It's weird, it's not like the sun was hiding the fact that it's moving across the sky, just all of a sudden you notice how dark it is in the morning and evening.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 29, 2015 7:08:12 am PDT #6203 of 30003
brillig
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2015 7:11:13 am PDT #6204 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.
I'm a numbers geek, so every day I check to see when the sun sets. I think I'll go back to having the sunset time always display on my Apple Watch.
-t - Sep 29, 2015 7:12:16 am PDT #6205 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I've been noticing. I feed the cats at sunset and I get up early enough that I am pretty much always aware of when sunrise is.
Man, I love getting an email that starts out with "I know you worked with me on this project a few weeks ago" when in fact I did not. Do I tell her that? I don't think it really matters for what she's asking for now, but I definitely do not know all the background.
Burrell - Sep 29, 2015 7:18:32 am PDT #6206 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I much prefer waking up when it's dark to going home from work in the dark. I'd vote for DST all year long.
That's kind of cool and intense, flea. I remember when the kid I used to babysit started writing for The New Yorker.
flea - Sep 29, 2015 7:25:27 am PDT #6207 of 30003
information libertarian
We leave the house at 6:45 to catch the high school bus. The sun is currently rising at 7:30. And we're only at the equinox. SIGH.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2015 7:28:01 am PDT #6208 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.
Wow. The sun rose today at 6:49 here.
Connie Neil - Sep 29, 2015 7:30:27 am PDT #6209 of 30003
brillig
We get sunrise, then we get "the sun clears the mountains". I like the time when it's more than visible enough to drive without headlights and the direct sunlight. But the way I can tell summer is over is when I can stand in the direct sunlight and go "Oh, nice" instead of "The orb! It burns!"
Jesse - Sep 29, 2015 8:12:30 am PDT #6210 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My fucking job, I swear. The details are too stupid to get into, but I should always remember how important informal networks are here.
-t - Sep 29, 2015 8:12:41 am PDT #6211 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Completely unrelated: in my last purchase of candy to keep on my desk I picked up some 3 Musketeers that are apparently special for Halloween, labeled "Muskefears" and with the filling died red (well, it's supposed to be red, it's pretty much pink). My coworker who discovered this thinks they taste different, too, I am not familiar enough with the regular kind to be sure.
Anyway, I can't figure out what the reasoning is to turning the insides red to make it more spooky. If it's to make it, like, bloody when you bite into it, it does not give that effect at all.
aurelia - Sep 29, 2015 9:16:27 am PDT #6212 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I took a sick day and slept til 11. I feel like I've been kicked in the ribs repeatedly.