Happy Birthday to quester, Emily, and B! Big day up in here.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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.
JenP - Dec 28, 2023 1:12:09 pm PST #27703 of 30000
Calli - Dec 28, 2023 3:26:51 pm PST #27704 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m sorry about the fraught situation with your dad, Pix.
Lisah, I’m so sorry about your cat.
Just got back from the family Christmas festivities. There are three kids under five involved, so the chaos level is high. It’s fun for the short period I’m there, but it definitely wipes my introverted self right out. Now I’m home under the cat, waiting for a pizza.
-t - Dec 28, 2023 3:33:55 pm PST #27705 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh. Just got an email from a head of brand asking myteam to do something by next Wednesday that I, for one, do not see how we could possibly do it or why we would even be involved, but my boss has taken the rest of today and tomorrow off, and my other teammate is gone for the day and our VP is on vacation. I'm not going to answer. Hopefully someone else will check their email by tomorrow. If no one else says anything by EOD tomorrow I will just panic, I guess.
dcp - Dec 28, 2023 3:43:55 pm PST #27706 of 30000
I have grown older, but not up.
I, for one, do not see how we could possibly do it or why we would even be involved,
How about replying, "This needs to be cleared by [boss], and they won't be available until Monday" with a separate email punting the issue to [boss] saying, "Do you know why they think we should be involved? Do you know who the right team is, to do this work?
My last boss was very averse to any team trying to dump their work on us. Helping out was okay -- if they asked nicely, and cleared it in advance.
-t - Dec 28, 2023 4:04:27 pm PST #27707 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I may say something like that tomorrow (although "until Tuesday" because holiday) if no one else responds. The request is to my whole team and our VP and the sales team and some of Marketing and maybe someone in one of those groups is working tomorrow and knows who this would belong to.
DavidS - Dec 28, 2023 6:00:19 pm PST #27708 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maine has kicked Trump off the ballot for sedition.
This is all going to be decided by Trump's Supreme Court, but I'm enjoying this part.
Matilda and I cleaned house today and ate leftover Bouef Bourguignon, which I recommend on a dreary December day.
I'm very sorry about your kitty, lisah. It is heartbreaking.
quester - Dec 28, 2023 10:18:00 pm PST #27709 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
thanks for the birthday happies!
Pix, awful have the whole country between you and you dad and his care. lisah, sorry for your loss.
Shir - Dec 29, 2023 12:43:17 am PST #27710 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
lisah, I'm so sorry. My condolences.
Pix, all of the ~mas to you, your dad, and Drew.
And thank you, everyone, for your words.
Having an office near Tel Aviv means I have coworkers there, as I've mentioned.
Do you know where are they located?
Steph L. - Dec 29, 2023 8:06:29 am PST #27711 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Holy shit, Ohio's republican governor just vetoed a bill that would have banned gender-affirming health care! I'm stunned. And so, so grateful. Wow!
Laura - Dec 29, 2023 9:09:33 am PST #27712 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That really was stunning. I thought I had misread the news alert. Nice to be surprised.