Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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.


-t - Aug 26, 2015 3:37:32 pm PDT #4180 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That sounds really nice.

My dinner won't be ready until about 8pm. So late! I am subpar on keeping myself fed this week.

ETA and that was before I realized I completely omitted the breadcrumbs and egg from my meatloaf. Ah well, maybe it will hold together. And maybe I will turn it into katleti. Either way, will probably taste pretty good. Eventually.

Maybe I will stop trying to accomplish things for today.


sarameg - Aug 26, 2015 4:13:30 pm PDT #4181 of 30003

Today, I continued my streak of breaking things in ops that never should have made it through test. Sigh.


-t - Aug 26, 2015 4:18:14 pm PDT #4182 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Somebody has to do it.


shrift - Aug 26, 2015 4:21:33 pm PDT #4183 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

It's so warm in my apartment that my knees are sweating, so I'm not sure what I'm having for dinner since my hot food options are unappealing now.


sarameg - Aug 26, 2015 4:28:42 pm PDT #4184 of 30003

It's just exhausting. And everyone gets mad at you (for pointing out their lack of foresight, for not being prescient, for bogging everything down because of all in a very public manner,) but luckily I have a thick skin. And have been very diplomatic in pointing out the flaws in the system design that have serious implications.

As we look at changes coming end of September that make those system design changes really problematic.

All because test does not even begin to mimic ops in terms of true volume(s) and this is a bugaboo we've had since... 1991. Never been listened to. One lesson we can't get the mission to learn.


sarameg - Aug 26, 2015 4:31:21 pm PDT #4185 of 30003

Salad, constructed or not ( cuke spears, cherry toms.)

Also, froz (veg?) packs on your neck, head, wrists. Helps.

And ice cold wine.


Kat - Aug 26, 2015 4:35:08 pm PDT #4186 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Softer cheese like brie, cream cheese, or sour cream (which is not really cheese, I know) that has mold is something I'll toss out entirely.

Wait. People have cheese long enough that it molds? How?

I was an asshole today. and I didn't realize how much until I got home. All through dinner I had that itchy anxious feeling until I could apologize. Now I feel betterish.


sarameg - Aug 26, 2015 4:41:11 pm PDT #4187 of 30003

I made the mistake of checking work email.

Now I want to nuke everyone from orbit.


Steph L. - Aug 26, 2015 4:43:01 pm PDT #4188 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Wait. People have cheese long enough that it molds? How?

Sometimes a hunk of cheese gets pushed to the back of the cheese drawer (we, uh, have a LOT of cheese in the cheese drawer, seriously...we might need an intervention), and if I forget about it and it doesn't manage to rotate to the front, it gets moldy. (See also, the Great "When Did We Buy Manchego?" Incident of 2013.)


-t - Aug 26, 2015 4:51:26 pm PDT #4189 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

People have cheese long enough that it molds? How?

Mostly by having rather a lot of many different kinds of cheeses at once and having one or two varieties get a little neglected.

I am hoping that vacuum sealing technology will help me with this problem.

Because i'm unlikely to just buy less cheese.

I mean, really, that's not gonna happen.

Step away from the email, sarameg. Retcon it away.