We've had heavy rain - torrential downpour type rain - but it's coming in waves. It'll be sunny and then, not too long after, the rain's so heavy the air's almost opaque.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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.
Toddson - Apr 13, 2020 11:37:45 am PDT #19726 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sheryl - Apr 13, 2020 12:10:46 pm PDT #19727 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Mr. S's PEP teacher sent a link to some educational games and such, and he's been playing them on and off. Of course, with his tendency towards getting frustrated easily, it's been a mixed bag of results.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2020 12:26:50 pm PDT #19728 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So is there a special technique to wearing masks without fogging up your glasses?
Hil R. - Apr 13, 2020 12:31:58 pm PDT #19729 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So is there a special technique to wearing masks without fogging up your glasses?
Supposedly, fold down the top, or put some tissues in between the mask and your cheeks, next to your nose. I've been making ones that have a pipe cleaner sewn in at the top, so that you can mold it to fit right against your face, and that seems to help a lot.
Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2020 12:32:39 pm PDT #19730 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Hil R. - Apr 13, 2020 12:34:18 pm PDT #19731 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There's been some rumors about furloughs here. No one knows what will happen fall semester.
I've been planning on using this summer to start up a genealogy business. Probably should get started on that. Though this is also a really bad time to be starting a business for non-necessities.
askye - Apr 13, 2020 1:07:25 pm PDT #19732 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
I can't believe I put returning to work in May it seemed so far away and now it' seems like I should have put Aug. I don't know . I guess worst case I get denied and have to appeal. I'm trying not to to think about it too much. The stimulus check will help a bunch and the help I've gotten from buffistas has been good.
Although if this goes into August then I guess I'll be out of a job completely. And I still haven't been able to get in touch with the HR manager at work about the W2 info I need. I'm going to call the store manager tomorrow.
amych - Apr 13, 2020 1:19:20 pm PDT #19733 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hil, think of it as starting a business that serves people who have sudden extra time on their hands, not as a business for non-necessities. And if you're able to get it going while it can still be a side thing (whether that's before furlough or a furlough doesn't come), the risk is much less.
amych - Apr 13, 2020 1:20:03 pm PDT #19734 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
separately, {{askye}}. that's a lot to have hanging over you, and I'm shaking my fist at them for not getting you all your info before now.
askye - Apr 13, 2020 1:40:24 pm PDT #19735 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
And I'm tired of feeling like I'm living in the prequel of a some dystopian novel or tv series or movie. It sucks because it's been this slow motion slide since the election and it just keeps getting worse.Some of the things I thought would happen didn't but it took a lot of work and effort for them not to happen and now I feel like we are on the verge of just.. I want to punch people in the throat.