...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


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.


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.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 20, 2016 9:15:12 am PDT #20070 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I hate the word seminal. Noam Chomsky is here giving a talk on his seminal work.


brenda m - Apr 20, 2016 9:52:52 am PDT #20071 of 30003
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

On the brighter side there is now a precedent that may be the beginning of the end for HB2. Maybe. I hope.

For the bathroom provisions, at least. There's so much other poison in that bill.