Happy belated to Brenda, and I haven't seen Aurelia lately, but hope her b-day is good too. I finished off Mom's birthday cake today so I guess I am in the spirit.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2025 1:04:53 pm PDT #9919 of 10286
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
-t - Oct 28, 2025 1:15:19 pm PDT #9920 of 10286
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OMG a musical about the large hadron collider?! Very exciting, even without the personal connection!
Relieved you have a job, Jess. Those numbers are whack
The VP who is retiring at the end of the month/week brought in some fancy sweets for the building so I am enjoying a cannoli, no gun
dcp - Oct 28, 2025 1:17:23 pm PDT #9921 of 10286
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
no gun
Well, no, of course not. It had to be left behind.
-t - Oct 28, 2025 1:18:52 pm PDT #9922 of 10286
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Those are the instructions
Trudy Booth - Oct 28, 2025 1:44:03 pm PDT #9923 of 10286
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Sighh.... I read "large hard-on collider" and was briefly a 12 year old boy.
Calli - Oct 28, 2025 2:16:25 pm PDT #9924 of 10286
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Aurelia!
I’m glad you dodged the ax, Jessica. 14k layoffs is nuts.
erikaj - Oct 28, 2025 3:33:31 pm PDT #9925 of 10286
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
#FuckTheBosses
aurelia - Oct 28, 2025 8:08:49 pm PDT #9926 of 10286
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Thanks for the birthday wishes! I'm in the midst of A Christmas Carol load-in, so I'm keeping things low key this evening. Take-out sushi and finishing S2 of Slow Horses.
(I have a bunch of wishes for your city too, but you know about those)
And this is much appreciated. I haven't been teargassed yet, but there has been activity within a few blocks. I carry my whistle.
meara - Oct 29, 2025 6:44:36 am PDT #9927 of 10286
I hate that I love working east coast hours. It’s so much nicer than my usual schedule, where I wake up and immediately have meetings and am frantic to catch up on emails. But I can’t do it from home (would require getting up and going to bed hella early). But when I’m out on the east coast? So nice. Wake up at a reasonable hour, when the sun is up, sit down to computer, catch up on stuff, and THEN have meetings about stuff…
askye - Oct 29, 2025 10:31:18 am PDT #9928 of 10286
Thrive to spite them
I am back to work today. I was running a little late. I had changed my alarm to go off when I normally take my meds in the morning (which is after I wake up) and turned off the other alarms for vacation. Then forgot to reset them so I was eating breakfast and realized...oh ! Oh I should be walking out the door in 5 mins. And I still needed to shower etc.
It's been busy . But I feel a lot better than I have. Even the co worker who usually annoys me the most wasn't bothering me. I'm hoping this lasts for awhile