So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?

Wesley ,'Chosen'


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.


Theodosia - Apr 11, 2018 2:32:44 pm PDT #24336 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I can actually see how that would be useful. Bug detection, as it were.


-t - Apr 11, 2018 3:28:09 pm PDT #24337 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The write up mentioned hidden hard drives and flash drives.


Calli - Apr 11, 2018 3:57:16 pm PDT #24338 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Health~ma for your BiL, Sue.

The Sears' Catalog of days gone by had the right idea.

Oh, yes. I want a few colors of Bermuda shorts for the summer in 2x. Finding them in a local store would be next to impossible. Online, I can get them in a variety of cloth and color options.


sarameg - Apr 11, 2018 5:03:10 pm PDT #24339 of 30002

Oh crap. I'm down to 2 top candidates and hr is weighing in with diversity factor in close calls (which I am totally pro) but was completely invisible to me, so not really an unconscious bias factor at play, at least for me (in fact, an unconscious bias I'd be prone towards against social,uhg, norms, given my background, had I a clue) but means I'm going to have to come up with words rather than what my gut said in the shower tomorrow morning if I don't chose her (it's really up to me, everyone else agrees any would fit, it's just going to be my minion, thus my call.)

It's fair, and I'm glad my work is trying, given how damned white male my field is and how many not white guysI've seen dropped or driven to the wayside.

So, minor whine.


Laura - Apr 12, 2018 3:43:28 am PDT #24340 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Understand the whine, but sounds workable.

We found out more detail on the head coach decision from a couple people on the decision committee. They told DH that everyone agreed that he was the absolute best choice, but the principal said she had made up her mind that she would not consider a white coach. Period. First, I am still relieved because I didn't really want him to get it, except that I know he loves the sport and the kids, and would do great. But I am really annoyed that the reason was so absurd. The principal has issues, not the kids. The overwhelming majority of the kids DH has coached have been black. Some had issues with prejudice, but probably less than the adult population. And they worked through it. There is more I could say about this principal, but the issues there are a big part of why I felt it was never going to be a good fit. Oh well. I really hope they are successful. In his couple years with the program he got more kids scholarships than they managed in the previous 40. The people left there don't have the relationships with the scouts and college coaches that DH does, so I don't know. Several parents have already decided to move to other schools, and really they should if they want the best outcome. Sad situation.


Connie Neil - Apr 12, 2018 5:52:22 am PDT #24341 of 30002
brillig

I have outlived my oldest sister. It's a strange time of life, this age. Kind of like crossing No Man's Land with a lackadaisical gunner on the other side.


msbelle - Apr 12, 2018 6:02:56 am PDT #24342 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Having an anxiety attack at work. Moving from freaking out to crying. Do not like. Do not recommend. Please to let me runaway forever.


Gudanov - Apr 12, 2018 6:10:31 am PDT #24343 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

Ugh. So sorry, msbelle. That sounds rough. Deep breaths and lots of ~ma.


-t - Apr 12, 2018 6:25:34 am PDT #24344 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 sorry, msbelle. I am all for you getting away from there, fwtw.


Amy - Apr 12, 2018 6:30:32 am PDT #24345 of 30002
Because books.

Can you take a minute and step out, msbelle? Or even go the bathroom?