I used to have to edit abstracts submitted for a meeting that had a character limit, including spaces. We explained this very carefully. VERY CAREFULLY. The number of people who got huffy about it, I can't even tell you. Let alone the "I'm too busy to bother with your little demands" people.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
Host ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Dana - Jul 14, 2015 12:55:39 pm PDT #915 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
meara - Jul 14, 2015 12:59:24 pm PDT #916 of 30003
Oh ffs, that's asshole right there. "If your paper can't fit the requirements you'll need to withdraw it and resubmit for a different journal/space/availability". Grr.
Worked my butt off today, and there is still more than I can get done tomorrow, left to do. But I leave tomorrow night. Ugh. And I found lots of issues (a couple I should've found before but mostly new) that are big, and which will take more time to fix....So I had to reschedule my next visit. I had everything worked out so I'd be able to go on the annual alumni boat cruise (evening of booze and food and alums on a boat on the lake!) and now I can't. Boo.
-t - Jul 14, 2015 1:08:58 pm PDT #917 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What a jerk!
In case this is useful information for anyone else, one packet of True Lemon in 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise is a lot of fucking lemon.
Atropa - Jul 14, 2015 1:16:35 pm PDT #918 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Okay, yeah, saying "Do you KNOW who we ARE?", even in my head, is AWFUL. But still.
No it isn't. Not in this case.
(Also, I may have occasionally said "Do you KNOW who I AM?" in project planning meetings for work. But I get backed up by my VP saying "Don't make her mad".)
Calli - Jul 14, 2015 1:28:53 pm PDT #919 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, Zen and Kiba!
Steph, what an asshat. I bet he goes through assistants like tic-tacs.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2015 2:05:12 pm PDT #920 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I used to have to edit abstracts submitted for a meeting that had a character limit, including spaces.
No one gets that a character limit includes spaces, and it makes me BONKERS.
Gudanov - Jul 14, 2015 2:16:19 pm PDT #921 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Justdon'tusespacesandeverythingwillbeeasy
SuziQ - Jul 14, 2015 2:30:24 pm PDT #922 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
She did it!!!!! K-Bug passed her boards! Not that I doubted she would.
She also got a collection letter from the college saying she owes $500. She got a scholarship in Feb for $500 and it looks like they reversed it 10 days after grad. Total bullshit. She is getting it handled but what bullshit.
-t - Jul 14, 2015 2:46:25 pm PDT #923 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray K-Bug!
That is ridiculous, reversing a scholarship after graduation.
I got a last minute testing scenario at work around half an hour, maybe less, before I was supposed to leave. On the one hand, I am annoyed to have one more thing to do, and with a tight deadline, and argh. On the other, I am excited about how this thing will improve my workflow if it works. So, mixed feelings. Left work an hour or so late, which is a drag, but still have a few minutes to get myself together and head out to the movies without being late...
DavidS - Jul 14, 2015 2:54:33 pm PDT #924 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right on K-Bug! Board Certified!
(Okay, i kind of said that in my head like Zeke from Bob's Burgers for anybody who watches that show.)