There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.

Cordelia ,'Lessons'


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.


amyth - Sep 22, 2014 11:19:44 am PDT #6754 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Lately, my passwords have been self-affirmations, to remind myself things like I deserve to be happy every time I unlock my computer.

That IS a great idea. And you do deserve it.

Work day: be over, please.


Laura - Sep 22, 2014 11:20:44 am PDT #6755 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I change our work access main password very often. Usually my objective is to amuse the staff. It is always some phrase that utilizes numbers and punctuation. If they don't amuse others they at least amuse me.


Zenkitty - Sep 22, 2014 11:21:47 am PDT #6756 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I haven't seen squirrels around here, which is odd, except that we have a couple feral cats still, and they may be keeping the squirrels away/under control.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I have a Dove chocolate wrapper taped to my monitor, but it says "Think of something that makes you smile," which is a great thing for me to remember.

Years ago I stuck a magnet to the back of a Snapple lid that said "Many a wrong step is taken by standing still." I still have it on my fridge. It was timely advice!


-t - Sep 22, 2014 11:33:29 am PDT #6757 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

We don't have squirrels in my neighborhood. Maybe because we don't have a lot of trees? The area wants to be a marsh more than it wants to be a forest.


brenda m - Sep 22, 2014 11:37:14 am PDT #6758 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think I have a mouse in my house.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 22, 2014 11:51:01 am PDT #6759 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

My grandmother was able to grow big beds of irises without any interference from the squirrels. (We couldn't get a single tomato to ripen before they made off with it, though.)


Calli - Sep 22, 2014 11:52:50 am PDT #6760 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My work password had to be updated every six months. It had to have a non-alphanumerical character (!@# etc.) as well as at least one capitalized letter and one number. I just went up the keyboard changing the !@# etc. When I was fired I was on my third round.


Sheryl - Sep 22, 2014 12:37:20 pm PDT #6761 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm so sorry, Lee.


§ ita § - Sep 22, 2014 12:51:05 pm PDT #6762 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My general password standard is to pick a word (say, paragraph), and then replace all the as with 6, . or *s, if punctuation is required and if both are required I get something like p2$2f$2ph, and that password will continue to be all paragraph related, just swapping out the replacement characters, and maybe the timekeeping password will be a similar set of variants on eternity,


Steph L. - Sep 22, 2014 1:32:28 pm PDT #6763 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I am a crazy obsessive person. I missed a call from the doctor's office with my cholesterol test results because Caller ID just said "Incoming call" (if there's no actual phone number/name, I let it go to voice mail, especially after 5:00). And who expects their doctor's office to call after 5:00? So I can call tomorrow to get the results.

But because I am crazy and obsessive, I've decided that "I would like to discuss your results with you" means either (1) Oh my god your cholesterol has gone up to 500 and your heart is going to explode right now, OR (2) Your cholesterol went down to 160 and we would like to give you a gold star for eating all that oatmeal.

I just can't decide which.

t edit It's probably more like "Hey, your cholesterol went down/up by 2 points. Way to maintain."