaderm (most medical tape adhesives, too). I'm sorry Tim has to add that to the sucktastic experience.


aurelia - May 28, 2015 10:07:43 pm PDT #27505 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

There is a piano tuner in my office.

I can never resist saying "Oh! My favorite song!". Every time. Sometimes I'm an ass.

I hear some pretty random things from my office.


Jesse - May 29, 2015 2:47:25 am PDT #27506 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Woke up too early, couldn't stop thinking about work, so I just came in. I think I actually can get everything done today with no problem (and my main deadline is actually on Sunday, so worst-case scenario, I still have the weekend to finish things up), but ugh. Stupid work. At least I had a brainstorm about someone to ask for help on one tricky thing.


-t - May 29, 2015 4:52:49 am PDT #27507 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The tuning song! Although I go too long between piano tunings, I'm not really sure what it sounds like.

If I were to wear khakis and a polo shirt because in my head that is "casual Friday uniform" is that normcore or can a 46-year-old lady not wear that ironically?

Not actually what I am wearing today, I was just thinking about it. Actually wearing a long denim dress and an oatmeal shrug, feels vaguely prairie-ish but somewhat sincere.

So, after my co-worker who is moving to another department left for the day yesterday, grandboss (actually great grand boss? Our organizational structure feels much flatter than it looks on charts) came by and noticed her cube was empty and said "It's not June 1st" (which is her first day at the other department, so I said how coworker was on vacation tomorrow (meaning today because this was yesterday) so she was done with us, and boss said something like oh, we didn't get a chance to do anything for her like a lunch or something, so I said that we had had the potluck before I realized that no one had invited great grand boss. Oops. It's our boss's fault, she did the inviting and didn't include any higher ups, but I'm the one that spilled the beans. Oh well. I did mention that it was pretty last minute and offered her cookies, it's all I could think of to do, but I feel bad about it.


-t - May 29, 2015 4:53:30 am PDT #27508 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heh, I like my tag next to yours, Jesse.


-t - May 29, 2015 5:22:08 am PDT #27509 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Shoot. I left my phone at home, which I realized while driving in and pretty much made my peace with except that it didn't occur to me until now that I don't have a timer for my french press. Woes!