You've certainly got reasons to feel chaotic, -t.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Dana - Oct 19, 2017 6:06:16 am PDT #17937 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
-t - Oct 19, 2017 6:32:56 am PDT #17938 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Perhaps. I would like getting dressed and going to work being less of a struggle. I was pretty good at that for a while.
Jesse - Oct 19, 2017 6:41:46 am PDT #17939 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, I just got a great metaphor from a colleague, which I think will resonate with a lot of folks -- I said, it was a long time coming, and she said, You still get hit by the bus, whether or not you've seen it coming. You're still hit by the bus!
Which I appreciated.
Y'all, I'm sure at some point I will be able to post about other stuff again, and thank you for bearing with me here.
msbelle - Oct 19, 2017 6:46:53 am PDT #17940 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
That is a good metaphor.
I am behind on work because of slaking online and 4 days off the last 2 weeks, but goddamn if half of what I need to do is not cleaning up mistakes by others that were mostly avoidable.
I got a little pissy about it via group wide email this morning by basically saying, can ANYONE, just maybe check things first?
And I also haven't eaten yet this morning, so I am about to rip the next person's head off who does something stupid that impacts me.
-t - Oct 19, 2017 7:02:25 am PDT #17941 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, that's a good metaphor.
::shoves food through series of tubes for msbelle::
meara - Oct 19, 2017 8:34:25 am PDT #17942 of 30002
That is a good metaphor!!
Dana - Oct 19, 2017 9:03:41 am PDT #17943 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
In retrospect, going to an Indian restaurant for lunch on Diwali wasn't the best idea, though fortunately they were only crowded, rather than mobbed. In my defense, I thought Diwali was a couple of days ago.
sarameg - Oct 19, 2017 9:19:36 am PDT #17944 of 30002
In a meeting run by someone who can't run a meeting, with people who cannot follow directions. And Loki is sitting on my chest.
amych - Oct 19, 2017 9:28:39 am PDT #17945 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In my defense, I thought Diwali was a couple of days ago.
Apparently it's a 5-day thing! And the start date can be a day off between different regions -- it started today in South India and Sri Lanka but yesterday in North India and Nepal. And in Nepal, day 2 is dedicated to dogs: [link] . Also, I'm missing my coworker's ridiculously good annual Diwali treats by working at home today. (Guess which of these fun Diwali facts didn't come straight from wikipedia)
chrismg - Oct 19, 2017 10:02:09 am PDT #17946 of 30002
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
You're still hit by the bus!
And you'll get hit by the train, yet again and again,
You'll get hit by the Big Angst Train
Oh your hearts will be broken, and your spirits stolen,
You'll get hit by the Big Angst Train.
(I tried changing it to "hit by the bus," but it just didn't have the same, er, impact.