I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.

Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


tommyrot - Sep 02, 2015 7:20:12 am PDT #4658 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.

Serif don't like it?

Laughing at this made my head hurt, but it was worth it.


tommyrot - Sep 02, 2015 7:26:27 am PDT #4659 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.

A client emailed me--she wants talk to me on the phone. So don't wanna.

Oh well. Best to get it over with.


Dana - Sep 02, 2015 7:26:52 am PDT #4660 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

My iPad seems to not show Comic Sans. Go iPad.

I am at the airport, though I seem to have left my fucking headphones at home. I had them in my hands this morning. The way things are going, I'm lucky I remembered all my appendages.


Tom Scola - Sep 02, 2015 7:27:16 am PDT #4661 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

That's what pinned tabs in Chrome are for, Gud.


-t - Sep 02, 2015 7:47:03 am PDT #4662 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sadly, not working at all isn't an option

Shoot. Well, inside pants is next best, I guess.

Zenkitty rocks the casbah.

Gud shot the serif.

I just discovered pinned tabs a couple of weeks ago, so I am probably overusing them.

I'm glad you have all your appendages, Dana. Have fun storming the Dragon Con! (I am not wearing my dragon today, cut back to a lizard (not to say I am one of the lizard people. Swamp gas, weather balloons, the planet Venus))

Trying to get my tea brewed in between meetings is making me punchy.


Maria - Sep 02, 2015 7:49:46 am PDT #4663 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Cats, man. I changed their litter last night and scrubbed the box. I just watched Lucky poop right next to my filing cabinet. What more do you want, animal?

I've been reading and nodding along. Low on spoons. Work has given me a 30-day extension on the PIP. I cannot continue to live my life in 30-day increments. It's stressing the hell out of me.


-t - Sep 02, 2015 7:52:34 am PDT #4664 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm so sorry, Maria. You are in such a sucky situation through no fault of your own.

OK, tea brewed, now to get the full pot over to where the meeting is without spilling it all over myself...


Connie Neil - Sep 02, 2015 8:04:41 am PDT #4665 of 30003
brillig

Oh, god, I've only been here for two hours. The downside of having the most experience of the techs, I get the sucky customers. You are the customer, dude! It is your company on the line! Do not just say "You tell me" when I ask what you want to do with your company's data! You have to choose between two options, which I have explained to you, you have to grow up and pick one! I understand that you resent the fact that a woman knows more about computers than you do, but get the hell over it.


Toddson - Sep 02, 2015 9:42:48 am PDT #4666 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I find that as the longest-serving employee a lot of calls get sent to me just because. Also, I'll actually talk to callers, which some people just won't.


meara - Sep 02, 2015 9:45:27 am PDT #4667 of 30003

Oh Maria. That's so frustrating. I'm sorry.

Ah. I got so caught up in chicken counting and office politics! (Once I realized that tips in Australian is bets in American.)

See when I first started reading billytea's tale, I thought he was saying he was PLAYING rugby or football or whatever with his colleagues.