KITTY!
Ken shared this: "Today at our meeting our medical director told us to just move all of the emails from the OPM into a folder and ignore them. Union membership is climbing."
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told 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.
amyparker - Jan 29, 2025 3:18:14 pm PST #4958 of 4999
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Emily - Jan 29, 2025 3:28:01 pm PST #4959 of 4999
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I got bangs!
brenda, I think my mental image of you has bangs. So how old is that?
I went and got my hair shorter than ever before, which is nice in a lot of ways, but I haven't figured out what to do with it. I feel like it could be 20s bob, but right now it's more suburban super-organized young mom. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's not me.
I realize I'm finally ready to be experimental with my hair, but my idea of what that means dates from what the cool kids had... in the early '90s.
brenda m - Jan 29, 2025 3:30:16 pm PST #4960 of 4999
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nice. Go Ken and Ken’s Director.
My company is not shutting down any DEI programs or mission, but we did hear from our business CEO that they may have to look about how we talk about it. (I.e. the sneaky language that the OPM warned about.) I’m very much hoping that holds.
flea - Jan 29, 2025 3:31:33 pm PST #4961 of 4999
information libertarian
Today I helped my coworker through a meltdown including talking her out of buying a gun to defend her family in some kind of walking dead scenario by pointing out that a gun in the house is more likely to be used for suicide, and listened to my father urge me to tell Mr. Flea to take this “buyout” offer (which seems pretty sketch so far.)
I did get ice cream when I got home.
Theodosia - Jan 29, 2025 3:51:18 pm PST #4962 of 4999
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Nutria sound like water-rabbits, frankly.
msbelle - Jan 29, 2025 4:08:20 pm PST #4963 of 4999
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
These end of day executive orders and memos are fucking annoying. So now public schools. Fuck all of them.
Theodosia - Jan 29, 2025 4:16:17 pm PST #4964 of 4999
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
More and more he sounds like Hitler in his bunker.
Dana - Jan 29, 2025 4:25:28 pm PST #4965 of 4999
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nutria are basically rats.
It's been a long couple of days, and it's hard to feel anything but depressed and powerless.
Laura - Jan 29, 2025 4:40:40 pm PST #4966 of 4999
Our wings are not tired.
Apparently, Florida has nutria, but I don't think I have seen any. (maybe my cats saw them first?)
Kitty! Barkley sounds like an absolute delight!
Today, I got the all-clear from the eye doctor to swim, go to the beach, bend over, or do all the other previously restricted activities. So I am watching TV. Well, tomorrow is another day.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 29, 2025 5:15:20 pm PST #4967 of 4999
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
KITTY!!!!!
I am so enjoying the Japan adventures.
It sounds like our Uni has renamed a few offices, but the DEI Council I am on is still going and we had our Lunar New Year Celebration as planned.
I am sending ~ma to all those more affected.
Yay Laura to be cleared. Losing the beach would be terrible!!
I also really understand that everyone is superstressed right now, but I need everyone at work to not go to eleven for tech issues. I say that as a person who often goes to eleven. I am in this weird spot between IT and faculty/Students as an Instuctional designer and often butt heads with first line support, but when we get to level 3 support, let's just give them a moment (especially when we think the problem is that you put in an incorrect link, but you won't give us access to your video!) That is my work vent. I feel like the time in my young life when I literally grabbed an actor in a quick change by the shoulders, shook him, and shout whispered "YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN". Like, people do not need to be emailing all the deans if we don't solve something in two hours.