I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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.


sj - Mar 17, 2020 1:46:30 pm PDT #18027 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I've never had corned beef and cabbage. Normally today would be all about shamrock shakes and cupcakes from the bakery with green frosting, but I'm too paranoid to even go get those.


msbelle - Mar 17, 2020 2:03:52 pm PDT #18028 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Dinner is take-out from the Tavern again. The brick oven pizza place is closed Mon & Tues, so could support them.

The liquor store had people in it, so I did not go in to look for 60% alcohol vodka.

Shockingly the martial arts place was having a class - doesn't seem smart.


DXMachina - Mar 17, 2020 2:05:44 pm PDT #18029 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I don't know how much sense this will make without context, but it seems relevant:

Robot Takeover

Questionable Content is a terrific strip.


Steph L. - Mar 17, 2020 2:14:21 pm PDT #18030 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Questionable Content is a terrific strip.

Damn skippy.


shrift - Mar 17, 2020 2:41:00 pm PDT #18031 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I had an Amazon package that was marked as delivered yesterday, but it wasn't in my building. We had packages in our lobby for a different building, so I'm assuming it probably was misdelivered rather than stolen. I've tried calling the leasing office twice to see if I can locate it, but nobody is picking up. I can't go over there because they've asked people not to show up in person.

I think I'm going to stop now and resume dealing with this tomorrow.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2020 2:47:03 pm PDT #18032 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Happy Anniversary Laura and Brendan! I had a hard time spelling it Brendan because Brendon Urie.

I am mostly dealing with COVID related fall out at work, rather than COVID related planning, but it is brutal. Since my stress response is rage, I am rapidly losing my filter.

Today I spent dealing with

Our Program Assistant was approved to work from home and be on a rotation with other assistants. Fine, but we have a customer facing phone. I have an interim plan, a back up plan and a ticket in to telecommunications

Many emails from people with clinical placements whose hospitals NEED them to continue their clinical placements because they are near the end of their program, and they NEED first assistants in case the residents are needed elsewhere or sick. Worked out that with the Dean, came up with a process, sent it out to everyone with a note that I have a spreadsheet where I am keeping track of it, please use the spreadsheet. Two out of three people replied with "Are you keeping track of this, because I think we should..."

My new leader keeps thanking me for doing my job, and for some reason that bothers me. Like, does she think I am a moron who can't do my job? Is she shocked that I did my job? I realize this is mt issue-- she is so nice

My colleague in instructional design has been doing zoom seminars on how to zoom. We asked IT to attend. We have been trying to combine efforts and send a consistant message. Today an IT guy who did not attend went rogue and sent an email to the whole school with information that condradicted the sessions and was wrong and confusing. This guy does this all the time, so it makes me even more enraged. He is lucky I was not in charge of communicating with his boss, because my recommendation is that he needs to be fired or kept from talking to people, because he TELLS THEM WRONG THINGS and when I tell them right things they believe him and not me because he is in IT. But seriously, people who already knew how to use zoom were confused by his email

My mom is sick. It is intestinal/stomach but she has chills. She is scared. I reassured her that it couldn't be Cornoa, but she is old. What if she needs to go to the doctor or the hospital. She had to leave the phone with me to vomit, which was fun. I am strongly suggesting she not go to the eye doctor today, but she also hates me on bossy mode!

I am still confused as to why holding a daycare in our school is better than having our students in our school and other students in their own young schools?

PS- I don't really like me in bossy mode either, but here I am. I flip from a Myers-Briggs INFP to an ESTJ


Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2020 3:02:12 pm PDT #18033 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Also, I am just so allergic to the Purell and antibacterial soap we know have a work.


Laura - Mar 17, 2020 3:32:06 pm PDT #18034 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Happy Anniversary Laura and Brendan! I had a hard time spelling it

He is a Brendon!

Your poor mom and you. It is a rough time to be sick with anything.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2020 3:35:18 pm PDT #18035 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

How embassing, Laura. But now I will remember.


Zenkitty - Mar 17, 2020 5:15:47 pm PDT #18036 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Happy anniversary, Laura and Brendon!

Hi, chrismg! Good to see your font.

I've been feeling angry. It's odd. I usually respond to hardship with depression and anxiety. Last couple days, I'm just mad. Not rage, not yelling, just a low-level burn. Easily annoyed, no patience, maybe a good thing I'm not amongst humans right now. I don't know what to think about this.

It's gonna be Biden and I don't know how I feel about that either. Probably I should leave it at Better Than Tr*mp and not think about it right now.

My sister went to get a pneumonia vaccine today. She hates shots or she'd have gotten it sooner. She's very healthy, but she has a heart condition (an arrhythmia, for which she takes a beta blocker) and she's 70, and I cannot face the idea of something bad happening to her. I know it's statistically likely that someday I will have to face that. But that day better not be soon.

Why are there two Rs in arrhythmia?