So, there's been a broiling kerfuffle about display of a confederate flag at the place I went to college, and it hit Inside Higher Ed this week. And it turns out I know one of the students displaying the confederate flag - she was in the summer seminar I teach 2 years ago. I would completely not have expected her to do such a thing, or to double down once people expressed that it was offensive to them. I am basically just full of boggle right now.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - Oct 08, 2014 9:18:41 am PDT #7886 of 30000
information libertarian
Jesse - Oct 08, 2014 9:55:57 am PDT #7887 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes.
You guys, I am so relieved that my boss told me not to schedule a meeting on Monday. We are supposed to get Columbus Day off, but of course most of the people I'm working with are in other countries, so I figured I should suck it up. But no! I am off the hook. Phew.
Connie Neil - Oct 08, 2014 11:20:25 am PDT #7888 of 30000
brillig
Acorn has the full run of Jeeves & Wooster
If only they weren't $60. I'll have to be content with my ahemmed copies from YouTube.
SuziQ - Oct 08, 2014 11:30:16 am PDT #7889 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Wow. Just had a breakdown with ugly crying over...I don't even know. And it won't let go. Greatful I work at home cause it burbles up without warning and won't stop.
Amy - Oct 08, 2014 11:51:28 am PDT #7890 of 30000
Because books.
Aw, Suzi. Deep breaths, and maybe some tea?
SuziQ - Oct 08, 2014 11:59:22 am PDT #7891 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Just downed a bottle of water and the tears seem to have subsided. I have karate in 30 minutes and I am going to NEED to hit things.
55 hours...it will be done. The auction will be over, money counted, and DONE.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2014 12:05:02 pm PDT #7892 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Karate sounds like a good thing.
You guys, I have so much more work to do today, and I don't know if I have it in me. And I have lots of meetings tomorrow, including three interviews, so not much chance there, either.
Sheryl - Oct 08, 2014 12:16:00 pm PDT #7893 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
~ma to you and your mother, Anne.
flea - Oct 08, 2014 12:16:03 pm PDT #7894 of 30000
information libertarian
Today in Weirdness at your Library: this afternoon a man asked me where he could get poison on the black market (eventually it seemed clear that he was suicidal, so we got the social worker involved, but for a while there I was worried he wanted to kill someone else); just now, a young man requested our copy of "Embalming: history, theory, and practice."
Connie Neil - Oct 08, 2014 12:19:34 pm PDT #7895 of 30000
brillig
Well, winter *is* coming.