Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.

'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2024 8:53:25 am PDT #1627 of 3431
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I work with Linux systems, and the outage today only affected Windows systems, so I wasn’t DIRECTLY affected by it, thank god. (I did bring in muffins for the Windows team that sits two rows over from me).

Even still, seeing the news this morning caused me to freak the fuck out. Next time I won’t be as lucky, and it’s only a matter of time before it happens.


Jessica - Jul 19, 2024 10:01:06 am PDT #1628 of 3431
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

A bunch of our vendor-facing retail tools are down right now, and BOY what a relief it is to be able to tell them that unlike in 2017, this is DEFINITELY not Amazon's fault.


DavidS - Jul 19, 2024 10:42:04 am PDT #1629 of 3431
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Aimee posted on FB that she's been stranded for 7 hours at the start of her trip because of the outage.


Dana - Jul 19, 2024 10:42:35 am PDT #1630 of 3431
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I saw someone on Twitter claiming that Southwest isn't affected because they still use Windows 3.1, and I can't tell if that's a joke.


askye - Jul 19, 2024 10:52:16 am PDT #1631 of 3431
Thrive to spite them

Ugh. I bought several Hanes cooling t shirts. They had good reviews and recommendations and for awhile they did what they were supposed to. The fabric gets cold

But today it just was holding in the heat and I had to be in the back room longer than normal and so I got really hot. And sweaty. I thought I had cooled down ok I even changed shirts (there was a clean one in my car I've been meaning to take inside) and I started getting brain foggy. I did finally stop for lunch.

It's not the hottest day it's been but it's very humid. Lunch as been some chicken salad, celery sticks, yogurt, watermelon (maybe I might save it for a snack) and I got a electrolyte drink mix that I mixed with electrolyte water . I am feeling a little better.


erikaj - Jul 19, 2024 11:07:06 am PDT #1632 of 3431
Always Anti-fascist!

Asking for -ma for my mom's friend's grandson...it's a saga, apparently, and not mine to post anyway, but thought I'd ask for a good thought for Branden, anyway.


NoiseDesign - Jul 19, 2024 11:16:45 am PDT #1633 of 3431
Our wings are not tired

I have so much work to do, and my motivation to be doing it is...not great.


Jessica - Jul 19, 2024 11:31:33 am PDT #1634 of 3431
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I'm going on vacation in two hours and people keep wanting me to do my job, which just seems mean of them.


meara - Jul 19, 2024 11:50:04 am PDT #1635 of 3431

My computer started working again. I think my east coast colleagues had given up for the day (fair!) but I feel like I probably have to do some work this afternoon. Boooooo


Calli - Jul 19, 2024 3:23:26 pm PDT #1636 of 3431
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Much ~ma for Branden, erikaj.

I was supposed to be flying up to see my niece’s family, and that didn’t happen. They were able to get me on a flight for tomorrow, so that’s nice. As I was waiting in the support queue for ~4 hours this morning (on my phone, while slounging on my sofa) I was extremely grateful that I wasn’t working a Delta customer service desk today.