Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?

Womack ,'The Message'


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.


Steph L. - Jul 07, 2016 8:24:02 am PDT #24182 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I could use everyone crossing their fingers that my dentist can see me tomorrow (the office is closed today). My jaw has been getting more and more sore after getting the temporary crowns last week. I think the bite just needs to be adjusted, because I'm not having sensitivity to cold or heat, and doesn't hurt when I bite.

But they're only open from 8 to 1 tomorrow, and also we're leaving for vacation. So I'm leaving a message today and hoping they can get me in tomorrow to check my bite. Cross your fingers!


Gudanov - Jul 07, 2016 8:28:04 am PDT #24183 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

It's never pretty when a large company tries to be cool.


msbelle - Jul 07, 2016 8:39:15 am PDT #24184 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am starting to dread airport security. Mac was pulled aside by armed German officers as we exited the plane en route to Rome this spring and asked for ID which I had and had walked ahead with. Then this weekend when coming back to TX from IN, TSA asks me while I was in line if I was on vacation (asks no one else anything), then asked Mac his age and both names while they had his passport. Again did not hear them ask anyone ahead of us anything. And of course he was the only person of color, because of course.


msbelle - Jul 07, 2016 8:40:31 am PDT #24185 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ION, I might actually throw up. I am nauseated, but forced myself to eat, because stress should not make me forget to eat, but God things are awful.


meara - Jul 07, 2016 9:51:56 am PDT #24186 of 30003

Yeah, that's really hard msbelle. I'm worried about all my friends and family who are not white. And I just don't even know what to do. like, my sister is freaked out about the latest one because it hits extra hard--her daughter is 4 (and my BIL is black)

Microsoft addressed a group of its interns as "bae" and invited them to a party with "hella noms" and "lots of dranks." And then closed it with "HELL YES TO GETTING LIT ON A MONDAY NIGHT."

Hahaha oh Microsoft no.


Dana - Jul 07, 2016 9:59:49 am PDT #24187 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

OMG, I'm trying to be snarky on FB and almost used "trump" as a verb (in its normal sense), and then realized I needed to find another word to use.

I went with "one-up."


Connie Neil - Jul 07, 2016 10:08:11 am PDT #24188 of 30003
brillig

Stupid orange-headed fool taking perfectly good words away from us. I see outraged bridge clubs muttering dolefully into their tea cakes.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 07, 2016 10:18:46 am PDT #24189 of 30003
"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

It's never pretty when a large company tries to be cool.

This brings to mind the rapping Colonel Sanders cartoon from quite a few years back.


Jesse - Jul 07, 2016 10:51:31 am PDT #24190 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I see outraged bridge clubs muttering dolefully into their tea cakes.

Or passive-aggressively poking at each other. "Three NO TRUMP!!!!"


Dana - Jul 07, 2016 10:53:07 am PDT #24191 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The guy I was sniping at responded with a variation of "all lives matter", but fortunately I'd preemptively said I wasn't going to engage with him any more.

(Jesus, white people, why are so many of us clueless?)