My no-meeting Fridays usually wind up being only-one-or-two-meetings Fridays, which is still a vast improvement over the rest of the week. Our org-level monthly No Meeting Tuesday (today!) is a hilarious joke.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2023 8:37:48 am PST #19768 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - Jan 03, 2023 9:30:28 am PST #19769 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have no meetings scheduled today, which is nice. Our key cards stopped working to open half the gates to the parking lots and most of the doors to the building, so that's fun.
Laura - Jan 03, 2023 12:24:52 pm PST #19770 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I must say that when Kevin McCarthy is having a very bad day it improves my day.
meara - Jan 03, 2023 12:37:46 pm PST #19771 of 30000
That’s a little disturbing-t! Hope it got fixed!
I really don’t want to work….also I feel all weird and shaky. I thought it would go away after I ate a slightly late breakfast, but no. Grr.
askye - Jan 03, 2023 12:58:56 pm PST #19772 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I had a dentist appointment today I thought to get a crown but it was just a filling. Took no time. And then they had an opening for a cleaning ao I did that. Glad I did because it had been over a year and my teeth really needed it. I think if I had waited much longer I would have needed a deep cleaning.
And then M is dealing with VA frustrations. He had an appointment and got prescriptions for pain meds and anti anxiety med and they mail those. But nothing arrived. I've been reminding him to call and finally he did...there is no record of the prescriptions. So now he needs another appointment which will be months away probably.
Tom Scola - Jan 03, 2023 1:07:26 pm PST #19773 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I wonder just how much the wing-nuts can piss off their own caucus before five Republicans say "fuck it" and switch parties.
-t - Jan 03, 2023 1:20:18 pm PST #19774 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We got an email that IT is working on it, it's not that we're all getting locked out on purpose. So that's something.
That's a nice thought, Tom. I'm worried that it'll swing the other way and we'll have even more gridlock and obstruction for two years. BTDT do not want another t-shirt.
Dana - Jan 03, 2023 1:22:51 pm PST #19775 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fingers crossed, I guess.
Laura - Jan 03, 2023 1:27:45 pm PST #19776 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
They were saying that if some number of Republicans voted present (maybe 10?), then Hakeem Jeffries would end up the speaker. Not going to happen, but nice to dream.
erikaj - Jan 03, 2023 2:03:28 pm PST #19777 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, I've had a supremely embarrassing life, but not like Kevin McCarthy today.