Worried about you, ND.
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
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.
-t - Mar 11, 2020 3:12:39 am PDT #17376 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fred Pete - Mar 11, 2020 3:32:22 am PDT #17377 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
My agency is business as usual for now, but the division director told us at a (regularly scheduled) staff meeting yesterday that we should be ready to start teleworking on little or no advance notice. I'm already teleworking 2-3 times a week for medical reasons, and I recently put in a formal request to telework 4 days a week because commuting takes so much out of me.
On the other hand, I've also started the retirement process. I haven't officially committed to any particular day, but it feels momentous.
Toddson - Mar 11, 2020 4:37:31 am PDT #17378 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On the completely not related side, I felt that there are SOME on this board who might be interested in a bat tea set, available in aqua or pink.
-t - Mar 11, 2020 5:15:30 am PDT #17379 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. Work just canceled a potluck scheduled for next week out of "an abundance of caution". I am mostly befuddled because I hadn't heard there was one scheduled.
sj - Mar 11, 2020 5:27:08 am PDT #17380 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm volunteering at the library bookstore today and the new person running things has decided we need two people per shift. Do not want. I enjoy talking to the customers about their books, but I also enjoy the quiet in between customers and the browsing time. I do not want to make small talk for 2 hours.
flea - Mar 11, 2020 5:43:50 am PDT #17381 of 30019
information libertarian
So, I just found out on Facebook that my old friend's partner's father has died of Covid-19. He was in one of the affected Seattle nursing homes.
sj - Mar 11, 2020 5:44:58 am PDT #17382 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Why do people think "what is your disability?" And "is there anything you can do about it?" is small talk?
Jessica - Mar 11, 2020 5:47:01 am PDT #17383 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sending university students home seems RIDICULOUSLY short-sighted to me. Those students have already been exposed to each other. You don't contain a pandemic by suddenly putting thousands of potential disease vectors onto airplanes. The smart thing would be to implement on-campus Covid19 screenings and quarantine infected students.
(Giving students the *option* to attend classes remotely seems like a no-brainer that should have already been in place as a basic accessibility need.)
sj - Mar 11, 2020 5:51:47 am PDT #17384 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I agree, Jessica.
-t - Mar 11, 2020 6:09:07 am PDT #17385 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, jeez, I'm supposed to have my self-appraisal turned in by Monday. I don't know how that's going to happen...maybe I can throw something together tomorrow...