Bye, now. Have good sex.

Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Amy - Sep 23, 2016 6:05:44 am PDT #28063 of 30003
Because books.

Finger pleurisy is no joke! (Says the woman who managed to infect a cuticle, and wind up in urgent care with a really painful finger the size of a balloon, and lancing and antibiotics and ...)

In other words, good call, Dana. :-)


Dana - Sep 23, 2016 6:51:51 am PDT #28064 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm kind of hoping it's carpal tunnel, because that seems like a better option than RA. I guess gout is also treatable, but it's not a typical presentation of gout. I say this with confidence, because googling is totally the same as a medical degree.

Also, lancing? OMG. Please don't do that to yourself again.


msbelle - Sep 23, 2016 7:03:23 am PDT #28065 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My boss used the word layoff in an email to us today. He is getting pressure from above to affect sales numbers that WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. I am trying to stave off a panic attack.

I mean I could drop to 35 hours a week and be happy about that, but I can't really volunteer for that without it looking like I am working more than necessary now.


Gudanov - Sep 23, 2016 7:14:33 am PDT #28066 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Good luck, msbelle. Layoffs are never fun even if you come out okay.

OTOH, getting laid-off turned out to be great for my career.


sarameg - Sep 23, 2016 7:16:43 am PDT #28067 of 30003

Yikes, msbelle!

I brought the laptop home last night because I had some work to finish up before morning. And then I decided to telework because I really didn't feel like putting on a bra.


Scrappy - Sep 23, 2016 7:21:21 am PDT #28068 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I think that is a very sound reason to work from home, sarameg.


msbelle - Sep 23, 2016 7:22:11 am PDT #28069 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Not sure what I was thinking. 5 hours a week off my pay or really any of our pay would be a minuscule savings.


-t - Sep 23, 2016 7:23:31 am PDT #28070 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Woo, meara!

Go home, Jesse.

Good luck with the finger pleurisy, Dana.

Oy, msbelle. Good luck with that. You could maybe emphasize reduced duties/responsibilities to go with the reduced hours if you volunteer for that? IDK.

Man, there's a cooking thing on Tuesday that I would like to participate in but we have to not only say we're doing it but give them the recipe for what we are making by noon today. I don't think I can decide and commit by then.

Walter's all peppy this morning and seems to be walking straighter, so I'm confident that two weeks of this will help if not completely cure.


Dana - Sep 23, 2016 7:46:30 am PDT #28071 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Not only did I not know that among all of this season's reboots, FOX is doing The Exorcist with Geena Davis, but it's also got Alfondo Herrera from Sense8! (Hernando, as in "Hernando, I lost a flip-flop.")


shrift - Sep 23, 2016 8:01:22 am PDT #28072 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

God damn it. But I don't wanna watch The Exorcist.