Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness. Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.

'Never Leave Me'


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.


Theodosia - Jun 12, 2020 10:18:28 am PDT #22294 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"

I made a dumb mistake: bought a yogurt at the supermarket that I thought was a dairy substitute (because it was right next to all the soy- and coconut- variations) only to discover that when I'd taken a couple spoonfuls and more closely perused the label that it wasn't.

Guess it is a good thing that I wasn't planning on going much of anywhere tonight and tomorrow, and if I sleep terribly, I can sleep as late as I wanna on a Saturday...


-t - Jun 12, 2020 10:34:34 am PDT #22295 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, Theo, I'm sorry. Glad you caught it pretty quickly, hope the effects aren't too bad.

That is a good fucking question, Dana. I know "why do bad things happen to good people" has been wrestled with by deeper thinkers than me, but "why do bad things not happen to bad people" is also a conundrum.

I ordered lunch to be delivered and included a fountain diet coke (I was actually expecting a bottle or can, but whatever) and immediately knocked it over and spilled almost all of it when I went to retrieve it off my porch. Argh.


Tom Scola - Jun 12, 2020 10:44:20 am PDT #22296 of 30019
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Given the fact that hydroxychloroquine causes heart problems, coupled with the amount of cholesterol the man shoves into his mouth, I'm amazed he hasn't had a massive coronary at this point.


Laura - Jun 12, 2020 10:45:50 am PDT #22297 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Only the good die young.


chrismg - Jun 12, 2020 10:50:03 am PDT #22298 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

-t I went in for my test on Saturday afternoon and got the results sometime the Wednesday after.

Also I ordered a chicken tenders combo for delivery and it was delivered with no fries! Ow, my diamond shoes!


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 12, 2020 11:39:57 am PDT #22299 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

Only the good die young.

Also, the Devil looks after his own.


-t - Jun 12, 2020 12:13:29 pm PDT #22300 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh.my.dog.

So there's this thing, a database maybe? I don't even know, but a customer is asking us to update it with information that is apparently missing. I obviously can't do it, my salesperson doesn't have access. I kinda remember department A having something to do with it so I ping them asking whether they handle it, copying my salesperson. My salesperson hears from someone else that maybe department B knows something about it, emails them copying me. I search through my emails and find person C saying she doesn't do it anymore, but department D handles it now, so I email department D copying my salesperson. Department A loops in department E for some reason. Department B says the supervisor of Department A might know something about it, loops him in in that separate email chain. Department E loops on peron C.

Meanwhile, my note to the customer saying I'm not having any luck getting the thing updated, can I just email her some information comes back with an autoresponse that my contact is working remotely and shell answer as soon as she can

This is all just so stupid.


Sheryl - Jun 12, 2020 12:14:42 pm PDT #22301 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Feeling cranky right now. I got home from work half an hour ago, and I'm already annoyed with Mr. S.


Consuela - Jun 12, 2020 1:23:34 pm PDT #22302 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I am still super-cranky about the way they took about my GIS program without giving me the opportunity or guidance to download all my project-specific data. Which means I lost six years of project information, yay.

And I bitched about it and nobody has emailed me back and I think it's because my email might be broken? there was an all-hands email yesterday that I never got for some reason.

Bah.


-t - Jun 12, 2020 1:29:59 pm PDT #22303 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, dear, Consuela.

Well, it's been a day and a half but my work day is done and while it felt like I was getting nowhere pretty much all day I did actually accomplish some stuff. W-E-E-K-E-N-D