I wasn't able to arrange any Fat Tuesday shenanigans with my best friend and the Mrs. since work interfered, but I'm about to go home to dress up and head over to the Mardi Gras party at the fine dining restaurant down the street and enjoy crawfish etouffee and Creole cabbage rolls.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 13, 2018 2:43:22 pm PST #22151 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2018 2:56:17 pm PST #22152 of 30002
brillig
I've got $500 worth of boxes being delivered from Ikea tomorrow, but this was the best purchase.
The rest of my week will be big jigsaw puzzles. I love jigsaw puzzles.
shrift - Feb 13, 2018 3:25:07 pm PST #22153 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
This morning my manager asked me to think about whether I wanted to move into program management or people management. I have no idea if I'd be good at people management?!
YOU GUYS! I forgot to post the best thing!
Ha ha! Now I want dirty cookies! I guess I will settle for the 8 1/2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies I have, though.
(sick time when you've been placed on a PIP seems like a bad idea)
Ugh, I'm sorry that you've been placed on a PIP, Atropa.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2018 4:59:32 pm PST #22154 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I've got $500 worth of boxes being delivered from Ikea tomorrow, but this was the best purchase.
Hey, Happy Birthday, Connie!
Gudanov - Feb 13, 2018 5:18:19 pm PST #22155 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I've got $500 worth of boxes being delivered from Ikea tomorrow
That's a lot of boxes.
Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2018 5:27:08 pm PST #22156 of 30002
brillig
That's a lot of boxes.
9 of them! No more milk crates in the living room!
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2018 5:49:34 pm PST #22157 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Just last year (or maybe end of 2016? recently, is what I'm saying) we swapped out our kitchen Stack O' Milk Crates for Ikea shelving.
What amuses me endlessly is that the shelving is named Omar. I've never watched even 1 minute of The Wire, and yet I know that nobody better mess with our shelves. (Or, you know, you come at our shelves, you best not miss.)
Connie Neil - Feb 13, 2018 5:54:38 pm PST #22158 of 30002
brillig
The milk crates that were holding the comics are buckling under the weight, so those will get donated. I've got a bunch of actual dairy milk crates that I'll stash in the closet. They're too sturdy to get rid of.
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2018 5:58:28 pm PST #22159 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Our milk crates were real milk crates, too -- very sturdy. Tim took 2x4s (or some other lumber length) and attached them vertically to the back of 4 milk crates stacked on top of each other, so they were all held together and in no danger of toppling independently. So when we got Omar, I assumed we'd just throw out the milk crate tower. But before we put it on the curb on trash night, Tim took the power washer to it so that it was cleaned off for whoever might claim it. And sure enough, within half an hour of it sitting on the curb, it was gone. I hope it's serving its new owner well.
Gudanov - Feb 13, 2018 6:05:09 pm PST #22160 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
No milk crates, but there are a couple of handmade shelves. One I made out of scrap wood from another project, and another I made because it needed to hold heavy books and the cheap shelves weren't sturdy enough.