Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone!
Sorry, chrismg, I've never been to Austin.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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.
Tom Scola - Apr 03, 2020 8:36:25 am PDT #19205 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Shir - Apr 03, 2020 8:47:53 am PDT #19206 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy birthday, Tom!
aurelia - Apr 03, 2020 8:54:59 am PDT #19207 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Happy birthday, Tom!
Amy - Apr 03, 2020 9:08:45 am PDT #19208 of 30019
Because books.
Oh man, one of my contacts from St. Martin's, where I've been writing jacket copy for umpteen years, just got laid off. We're going to stay in touch personally -- I've "known" her since probably 2004 or 2005, although we've never met in person.
I hope she's going to be all right. But I'm also bummed because that means no more freelance assignments from that source for now.
msbelle - Apr 03, 2020 9:22:44 am PDT #19209 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
goodness.
I just got a call from an employee I helped the other day and she just wanted to thank me and said she is going to send a letter after this so my bosses know. so nice.
I am putting in a non-food order at Target (need an iron and board) trying to think of what else I might need.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 03, 2020 9:25:40 am PDT #19210 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
Happy Birthday Tom!
Dana, I'm waiting for the people at the company your husband is interviewing with to pull out literal hoops for him to jump through.
-t - Apr 03, 2020 10:32:16 am PDT #19211 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, fuck. Just heard about the layoffs at my company - 2 laid off and 3 furloughed from my department of (used to be) 12. Not me this time but this sucks. I've been braced for it for 3 weeks and it still hit me like a brick. I hope they got decent severance packages...we were told that the owner is taking a 30% paycut and Directors and above 10%, which is something I guess, or I suppose more of us would be out.
Also this will make my workload even heavier and the drop in orders has not lightened my load much which is totally selfish of me but there it is.
Theodosia - Apr 03, 2020 11:07:37 am PDT #19212 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Trump is just the gift that keeps giving, isn't he? Not just killing literally hundreds of thousands (potentially, and I do believe that's a sober possibility) he's managed to put 20 million out of work, lost 1/3 of the value of the stock market and I'm sure I'm forgetting even more.
msbelle - Apr 03, 2020 11:16:11 am PDT #19213 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oy -t, suckiness.
Maria - Apr 03, 2020 11:24:10 am PDT #19214 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm sorry, -t.