So, I applied for an October work trip to SF in April, and was told in May it was a no-go, so planned to attend the conference virtually. TODAY my boss tells me, in a surprise to him, he received the travel approval for me to go. It's a month from today, we've already set our work schedules for October, and I am teaching 2 classes on the day I'd be coming back from the conference, so I'd need to reschedule those. ARGH, fiscal office, what the heck? I think I am just going to not go, because boss and I both figure if this year's funding makes no sense, nothing we do now is likely to have any effect on next year's funding, which will also make no sense.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
flea - Sep 09, 2014 7:13:43 am PDT #5821 of 30000
information libertarian
§ ita § - Sep 09, 2014 7:50:50 am PDT #5822 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm glad a coworker guilted me into going to meditation this morning,
What's mediation?
Jesse - Sep 09, 2014 8:00:13 am PDT #5823 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I just got real scared I called the president of South Africa "President Zumba," but I'm pretty sure I actually did say Zuma, which is his name.
Connie Neil - Sep 09, 2014 8:12:58 am PDT #5824 of 30000
brillig
I so rarely worry about how I address presidents of sovereign nations.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2014 8:48:10 am PDT #5825 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift - Sep 09, 2014 8:54:25 am PDT #5826 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I may need to take a quick break after my next meeting before I start screaming incoherently.
Consuela - Sep 09, 2014 8:55:02 am PDT #5827 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Holy crap, they found the Franklin Expedition! At least some of it, anyway. And it was exactly where the Inuit had said, for all these years.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2014 8:59:16 am PDT #5828 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
shrift, maybe keep meditating? (ita, you saw she said meditation not mediation, right?)
Theodosia - Sep 09, 2014 9:01:00 am PDT #5829 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
What, Consuela!? Now THAT is big news!
Dana - Sep 09, 2014 9:24:17 am PDT #5830 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ah, for just one time, I would take the Northwest Passage...