Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.

'Harm's Way'


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.


Consuela - Aug 14, 2015 5:56:55 pm PDT #3330 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

-t's tuna casserole recipe looks like the one I learned as a child.

How on earth do people like this get hired??? Padded resume?

Nothing so deceitful, really. We put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to 10 or so contractors with whom we have a contract relationship, asking them for 4 engineers and one environmental planner. The 4 engineers were people who were already here on contract, but that contract was expiring and in order to keep them we had to switch them to another company. (This happens all the time.) But we didn't have an environmental person because that person is retiring, so we needed someone new.

I was asked to find someone to recommend, but I really couldn't: anyone I knew who was looking for work was someone I couldn't actually recommend. So the contracting firms just scoured LinkedIn until they found someone they could claim fit the qualifications of the contract, and submitted their resumes.

According to my boss, very few of the firms submitted anyone who was truly qualified, and this woman came closer than everyone else. Based on the resume that was submitted, she should be able to do the job, but she's apparently had some sort of life disaster or breakdown and cannot manage even something as simple as putting a CD into a computer, or opening a file on her computer desktop.

I've tried to be kind and helpful to her, but it's exhausting and she never stops talking, which in our open-plan office is very annoying to everyone around her. And I don't think she realizes that. Also, she's a smoker, which wouldn't be so much of a problem except I can smell it on her clothes, and ick.

The down side of all of this is it will be months before she's actually useful, if they don't cut her loose immediately. She will have relocated to the Bay Area from LA for no purpose, and we'll be scrambling to find someone to pick up the slack. What a clusterfuck.


Consuela - Aug 14, 2015 5:59:40 pm PDT #3331 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

In other news, I got my hair cut and spent way too much money at REI on gear for my trip to England. Now I need to pay bills and send emails to people.

But at least my sister's golden retriever (the Diva) is away at a dog beauty show all weekend, and the Big Dog is way easier to deal with.

Wow, that was chatty.


-t - Aug 14, 2015 6:13:49 pm PDT #3332 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Interesting, though!

Hooray trip to England (and spending money at REI)!

I opened a Barbera from Lot 18 because I'm getting another shipment soon and I haven't tried half the wines in the last one (well, this one makes half), and I was more inclined to having a red with my roast beef than a white or pink before dinner. Unfortunately, it's a bit sweet for my taste. Ah well, that's the point of this subscription, to learn more of what suits me and what doesn't.


Consuela - Aug 14, 2015 6:17:22 pm PDT #3333 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Nom, Barbera! I love Barberas.

I had a whiskey ginger and I really want another one but I need to write tonight, so maybe not until later...


shrift - Aug 14, 2015 6:19:35 pm PDT #3334 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

My mom sent me a care package. There are homemade chocolate chip cookies in this box! That was a lovely surprise at the end of a very difficult week.


Lee - Aug 14, 2015 6:33:34 pm PDT #3335 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Good job, shrift's mom!


askye - Aug 14, 2015 6:38:01 pm PDT #3336 of 30003
Thrive to spite them

Hits the non existant Like Button for shrift's mom and cookies!


Consuela - Aug 14, 2015 6:48:44 pm PDT #3337 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

On a Friday night, let's share some music.

I got to see Aretha Franklin on Monday night! She was amazing. She performed this: [link] She still has the voice! She has little stamina, but the voice, and the power, are still there.

And I just watched Janelle Monae's performance of Hell You Talmbout, and man. Chills.


beth b - Aug 14, 2015 7:31:43 pm PDT #3338 of 30003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

we are eating baguette with artichoke pesto and drinking winr - rose- tonight.

work was ok for both of us. but we both have a not sick, but maybe thing going on

I said to matt that we should go help shrift put furniture together - he was almost springing of his chair saying - tonight?

I'm sorry, dana , flea and consuela - you are all i unfun places


Consuela - Aug 14, 2015 7:35:21 pm PDT #3339 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I said to matt that we should go help shrift put furniture together - he was almost springing of his chair saying - tonight?

HAH. That is so Matt.