Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
I woke up this morning with red itchy eyes. It is NOT COOL for me to be suffering spring allergies when it is still also flu season. STAY IN YOUR LANE, NATURE.
DO NOT Google your symptoms for recent news stories.
So, I see a fair amount at the library, but until today had not seen a chair-throwing girl fight.
Wow! I've seen some serious hair pulling, but no chair throwing.
Very unpleasant things happened near my workplace today, but I don't want to dwell.
This may be of interest to some here. [link] Crowd-sourcing the transcription of old SCOTUS notes.
There was an unfortunate headline in my work e newsletter today. "Student Activities brings some furry love to campus for Valentines Day." They are having therapy dogs.
That... is quite a headline.
There may be a small, greatly disappointed group of students at your school, Sophia.
Connie, your purchase is adorable!
I don't have any milkcrate shelves at the moment. But I do have a few bookcases that date back to my high school years in the mid-80s. (Plus several acquired in years since.) The '80s bookcases are cheap particle board, so I'm kind of surprised they've survived decades of heavy use and several moves. If I ever own a place, I'd love to swap them out for built-ins.
The kidlit world has been talking about sexual harassment in the last few weeks, and apparently Jay Asher is one of the harassers: [link]
I'm sort of crushed at the same time as horrified. He's a great, sensitive writer. How on earth does he not know sexual harassment is wrong?
How horrible Amy.
Hivemind - CJ needs your wisdom/creativity. He is trying to get Chik-fil-a delivered to his sweetheart in Rockford, IL. He has tried Grubhub and UberEats with no luck. Of course he leaves this to the last minute - any ideas?