Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.

Oz ,'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.


Lee - Sep 17, 2015 8:29:28 pm PDT #5557 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I'm probably forgetting to do something important with regard to work or my upcoming trip with Lee. Thank god for the trip, though.

I am so totally unready, and yet so very ready, I just can't even.


Jesse - Sep 18, 2015 3:09:47 am PDT #5558 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It was brought to my attention that I'm not the only one who noticed me getting thrown under a bus at the start of the week.

That's something, anyway. Here's hoping there is more sleep in your future!

In my job news, we're planning a lunch meeting with someone who requires "no red meat, no wheat, no gluten, no milk or milk products." It makes me so sad for that person! I mean, not that there aren't a lot of good things outside of those categories, but definitely my favorite things are all within them. And also, good thing this meeting is in Boston, because the last time they met with her, it was in a place where you aren't supposed to eat raw vegetables. At least we can give her chicken on a salad! (Not Caesar, though...)


Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2015 5:43:15 am PDT #5559 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Aargh! I have lost my keys! I have tile, and they say they are at the theatre, but I didn't go to the theatre yesterday and I had them in my office yesterday because I opened the door. Someone from the theatre visited, so I am assuming he took them, but he says he doesn't have them! So now I have to go there and listen for the tiny tiny quiet tile beep.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 18, 2015 5:43:30 am PDT #5560 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

Yikes, Celiac AND a beef allergy? That eliminates like 75% of what's worth eating.


Ginger - Sep 18, 2015 6:24:26 am PDT #5561 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

In my job news, we're planning a lunch meeting with someone who requires "no red meat, no wheat, no gluten, no milk or milk products."

I'd like to see a note from her doctor.


msbelle - Sep 18, 2015 6:29:41 am PDT #5562 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I can eat everything but read meat, but I am by choice getting pretty close to that list. I would never impose it for a meeting, but my eating is becoming:

No red meat, no pork, no soda

Avoid sugar, dairy, wheat, potatoes, white rice, chemicals


Steph L. - Sep 18, 2015 6:35:04 am PDT #5563 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I'd like to see a note from her doctor.

I don't have an official diagnosis of gluten intolerance, but I can tell you what happens when I eat it. I don't need an official diagnosis to make me feel like I have permission to avoid food that I know rips up my insides.

I'm aware there are a lot of people who give up foods/food groups because it's trendy and they think it'll help them lose weight, but still -- when people tell me they can't eat something, I don't ask for their official diagnosis. I just believe them.


hippocampus - Sep 18, 2015 6:36:57 am PDT #5564 of 30003
not your mom's socks.

Jesse - often there are good choices at GF friendly sushi and Vietnamese and Thai places. Just watch out for the soy/sauces.

My best guess is if she's speaking out in a work situation, there are heavy-duty medical reasons and she'd like to be able to do her best job for her employer and participate in the meeting.


Steph L. - Sep 18, 2015 6:58:05 am PDT #5565 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

My best guess is if she's speaking out in a work situation, there are heavy-duty medical reasons and she'd like to be able to do her best job for her employer and participate in the meeting.

When I was in Chicago for a daylong meeting at the AMA, they served us breakfast and lunch, and I told my boss ahead of time that I needed to eat gluten-free, and gave examples of what I *can* eat. She told me that for the breakfast there would be fruit and pastries, and that they got some gluten-free pastries. When that morning rolled around, she told me "The bakery didn't mark which ones were gluten free, but I'm sure you can figure that out," and waved her hand vaguely, and rushed off to take care of something else.

Since I don't have magic powers and had no idea which pastries were gluten free (if any), I ate fruit and the granola bars I had stashed in my purse because I anticipated this.

I really don't try to be a pain in the ass with my dietary needs, but I'm also trying to avoid a literal pain in my...well, not ass, but GI system.


-t - Sep 18, 2015 7:19:29 am PDT #5566 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'd like to see a note from her doctor.

No note no food, or you're just curious to see such a note? Because being prepared to make someone sit through a meeting without eating when everyone else gets fed unless they have medical dispensation seems unnecessarily cruel. If they aren't going to eat that stuff it hardly matters why - provide something else. It's not like every item that is available has to meet her criteria.

My sister can't do wheat, my mom is vegan, and I have my assortment of allergies and am always on a diet. Choosing a catering menu that will work for all of us takes some effort, but isn't really that hard, and we do not lack for deliciousness, believe me. Although doing it where we can't eat raw vegetables would definitely be harder.