I can only imagine how many highly qualified federal workers have given up and left after decades of service.
We have a few friends in the State Dept who have decided to stick it out, but nobody's happy there anymore.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Jessica - Oct 02, 2019 4:08:13 am PDT #11995 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Laura - Oct 02, 2019 4:10:53 am PDT #11996 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
They are going to be needed desperately to put the pieces back together.
Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2019 5:06:44 am PDT #11997 of 30019
hwæt
The high today is supposed to reach 93°.
Tomorrow's high will be 69°.
Amy - Oct 02, 2019 5:10:22 am PDT #11998 of 30019
Because books.
{{{Fred}}}
The whole impeachment thing is scary fascinating. But beyond the spectacle, I'm worried about what happens next.
The high today is supposed to reach 93°.
I am wearing my most summery clothes, and flip-flops, and praying this is summer's last gasp. I also reserved The October Country by Ray Bradbury at the library this morning.
Consuela - Oct 02, 2019 5:14:24 am PDT #11999 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm wearing my puffy down jacket today, not just because it's cold now (49!) but I'm also going to the As game tonight...
sj - Oct 02, 2019 5:21:54 am PDT #12000 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just put the AC on because it's both warm and so humid that I can't stop sweating. But I'm drinking a spiced chai latte and trying to pretend it's Autumn.
Amy, I started a tradition a few years ago of also reading a Bradbury in October, and this year I decided to read From the Dust Returns.
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2019 5:31:49 am PDT #12001 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The high today is supposed to reach 93°.
Tomorrow's high will be 69°.
We're a day behind you -- today and tomorrow are still going to be in the 90s, but Friday's high will (ALLEGEDLY) be 70. We also haven't had significant rain in a while, so our lawn looks brown and sad. But at least I'm almost done mowing for the year.
Jessica - Oct 02, 2019 5:37:27 am PDT #12002 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am VERY unhappy with this random-summer-day-in-October bullshit, and so are my sinuses.
msbelle - Oct 02, 2019 5:55:28 am PDT #12003 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Someone told me yesterday that the temps this weekend would be in the 80s, but they are a week off. Temps for Austin this weekend (ACL baby) are highs of 94-97 with almost no clouds or breeze. Gonna be a hot one. Packing my cooling towels, hand fan, and parasol.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 02, 2019 6:03:29 am PDT #12004 of 30019
"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
Hope the kidney stone comes out as painlessly as possible, PMM!
I woke up an hour early today and still didn't make it in to work on time! I did, however, manage to clean the litter boxes and take out the trash, so I'm chalking that up as a win.