Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

'Serenity'


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.


-t - Feb 02, 2024 9:49:16 am PST #28416 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wikipedia says 9 out of a planned 10 have been published. 9 is the last one I heard about but have not read. I think I stopped reading after 5. Man, the first one was over 30 years ago, that's wild!


Jesse - Feb 02, 2024 9:54:25 am PST #28417 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know people have real problems, but I have to write my self-eval this afternoon. I already tried using AI and that didn't help at all.


-t - Feb 02, 2024 9:57:19 am PST #28418 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My sympathies, Jesse. I barely have to do a self-eval anymore and I still hate doing it so very much. It does seem like the kind of bs AI should be good for!


Jesse - Feb 02, 2024 11:01:07 am PST #28419 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good news -- I figured out the method last year, and it still works! When I do my annual goals, I put them in a table with a second column of planned activities. Now I just have to add a third column and respond to all of the activities. It's boring, but at least it's easy.


JenP - Feb 02, 2024 11:01:28 am PST #28420 of 30000

I call bullshit, AI! Self-evaks should be a snap!


Jesse - Feb 02, 2024 11:02:04 am PST #28421 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Shockingly, what AI produced was even more boring than what I just did, AND sounded less confident!


Laura - Feb 02, 2024 11:03:06 am PST #28422 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Wait, what? I know the TV show will end after the next season, but I thought the series was still ongoing. (Outlander) Does this mean I should actually force myself to finish book 10, which I got about 10% into and more or less died of boredom?

Ooops, I thought they had ended.


-t - Feb 02, 2024 11:12:46 am PST #28423 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Easy but boring is pretty okay as far as onerous tasks go


-t - Feb 02, 2024 11:23:11 am PST #28424 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK, this is kind of funny. Remember how my reward for 10 years at my company was 100 points on this proprietary website? I just got 200 pts for winning the Q3 cooking contest (I am pretty sure no one else entered, I made vegan pumpkin pies using a recipe and equipment from one of our brands and wanted to document it is the only reason I submitted anything). I don't know how to turn that into motivation to do my job.


Jessica - Feb 02, 2024 11:35:36 am PST #28425 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I know people have real problems, but I have to write my self-eval this afternoon. I already tried using AI and that didn't help at all.

You have my thoughts and prayers!