Our consultant supporting our forecasting software is on vacation and linked us to someone who can help while he's out, which is totally normal and expected except I just noticed that the new guys name is Brian Abel which makes his email address babel@whatever and now I'm slightly suspicious that he is not a real person...
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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 - Dec 11, 2025 4:37:53 pm PST #10540 of 12429
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Calli - Dec 11, 2025 5:21:45 pm PST #10541 of 12429
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, I get that holidays and hiring are non-mixy things. It’s just been weird. I’ve had more interview action in the past two weeks than in the previous two months. I think people were hoping to get stuff wrapped up by the end of the year and are running into, “What do you mean Bob from HR is already on vacation?” Which is frustrating for everyone except, presumably, Bob.
Oh well. I’m going with my sister to Waupun, WI, tomorrow so we can catch my great-niece’s dance recital. I’m looking forward to not sending out a single goddamn résumé for three days. And seeing my great-niece dance, of course.
-t - Dec 12, 2025 8:31:20 am PST #10542 of 12429
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, I came across a recipe for "Lobster Roll Mac and Cheese with Brioche Crumb" that calls for something called Lemon Dill Mayo Butter and I felt like I needed to get the opinions of people who are more familiar with lobster rolls and the their ways than I am on that. Thoughts?
Dana - Dec 12, 2025 8:47:36 am PST #10543 of 12429
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I wouldn't call myself a lobster roll expert, but Lemon Dill Mayo Butter sounds amazing.
JenP - Dec 12, 2025 9:47:09 am PST #10544 of 12429
I have never had a lobster roll... I would happily put Dill Mayo Butter on a lot of things, though.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2025 9:48:55 am PST #10545 of 12429
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
yeah, sounds good.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2025 9:58:53 am PST #10546 of 12429
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fuck. City came by trimming trees the last two days and absolutely butchered the tree in front of my house.
The whole canopy over the front of the house and the cover for my downstairs neighbor is gone.
It's about half the size it was before.
As you may recall, I had a professional arborist trim it back earlier this year.
So infuriating.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2025 10:03:57 am PST #10547 of 12429
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wouldn't call myself a lobster roll expert, but Lemon Dill Mayo Butter sounds amazing.
I was going to say, authenticity be damned I want some of that on everything.
David, oh no!!
dcp - Dec 12, 2025 10:10:48 am PST #10548 of 12429
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
City came by trimming trees
They trimmed the sidewalk side, not just the street side?
DavidS - Dec 12, 2025 10:13:37 am PST #10549 of 12429
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They trimmed the sidewalk side, not just the street side?
Both sides.
And I just had it trimmed!
They pruned branches up ten feet higher on the trunk.
How ugly does it look? Imagine Cher getting a bowlcut.