At my previous (terrible) job, the Executive Director liked to get "creative" with staff holiday presents - one year it was three one-ounce silver bars, but one year it was stamps issued in our birth years, once it was lottery tickets, one year it was a sheet of two-dollar bills. He didn't believe in money bonuses and I was hard up that year, so I ended up chopping up the sheet (I tried a coin/bill collectible store and they wouldn't take them off my hands).
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
Toddson - Jul 02, 2024 8:20:15 am PDT #1368 of 3468
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t - Jul 02, 2024 8:40:07 am PDT #1369 of 3468
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Prius of Thebes
Prius of Theseus, surely? Ooh, are you going to paint it a different color so everyone knows you slew the minotaur?
Jessica - Jul 02, 2024 10:44:32 am PDT #1370 of 3468
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Ooh, are you going to paint it a different color so everyone knows you slew the minotaur?
Bwahaha! And yes, Theseus, not Thebes. I blame...being bad at Greek mythology, honestly. No other excuse.
-t - Jul 02, 2024 11:03:50 am PDT #1371 of 3468
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What's a couple of letters here and there between friends?
Made me think: the Seven Against Thebes, are they the good guys or the bad guys? I have no idea. Am I for Thebes? I don't know! So similar philosophical uncertainty (although perhaps not universally applicable)
DavidS - Jul 02, 2024 12:59:04 pm PDT #1372 of 3468
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Am I for Thebes? I don't know!
Officially this summer's conundrum! I Phoebe would know.
Laura - Jul 03, 2024 3:26:40 am PDT #1373 of 3468
Our wings are not tired.
Today is a Buffista day of celebration because sj was born this day! I hope you are having a wonderful birthday. May this year be filled with love and joy.
Calli - Jul 03, 2024 3:43:59 am PDT #1374 of 3468
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, sj!
flea - Jul 03, 2024 4:44:22 am PDT #1375 of 3468
information libertarian
The Seven Against Thebes is part of the Oedipus Cycle. Two sons of Oedipus are battling over the city; one solicits outside help. Everybody dies, and the aftermath is the story of Antigone. Typical cathartic Greek tragedy stuff.
lisah - Jul 03, 2024 6:15:16 am PDT #1376 of 3468
Punishingly Intricate
Happy birthday, sj!!
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2024 6:46:53 am PDT #1377 of 3468
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Happy Birthday, sj!
We have a visitation/funeral (no church mass) this morning for Tim's uncle, and Tim has some stomach badness but is insisting on going. Poor noodle. We'll see how long he lasts; we may just go for the visitation part, pay our respects, and get him back home.
My sinuses are actively trying to kill me; last week I had 7 days of antibiotics for a sinus infection, and when they were done, I still had serious pain and pressure in my sinuses that kept giving me migraines. So yesterday the doctor added 3 more days of antibiotics and 10 days of prednisone. I look forward to the burst of prednisone productivity. And my sinuses better calm the fuck down.