Have completed my pre-dawn raid on my cubicle. Spoils include a keyboard, mouse, steno pad, and 3-month calendar, a couple of pens, and my poor bedraggled plants. Zero humans encountered.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'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.
-t - Mar 23, 2020 5:03:50 am PDT #18452 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Mar 23, 2020 5:06:30 am PDT #18453 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Second-round luck to Matilda! That all seems really complicated. Hey, Hec, did y'all actually take possiession of your new bed, am I remembering that right?
Amy - Mar 23, 2020 5:18:10 am PDT #18454 of 30019
Because books.
I'm so sorry, David -- I thought you mentioned something about the public school (or neighborhood school?) having a decent film program.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2020 5:19:53 am PDT #18455 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That all seems really complicated.
The SFUSD school assignment process is an absolute nightmare. Which is why Emmett went to school in the East Bay and I spent 12 years of my life on the Bay Bridge.
Hey, Hec, did y'all actually take possiession of your new bed, am I remembering that right?
We did! Jacqueline has exclusive use of it at the moment. I get to sleep on the lumpy couch and wake up at 4:30am in a rage about Matilda's school assignments.
Couch surfing your way through a quarantine sucks. JZ and Matilda get rooms. I get my nerdhole.
sj - Mar 23, 2020 5:36:55 am PDT #18456 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The MA governor has ordered all non-essential businesses to close.
Toddson - Mar 23, 2020 5:47:08 am PDT #18457 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The DC mayor has closed most of the roads around the Tidal Basin with police turning people away. Some of them just HAD to see the cherry blossoms. I saw photos and it was fairly crowded - no social distancing. Meanwhile, for those who want to see the blossoms but prefer not to go there, the Park Service has the live bloom cam. I sent it around to people in the office who are at home. Also, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has a number of live cams, which I predicted would keep a kid occupied for FIVE WHOLE MINUTES ... which is more than most parents would get otherwise.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2020 5:47:38 am PDT #18458 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If they are using the same list as Somerville, "essential" covers an awful lot of areas, for what that's worth.
I get to sleep on the lumpy couch and wake up at 4:30am in a rage about Matilda's school assignments.
Oh that sounds fun. Hang in there! (Do you know anyone who can lend you an air mattress?)
Have completed my pre-dawn raid on my cubicle. Spoils include a keyboard, mouse, steno pad, and 3-month calendar, a couple of pens, and my poor bedraggled plants. Zero humans encountered.
I was really glad we had some notice at my office, and they explicitly said the Friday was for getting ready for WFH. Of course, I still didn't get a monitor, but I have one now!
msbelle - Mar 23, 2020 5:47:48 am PDT #18459 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Just found out via FB that I now know 4 likely positive people. The 3 other than JZ are in NYC and cannot get tested because they are having mild symptoms and not elderly, otherwise compromised, or public facing essential workers.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2020 5:48:19 am PDT #18460 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Meanwhile, for those who want to see the blossoms but prefer not to go there, the Park Service has the live bloom cam.
Oh wow!
Toddson - Mar 23, 2020 5:57:23 am PDT #18461 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been coming in to the office - the only person here since I can't get internet access at home - and I am serving a purpose. People were supposed to forward their office phones to their cell phones but, of course, some forgot and one person had not completed the process. Meanwhile, I take in the mail and I've learned to process checks (which is all done electronically), so we're staying solvent. I'm also handling calls from people who don't know which individual they need to deal with - those I have email the responsible person. I'm going to the grocery store once a week for what's left on the shelves; Saturday I stopped by the grocery store and scored a pack of toilet paper (just one for me) and told my neighbors where they could get some. Otherwise, I'm not getting close to much of anyone ... which isn't actually all that different from my usual life.