I LOVE my Mazda 3. I spend two hours in it every day, and it is comfortable, user-friendly, zippy, and adorable.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Scrappy - Apr 20, 2016 7:09:48 am PDT #20060 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Zenkitty - Apr 20, 2016 7:09:58 am PDT #20061 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Burrell, promotion to full professor is exciting! You'll be awesome!
A couple of my friends have Mazda3s and love them. Good choice of car!
Zippy is what my Hyundai is not. For that reason I sometimes regret buying the Elantra instead of the Mazda.
meara - Apr 20, 2016 7:11:44 am PDT #20062 of 30003
Very exciting, Burrell!!
dcp - Apr 20, 2016 7:14:37 am PDT #20063 of 30003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
At Chicago Midway airport yesterday there was one woman with a bright pink bob and matching pink cowboy boots, and another with electric blue hair down to the small of her back.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2016 7:21:52 am PDT #20064 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That seems exciting, Burrell!
Surely if you own a Batarang you would have it on your person at all times to the point where you might forget it had to be checked.
See, that I get. My father lost several knives to forgetting he had them with him. It's the hidden-in-a-neck-pillow I don't get! Just check it with your chainsaw!!
The tiny, broken, not sharp sword inside a plastic bag inside a cardboard box.
Ridiculous.
Calli - Apr 20, 2016 7:31:46 am PDT #20065 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yay new car! Yay new Full Prof! Yay new vacuum!
I'm getting a new blender today about which I'm pretty happy. My old one is older than I am, and my kiefer smoothie obsession finally killed it. I suspect that a new gasket in the base might fix things, but it's probably 50--it has served above and beyond expectations.
-t - Apr 20, 2016 7:37:16 am PDT #20066 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's the hidden-in-a-neck-pillow I don't get! Just check it with your chainsaw!!
Such good advice. I kinda think "Just check it with your chainsaw" would look good in cross-stitch on a pillow. Maybe a neck pillow!
Rick - Apr 20, 2016 7:51:25 am PDT #20067 of 30003
"And it brings up a lot of conflicted feelings including imposter syndrome and "do I want this stress in my life?" "
It's an intense period of self-exposure, and most decent people dread it (there are some unreflective jerks who enjoy the attention), but at least it is the last time you will ever have to go through it on the job. Imposter syndrome is the mark of a careful thinker.
Burrell - Apr 20, 2016 7:52:00 am PDT #20068 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks for the support. I am sure it will be exciting when and if it comes to pass. But... slow road, so about 2 years away, and A LOT of work to do between now and when I apply. But yes, mostly this is a good thing, or will be a good thing.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2016 9:03:00 am PDT #20069 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I kinda think "Just check it with your chainsaw" would look good in cross-stitch on a pillow. Maybe a neck pillow!
YES.