In other news, I just found out from my company's owner that the program I've worked on for the bulk of the past, oh, 15 years has received a 100% score across all domains and benchmarks by the Texas Adoption Review Committee, and has been recommended for adoption by Texas preschools!
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2020 1:11:40 pm PDT #22752 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
meara - Jun 24, 2020 1:38:32 pm PDT #22753 of 30019
That's awesome, Matt!!
I just had a person come to give an estimate on astroturfing my side yard. Apparently it's below their $3k minimum, but I could just pay the minimum, or they could add in some nice stairs for me in the part between my patio and the side (currently it's some flattish boulders—doable but not super easy or nice in the rain) and it would be $3500. Or I could try to do it on my own/with friends (the putting down gravel, compacting, adding astroturf and sand and nailing to the ground, not the creating steps part). It seems fairly simple but that involves organizing friends and gathering all the supplies and hoping it doesn't look too bad.
Theodosia - Jun 24, 2020 1:50:25 pm PDT #22754 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"
Matt, having worked in the textbook biz for quite a while, I have a good idea just how important that 'adoption' by TX is!
msbelle - Jun 24, 2020 1:56:17 pm PDT #22755 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
that's great Matt.
what is currently in your side yard meara?
shrift - Jun 24, 2020 2:14:58 pm PDT #22756 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm currently assembling an office chair and it is not going well. I put the back in wrong so the tension controls don't work, and now I can't figure out how to get the back OFF so I can put it in correctly. So now I'm peering at instructions online.
msbelle - Jun 24, 2020 2:28:41 pm PDT #22757 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hivemind question.
I have looked and cannot find a match, but thought you all might have some insight. I have a friend whose pic on FB is now what looks like section of a flag with 3 stripes. They are from top to bottom Green/Purple/Yellow. Friends pronouns are E/Em/Eir and name has gone from Daniel to Dan to Dani in the last couple of years. Dani is married to a gay man. I have always know Dani as a gay man.
-t - Jun 24, 2020 2:29:02 pm PDT #22758 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Congrats, Matt!
Oh, no, shrift. Good luck
I have my last furlough day tomorrow (using vacation time so I will get paid). I need to go grocery shopping, and I should definitely do yard work. Hopefully I will not sleep all day. Again.
Steph L. - Jun 24, 2020 2:35:34 pm PDT #22759 of 30019
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
They are from top to bottom Green/Purple/Yellow.
I think that's a Pride flag for trigender.
shrift - Jun 24, 2020 2:43:02 pm PDT #22760 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh, no, shrift. Good luck
The fucker will NOT. COME. OFF.
shrift - Jun 24, 2020 2:52:16 pm PDT #22761 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I guess I'll wait until their help line opens up tomorrow to call and ask what the hell I'm supposed to do now.