That's disturbing. You're emotionally scarred and will end up badly.

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


flea - Nov 17, 2016 11:22:04 am PST #2373 of 30002
information libertarian

I have been waking up at 3am every day for the last week. Like, up for the day at 3am. This means I am basically a toddler-style disaster by about dinnertime.

Casper, my very smart child, is currently rocking an F in math due to not doing homework, and a D in latin due to getting Ds on all her tests despite a weekly $40 an hour tutor. SIGH.


Sparky1 - Nov 17, 2016 11:29:11 am PST #2374 of 30002
Librarian Warlord

Oh, Casper. Really, it's easier to just do the work now. Sigh, indeed.

For this trip, we all had to go downtown to get K a new passport because we suddenly noticed she only had 5 months left on hers and six months is required to get on the plane. FTR, yes, you can get a whole new passport in 24 hours or less so long as you can get an appointment and your ass to one of the passport agency offices, of which, there are not many.


-t - Nov 17, 2016 11:49:50 am PST #2375 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

a last minute "quick meeting" that DOESN'T change anything significant? Feels like high blood pressure for no reason to me.

I'm not sure which is worse. Glad it's not ongoing stress, I guess?

HAPPY JILLI DAY I'm gonna change into my Cranky Pants when I get home in your honor.

Have fun, Sparky1!

Good luck with dealing with the reorg, Suzi. It's stressful for the people who don't get laid off, too, you are allowed to complain!

Oh, Casper.

Oh, crap, despite y'all seemingly reminding me every time I turn around I STILL have not renewed my passport. I think it expires in December. I'd better google what to do right now...


Toddson - Nov 17, 2016 12:10:25 pm PST #2376 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Happy Birthday Jilli!


Atropa - Nov 17, 2016 12:12:41 pm PST #2377 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Casper, kiddo. Do not do what I did one year and completely fail math because I never did my homework. It's a trick that doesn't pay off.


Laura - Nov 17, 2016 12:33:05 pm PST #2378 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

That whole just do the damn homework in a timely fashion lesson is a tough one to sink in.


Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2016 12:35:43 pm PST #2379 of 30002
brillig

It's very sad when the free pie in the lunch room is not only not good pie, but is bad pie. Whatever bakery they went to used the absolute wrong apples in the apple pie. Perhaps that's why there was so much pie left over from the other department's shindig that it was put before the locusts of Tech Support.


Gudanov - Nov 17, 2016 12:56:56 pm PST #2380 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

That whole just do the damn homework in a timely fashion lesson is a tough one to sink in.

Yeah. We're trying to get L to learn that one too. I've started having daily scrum meetings with him and tracking his homework on a Kanban board. It's very software-development-y but it seems to be helping.


shrift - Nov 17, 2016 1:22:31 pm PST #2381 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I had a reasonably good meeting with my manager today, and he told me that he wanted me to be more aggressive with our team. I told him to remember he asked for this during our next annual review period.


Steph L. - Nov 17, 2016 1:24:15 pm PST #2382 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

he told me that he wanted me to be more aggressive with our team.

That's code for "bring your chainsaw to work."