I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.

River ,'Safe'


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 - Apr 26, 2021 10:25:50 am PDT #5894 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sorry, Dana. Hope it's not too much hassle.


Calli - Apr 26, 2021 11:36:50 am PDT #5895 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope your commute isn't too onerous, Dana.

We're looking at going nearly fully face to face in fall semester. We have a number of non-US students who might run into difficulties getting back here, so we're keeping plans for hybrid and whatnot available. And apparently a handful of instructors had a good experience and are like, "But what if . . . we didn't?" That was kind of unexpected. Still no word on when my team's expected back or how often. I'm hoping we'll move from a 4-days in the office, 1-day work from home week to more of a 2/3 split. It would help me keep my workout routine going, as well as saving on gas.


NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2021 12:05:38 pm PDT #5896 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

I moved my company out of our building in Pasadena and now we are all 90% remote and staying that way. We have a warehouse space in Valencia with a small office now. Each of my full timers helps cover that office, which for most of them works out to one 10 AM to 4 PM shift in the warehouse office every other week.


Laura - Apr 26, 2021 12:21:27 pm PDT #5897 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

After over 20 years of having a physical office we dumped it altogether almost 10 years ago. Should have done so sooner! Yes, I still have to deal with too much stuff stored in my back room and attic, but that is just my avoidance of tossing out or donating stuff that my frugal self still thinks should have value. There is a certain social aspect to being at the office that I miss, but now that I am all vaxed I can visit my customer offices as much as I want to get that social fix. IP phones was the only thing we needed to make the jump.


NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2021 12:42:55 pm PDT #5898 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

We were pretty well positioned to go remote. Everyone was already on laptops since we used them on jobs sites. The staff is also used to long periods away from the office when projects take them out of town. Beyond that we had been using online collaboration tools like Slack and Asana already so the transition when pretty smoothly. We need the warehouse space for the gear, but now it is truly a warehouse space.


Dana - Apr 26, 2021 1:28:47 pm PDT #5899 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Apparently the CEO, who is in the northeast somewhere, is big on "face time."


JenP - Apr 26, 2021 1:37:58 pm PDT #5900 of 30000

Great that you can keep that model, Drew.

Good luck, Dana and Calli, on your returns.

I did my mock interview today - went great, and it was an hour and a half! Too bad it wasn't actually for the job. But it's been a while since I've done a real interview, so it was good... exercise.

Beautiful day here. I should go for a walk, but I'm wiped out, so instead, I'm watching Stowaway on Netflix and eating pasta. As you do.


Jessica - Apr 26, 2021 1:52:52 pm PDT #5901 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Officially our blanket permission to WFH expires at the end of June, but I think most individual orgs will decide to continue allowing folks to work flexibly. My co-workers are spread across 5 cities in 3 continents so it's not as though working full time from the office would reduce the number of video conference calls we all have.


Sheryl - Apr 26, 2021 2:12:02 pm PDT #5902 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I'm not sure how much more teleworking I'll be doing from now on, as the head of the lab wants all of us in the lab every day.(Not that I was doing much on the one telework day a week I got, as my job doesn't travel well)


dcp - Apr 26, 2021 2:49:28 pm PDT #5903 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Three more signs of Spring:

  • the maple seeds are blowing around
  • the apartment complex mowed the grass for the first tine this year
  • I had to turn on the air conditioning