Oh! The game is live streaming on FB. Nearly empty stands at what would have been a sold out game.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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.
Laura - Jan 15, 2019 10:35:14 am PST #3907 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Fred Pete - Jan 15, 2019 10:38:02 am PST #3908 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
Over the past few years -- it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel sick to my stomach.
Laura - Jan 15, 2019 11:20:02 am PST #3909 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I can't disagree, Fred.
Distracting myself with watching the game and sending score reports up to MaxPreps. Good game! My team is down 43-38 at the half. New experience for them. I bet they got a taking to at half time. Watching DH talk with them now.
shrift - Jan 15, 2019 12:07:21 pm PST #3910 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Safety~ma, Laura!
I wonder how long it will take for May to resign and/or elections to be called.
If they call for elections, that's going to make my job much more interesting than I'd like it to be.
Laura - Jan 15, 2019 12:09:50 pm PST #3911 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Wow - tie 76-76 and going to overtime!
May has to be out after this.
Laura - Jan 15, 2019 12:38:39 pm PST #3912 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
And they won 93-85 in overtime. It was a real nail biter.
The Brexit situation continues to worry me more as time goes on, much like the Trump situation. History will not treat either of those votes kindly.
Jesse - Jan 15, 2019 1:03:39 pm PST #3913 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Congrats to the team, Laura, but what a sad and scary situation.
I spent the afternoon at an interesting training and then got a nice email from my big boss! So I had a good afternoon, anyway.
Sheryl - Jan 15, 2019 1:04:06 pm PST #3914 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
We had a two hour arrival leeway at work today, though I got there basically at my usual time.
Laura - Jan 15, 2019 1:29:16 pm PST #3915 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Congrats to the team, Laura, but what a sad and scary situation.
Both schools are very large schools in very rough areas. Homeless kids, kids with drug addict parents, incarcerated parents, living by couch surfing with friends or through one charity group or another. DH has headed out at early hours to drive kids to school that end up staying somewhere where they don't have a way to school, but they won't be able to play ball if they miss school. Sports is a way out for so many kids, but they can't play college ball unless they have grades. There is nothing that destroys DH more than when one of his kids just gives up and takes the easy route of selling drugs. It is hard to resist when your parents and all the people with the nice cars are doing it.
These kids, many immigrants, that fight through such conditions, get great grades, practice their sports skills relentlessly, and go forward with college scholarships inspire me every day. Mentors like Brendon give back so much. Some of the kids he coached now are college graduates giving back to their communities.
Pix - Jan 15, 2019 2:06:57 pm PST #3916 of 30019
The status is NOT quo.
Tom, from way back, Kat G and her wife are both part of LAUSD. I think the only other LA K-12 Buffista teachers here are Kat Perez and me, and we are both in private schools.