And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.

Giles ,'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.


amych - Sep 13, 2017 5:28:59 am PDT #16553 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Yay for Crowley!


Dana - Sep 13, 2017 6:06:09 am PDT #16554 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Oh my god everyone is irritating today.


Theodosia - Sep 13, 2017 6:25:11 am PDT #16555 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Except for Crowley, evidently.


Steph L. - Sep 13, 2017 6:36:58 am PDT #16556 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Gah, I woke up with a migraine and have an appointment in 2 hours to get my hair highlighted. The smells may kill me. (I know I could reschedule, but there's a family wedding next weekend, and I am vain and want my hair to be shiny and blonde in the pictures, and I need to just get this out of the way now because I don't actually have the spoons to reschedule.)

Mostly I just wanted to grouse about it. Therapeutic grousing.


Dana - Sep 13, 2017 6:45:00 am PDT #16557 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I'm sure Crowley is never irritating.


Dana - Sep 13, 2017 6:49:41 am PDT #16558 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I am unreasonably irritated about one of the irritating things, which is another writer correcting a "typo" in something I sent her. Of course I make typos, but if you're going to pull that shit on me, you better be right. Which she wasn't.

And she didn't even ask me for clarification. Just "fixed" it for me and let me know.

Grrrrr.


Maria - Sep 13, 2017 6:50:26 am PDT #16559 of 30002
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

Yes. Signed, thank goodness for almond milk products.

Yes, this happened to me, too. And it took me a couple of months to figure out what was going on because I wasn't paying attention.

Great. It's happened the last two times I've eaten ice cream. I haven't noticed it with cheese yet, and I very rarely drink milk. Hmm, come to think of it, I usually drink iced lattes from Starbucks in the summer, and I haven't felt great after. Must continue to investigate.

Hooray for Crowley! Congrats, Suzi.

Argh, Steph. That would drive me nuts. Grouse away.


amyth - Sep 13, 2017 6:57:45 am PDT #16560 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

I can still eat cheese and yogurt, because they have less lactose in them than milk and ice cream. YMMV. I carry lactase pills with me at all times, just in case I end up ingesting stealth milk, but once I figured it out, and realized that cheese was okay for me, it's been pretty easy to deal with. But those first couple of months where I was making myself ill and couldn't figure out why were pretty unpleasant.


Steph L. - Sep 13, 2017 6:57:48 am PDT #16561 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Great. It's happened the last two times I've eaten ice cream. I haven't noticed it with cheese yet

IIRC, sometimes with lactose intolerance, there are cheeses (particularly harder cheeses) that don't cause a problem, even though ice cream and milk do. I think it might be the enzymes in the harder cheeses? t edit I cross-posted with amyth -- I guess it's just the amount of lactose. Regardless, if you turn out to be lactose intolerant, you may have some flexibility.


SuziQ - Sep 13, 2017 7:09:04 am PDT #16562 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I'm sure Crowley is never irritating.

Well, he is a puppy - about 4 months old, so there are times when he decides something is a chew toy that absolutely is not. Nothing important destroyed yet. But he redeems himself with being utterly adorable and affectionate.

Though I doubt you would want other writer to be affectionate.

I've been doing End User Testing on a new fancy workbook and so far every work item I've check is still messed up or there is some new issue. Ugh. This is supposed to be ready for release on Friday. The team has already told the project owner that Friday isn't happening, thankfully.