Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --

Jayne ,'Serenity'


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.


Scrappy - Jan 19, 2018 9:08:26 am PST #21177 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I do, but they don't make the slide-and-voiceover-reading the exact-words-on-the-slide any more interesting.


Atropa - Jan 19, 2018 9:17:27 am PST #21178 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It also means that for the average person with an expected work week of 50 hours - at least. 20 percent of their time is unproductive.

Reading this after my quarterly goals review meeting where part of the reason I got 90% on my review was because my boss felt I could be more productive - that there are swings in my productivity where I don't get a lot done, and then weeks where I produce a huge amount of work - really hits home.

To be all me me me: I'm on the bipolar spectrum, and in me it manifests as cycles of Doing All The Things, followed by cycles of Ugh Nope Can't. I need to talk to my psych about adjusting my meds. But I'm tired and stressed, I don't want to cope with anything, and I had a meltdown last night after the meeting so now I'm dealing with the crying hangover.

Hi, my name is Jilli, and I'm going to blurt things out at all of you because you make me feel better.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2018 10:19:39 am PST #21179 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Gah, you'd think I'd learn that editing an article on testicular cancer means that I WILL SEE BALLS.

Cannot unsee.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2018 10:26:04 am PST #21180 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I guess, technically, I'm getting paid to see balls.

Living the dream over here.


msbelle - Jan 19, 2018 10:31:39 am PST #21181 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

No YOU forgot to order toll tags for new work trucks and now have over $2k bills on 4 vehicles. !!!!

This is not going to be great for my review.

I mean we would have paid 2/3 of that amount anyway, but still a $2.5k error.


msbelle - Jan 19, 2018 10:31:41 am PST #21182 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

No YOU forgot to order toll tags for new work trucks and now have over $2k bills on 4 vehicles. !!!!

This is not going to be great for my review.

I mean we would have paid 2/3 of that amount anyway, but still a $2.5k error.


msbelle - Jan 19, 2018 10:33:46 am PST #21183 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

The 1995 government shut down resulted in me getting laid off due to no access to funds to pay me. good times


-t - Jan 19, 2018 10:34:02 am PST #21184 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ugh, msbelle. I'm sorry.

{{{Jilli}}} Blurt away.

So, that open position got posted, and I went to look to see what I needed to do to apply and apparently with my old resume on file all I needed to do was click a button. Oops. I'll apply again over the weekend with an updated resume...


-t - Jan 19, 2018 11:03:34 am PST #21185 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm validatin credit card statements, and an employee I don't know just became my favorite by noting "A lot of butter, I don't remember why" in his explanation for a receipt. Coded under Culinary Experimental Material, so legit, but funny.


Consuela - Jan 19, 2018 11:06:41 am PST #21186 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

How did you handle the altitude?

With Diamox, I forget the scientific name. It speeds up acclimitization, although the side effect is that you pee a LOT, like constantly. But even with Diamox and 7 days at altitude, getting up to 19,400 ASL was hella hard. I had a headache at the summit, although I didn't get confused or anything.

We did have a couple of people have trouble with the altitude, but we had the meds and the expertise to address it, courtesy of the guides and mybrotherthedoctor. It all worked out. By rights I should be exercising right now, to take advantage of my increased cardiac fitness, but I have a sinus infection and all I want to do is sleeep....