After a little time off, I'm back at work today (well, back remotely). It appears the e-mail system has been upgraded and I no longer have the ability to read my e-mail. Bother.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Gudanov - Jun 19, 2017 9:11:39 am PDT #12814 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
sumi - Jun 19, 2017 9:27:45 am PDT #12815 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Suzi - that is an amazing opportunity. Evan if you decide you don't want it so amazing to be considered.
Gud - sounds like a totally normal eff-up.
Gudanov - Jun 19, 2017 9:43:53 am PDT #12816 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
My office is like a secret organization in the company so IT kinda forgets that we have a very atypical setup and can easily get locked out of corporate stuff.
Laura - Jun 19, 2017 9:52:38 am PDT #12817 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Getting locked out of corporate stuff could be a benefit to productivity.
Yay, Suzi! It is always a plus to find that your employer and co-workers have that level of confidence in you.
sumi - Jun 19, 2017 9:54:58 am PDT #12818 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Laura - you are so right. Imagine all the meetings you won't be invited too!
I was just about to remark that my laptop is working as I would wish it too when Chrome stopped working and then crashed and I had to open it twice more before I could come back here.
Is it me? Is it my 7 year old computer? Argh.
Scrappy - Jun 19, 2017 10:20:10 am PDT #12819 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So, the DH and I are talking semi-seriously about opening a used bookstore/small meeting space in Michigan. I'd run it--my mom ran a used bookstore, as you may remember, which is still going strong. [link] It would combine so much of what I love--books, readings and book clubs, maybe small jam sessions, meeting people, a bookstore kitty. We have to get there to find out if it is feasible, but it's awfully tempting.
I may start pestering you for excess books....
sumi - Jun 19, 2017 10:22:30 am PDT #12820 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I can get you some excess books.
It also sounds like the ideal place for smaller Buffista gatherings.
Jesse - Jun 19, 2017 11:08:33 am PDT #12821 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, that is tempting, Scrappy. I had a bookstore dream when I lived in Queens, and moved away instead, but someone else did it! Not a used bookstore, but there were no regular bookstores in the whole vicinity.
Beverly - Jun 19, 2017 12:43:49 pm PDT #12822 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I may start pestering you for excess books.
Funny you should bring that up... Shipping gonna be a thing, tho'.
I've actually been thinking about setting up a half-dozen little free libraries, if I can find rights of way where nobody minds.
meara - Jun 19, 2017 1:15:11 pm PDT #12823 of 30002
Argh. Freaking out about this trip. Leaving in a few minutes. But freaked out I've forgotten something key. (I did nearly forget my work credit card, because I don't usually carry it anymore!) But I'm still feeling super anxious. (OK, partly because, say, I don't know what I'm actually going to be presenting, or what they'll be asking, and when I get back I can't be jet lagged because I'll already have missed half of pride, and also I'll have missed four days of work which will be a lot of emails and and and and....)