I got all mentally prepared, put on my earphones, and fired up the database to make some updates (because the person who usually does this for me left!), and.... I only had a half-hour in me. Ah well, better than nothing.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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.
Jesse - Dec 21, 2016 10:43:37 am PST #4259 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Dec 21, 2016 10:50:55 am PST #4260 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sigh. The orders that we started prepping for before Thanksgiving, that I told the customer we were ready to receive two weeks ago, came in today with a note that they know there is a 5 business day lead time between receiving the POs and shipping the goods but can we please expedite as a promotion is ongoing. And we will, but come on.
Mmm, Obelisk Gate. I just started the Dreamblood Duology.
Consuela - Dec 21, 2016 11:10:53 am PST #4261 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just started the Dreamblood Duology.
I really liked those, but I think Jemisin's abilities have really improved between them & the Broken Earth books. So. good.
-t - Dec 21, 2016 11:46:21 am PST #4262 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can't argue with that. I started reading her with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and fell in love, and she just gets better with each book. I guess Dreamblood just came out in one volume? When I was reading all the short stories and novellas of hers I could find I decide to pre-order this rather than getting them separately, which put me in that enjoyable drop-everything-and-read-my-new-book space when I got the notice it was available.
Pix - Dec 21, 2016 12:12:35 pm PST #4263 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
So funny. I really don't love the Broken Earth books, but I adore all her earlier work.
DavidS - Dec 21, 2016 1:38:18 pm PST #4264 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I once had a dream that Satan fell in love with a girl named Masada, and her love made him compassionate, and that made G-d so angry He tried to kill them with lightning bolts but they got away by hiding inside a mountain. I don't know why I remember that dream.
Because that would make a pretty good three issue run of Sandman.
I spent about half an hour standing around an upscale gift shop sniffing super fancy expensive candles to decide which one to get for my deluxe candle aficianado.
The winner: [link]
Jesse - Dec 21, 2016 1:51:11 pm PST #4265 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, that looks nice.
I am checking off to-do items like a motherfucker. Since work, went to TJ's, started pork spread, wrote notes to my team. Check check check!! (On the pork, I threw in a little bacon fat and a little crisco and it looks to be OK. We'll see.)
-t - Dec 21, 2016 1:56:32 pm PST #4266 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dear body
This is a stupid time to come down with a cold. Please just don't. We'll take a sick day in January if you can pull it together for the days we already have off.
beth b - Dec 21, 2016 2:29:49 pm PST #4267 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I have a cold - really, skip it
Scrappy - Dec 21, 2016 2:34:38 pm PST #4268 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just had my year-end review. I did not get a raise--and not because we are not giving raises, because "my work this year does not merit a raise." I got a $1,000 bonus, which I am not complaining about. I also got to meet with the COO, who told me that "it's not like your job is that difficult."
I am so sick of this place and of HR and can't wait to get out of here.