On the flip side, we've got a bunch of new hires in our department, the most recent of whose last names are: Good, Bright, Smart. I'm starting to wonder how our HR group is sourcing these people.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
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.
brenda m - Aug 31, 2015 9:55:14 am PDT #4494 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
msbelle - Aug 31, 2015 9:56:37 am PDT #4495 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Better than Bad, Dim, and Dumb.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 31, 2015 10:00:54 am PDT #4496 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
Or Howard, Fine, and Howard.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 10:12:32 am PDT #4497 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's awesome, brenda.
Y'all would never hire me (scared off).
Dana - Aug 31, 2015 10:26:14 am PDT #4498 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This is the second time today I've been in the bathroom with a woman who didn't wash her hands. I guess it might have been the same woman both times.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 11:03:38 am PDT #4499 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So I guess you aren't working from home today.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2015 11:22:44 am PDT #4500 of 30003
brillig
As I was going down the stairs, I saw someone who wasn't there. They weren't there again today. I hope that someone stays away.
(paraphrased)
flea - Aug 31, 2015 11:25:19 am PDT #4501 of 30003
information libertarian
I love the French Republican month names: Vendémiaire (from Latin vindemia, "grape harvest"), starting 22, 23, or 24 September; Brumaire (from French brume, "fog"), starting 22, 23, or 24 October; Frimaire (From French frimas, "frost"), starting 21, 22, or 23 November; Nivôse (from Latin nivosus, "snowy"), starting 21, 22, or 23 December; Pluviôse (from Latin pluvius, "rainy"), starting 20, 21, or 22 January; Ventôse (from Latin ventosus, "windy"), starting 19, 20, or 21 February; Germinal (from Latin germen, "germination"), starting 20 or 21 March; Floréal (from Latin flos, "flower"), starting 20 or 21 April; Prairial (from French prairie, "pasture"), starting 20 or 21 May; Messidor (from Latin messis, "harvest"), starting 19 or 20 June; Thermidor (or Fervidor) (from Greek thermon, "summer heat"), starting 19 or 20 July; Fructidor (from Latin fructus, "fruit"), starting 18 or 19 August.
These are the source of titles of some important historical works including Zola's Germinal and Marx' Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Also they are pretty.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 11:46:06 am PDT #4502 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ah, yes, that's why Germinal sounded familiar, it's the one Zola I've read. I did not know it was a month, though. We probably talked about that at some point, but there was an awful lot to discuss and that was almost 20 years ago, amazing I remember anything.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2015 11:51:20 am PDT #4503 of 30003
brillig
I remember it from the dates on the letters Napoleon sent Josephine. Good lord, those letters.