I have to detach myself from most social media and "news" tv.
Hubs turned off the news last night because I kept yelling at the TV. (We have a DVR. I assume he watched the rest later.)
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2016 11:06:11 am PST #1759 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Atropa - Nov 10, 2016 11:11:46 am PST #1760 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I want to be the person who does the latter, but I don't think I've got it in me.
I want to do more than just signal boost other voices and link to good causes to donate to. But I don't know if I have the energy or emotional fortitude.
Dana - Nov 10, 2016 11:37:30 am PST #1761 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just installed an extension to block me from going to FB on my work computer. Does that make me more or less of an adult?
amyth - Nov 10, 2016 11:50:25 am PST #1762 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I'm going to the movies tomorrow, I'm seeing Arrival with amyth!!!
I can't wait! This has improved my mood by a huge amount.
billytea - Nov 10, 2016 11:59:10 am PST #1763 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
elitist="you think you're smarter/better than us!"
"You voted for Trump! Damn right I'm thinking I'm smarter/better than you right now!"
Today I'm furious about the Republicans in Congress. They spent eight years white-anting the government institutions and conventions that underpin American democracy, and they got away with it. No, they got rewarded for it. There's enough to worry about in the impact of everything they did, but right now it's that they got rewarded for it.
quester - Nov 10, 2016 12:39:46 pm PST #1764 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
"You voted for Trump! Damn right I'm thinking I'm smarter/better than you right now!"
This is me.
Jesse - Nov 10, 2016 1:41:13 pm PST #1765 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You guys! I got a phone screen for the higher ed job I applied to even though I thought I didn't qualify!!
meara - Nov 10, 2016 1:46:27 pm PST #1766 of 30002
Awesome Jesse! Kick some phone screen ass! And I hear women are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet all the qualifications. Whereas men will if they meet only some?
Dana - Nov 10, 2016 1:49:05 pm PST #1767 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Woohoo, Jesse!
Jesse - Nov 10, 2016 1:58:30 pm PST #1768 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And I hear women are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet all the qualifications. Whereas men will if they meet only some?
Yeah, I've heard that, too. It's the kind of thing I definitely try to fight against.
I kind of want to fight every fight right now. Like, at work, we got a whole new policy about non-exempt staff, and the tiny paragraph about inclement weather was such actual bullshit, I'm going to bring it all the way to the top if I need to. Note that it was not discussed in the two-hour meeting about the policy.