It's good to see your pixels again, Cindy.
I'm on vacation today through next Tuesday. It's more of a staycation, with a lot of cleaning and decluttering on the schedule. But also leisurely breakfasts and sleeping in.
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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.
Calli - Sep 22, 2016 3:02:45 am PDT #28006 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Gudanov - Sep 22, 2016 4:39:36 am PDT #28007 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
A mystery for me this election is why so many people think that Hillary will be a disaster for the country. I see this on my FB feed some even for people who don't like Trump.
Hillary has a record as a mainstream Democrat, and her policy proposals are mostly tweaks, not anything dramatic. She was Secretary of State, so there's a track record in Foreign Policy as well. Her Republican counter parts would be people like Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney. You know the kind of people who a liberal might not like being president, but aren't going to make them pack up and head for Canada.
It's just weird. Thought about asking on FB, but I don't want to alienate people. Still thinking about asking anyhow.
tommyrot - Sep 22, 2016 5:28:38 am PDT #28008 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Happy Fall, Northern Hemisphereites. Started 7 minutes ago.
Steph L. - Sep 22, 2016 5:30:00 am PDT #28009 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I thought I noted a dramatic increase in the pumpkin spice level of the Northern Hemisphere about 7 minutes ago.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 22, 2016 5:42:09 am PDT #28010 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay! I love fall!
People have a weird knee jerk reaction to Hillary that I really do not understand, even as a HUGE Myers-Briggs Feeler.
I have no student worker, work is eating me from my bottom, and we are all supposed to be more efficient because we are going to be hourly soon and they will not pay overtime. However, I work for a university-- we can't do "efficient". Hiring these student workers has involved more random rules, hurdles, obstacles and permissions than ever. And they still can't start! I hate centralization.
-t - Sep 22, 2016 6:26:24 am PDT #28011 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Fall!
Hooray for leisurely breakfasts and filling your schedule with your own stuff, Calli!
Calli - Sep 22, 2016 6:30:22 am PDT #28012 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think cultural misogyny explains a fair bit of the knee jerk anti-HRC emotions. How dare a woman be ambitious (what a monster) and think she can tell men what to do!
In other news, I've found the bottom of the closet in the spare room! It's been years since I've seen it. After Dad died in 2009 I piled a bunch of stuff there and decided to deal with it later. Looks like later=today.
ETA Thanks, -t!
Jesse - Sep 22, 2016 7:19:52 am PDT #28013 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Along the HRC/DJT lines, I thought this NPR interview with the NYTimes editor was interesting: [link]
In other news, we just had an extended series of announcements about a possible issue that we might have to evacuate for, but wait and see and we'll get back to you. (Eventually they gave the all-clear.) I don't want to use the term triggering, because it wasn't that serious, but it did make me feel anxious about working in a high-rise building, which I hadn't felt before.
-t - Sep 22, 2016 7:49:05 am PDT #28014 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Certainly sounds unpleasant. I hate the "maybe you need to take action, we'll let you know" warnings more than actually following emergency procedures, personally. Definitely makes for more anxiety than, you know, doing something.
Scrappy - Sep 22, 2016 7:54:26 am PDT #28015 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our elderly Standard Poodle, Truman, is at the vet getting x-rayed to see if they can find the cause of his obvious back and leg pain. Poor guy. His hearing is going, his sight is iffy and he is starting to do things like just stand in one place for a long time without moving. He's an ooooold man. He is still the sweetest dog alive, though.