I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


lisah - Mar 29, 2016 7:50:46 am PDT #18555 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

So sorry for your loss, Liese. That's good you were able to be there.

Yesterday I was working in DC so my evening started with 1.5 hour drive home. It wasn't too bad of a commute because we didn't leave the office until 6:30, though. Also, my friend drove so I could just chill in the passenger seat and talk to her about communication strategy so I can also charge that commute time! Then Bob made dinner so I got to sit on couch with a glass of wine and get fed while I sent out donation request letters to all my linkedin contacts. So, yeah, I've got it pretty easy I guess.


Kat - Mar 29, 2016 7:51:52 am PDT #18556 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

A 10 minute trip to the DMV seems like god smiling on you. If you believe in god, of course.


Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2016 7:56:27 am PDT #18557 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Liese. Your dad sounds like a wonderful man. I'm glad you were able to be there with him.

I DO literally spend hours just looking at a computer! I really need to make more of an effort to do that 20-20-20 eye resty thing.

Me too. What's the 20-20-20 thingy?

I am so far behind at work, y'all, and I don't even know how. I've been working so much. I feel like I'm drowning over here.


Jesse - Mar 29, 2016 8:04:31 am PDT #18558 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm so sorry, Liese.


sarameg - Mar 29, 2016 8:11:24 am PDT #18559 of 30003

I'm sorry, Liese.


amyth - Mar 29, 2016 8:21:44 am PDT #18560 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

I'm so sorry, Liese. I'm glad you were able to be there.


-t - Mar 29, 2016 8:27:46 am PDT #18561 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Condolences, Liese. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts. I'm glad you could be there.

I get interrupted, get up for water, and go to the bathroom a lot.

Oh, my prescriptions are close enough that I don't bother changing glasses for those. I wander around my house with no correction at all sometimes, just to keep in practice. Sometimes it's relaxing not to be able to see very well.

What's the 20-20-20 thingy?

If I have what our safety guy said right, every twenty minutes, look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. If you can, like, look past your monitor and gaze into the distance I think that works; if I look past my monitor I gaze into the corner of my cubicle which is maybe 4 ft away. Haven't figured out an easy way to do that right, yet.

Second floor plumbing! Roofing estimate! Excellent stuff.


Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2016 8:42:35 am PDT #18562 of 30003
brillig

look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds

The window that looks out over the valley is perfect for this. I just have to turn my head a little to get a view that extends for probably 20 miles or more.


Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2016 8:45:12 am PDT #18563 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

If I have what our safety guy said right, every twenty minutes, look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.

Yes, good. I'm about to do a marathon of computer work, this is a thing I need. I think I'll set a timer for twenty minutes. Stand up and stretch, look out the window for a bit.


Kate P. - Mar 29, 2016 8:52:06 am PDT #18564 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Liese, I'm so sorry for the loss of your father. Much love to you.