as you stopped by my house yesterday.

we had that group in our old neighborhood too. the fourth time they came by, I told them that I was deaf. Serves me right that they had someone who knew basic ASL, and I had to play it out.

I am a corporate drone for the gov't.

This means I get less vacation than gov't people and less money than corporate and every login threatens me with federal detention.

Wheee!

What was Goddard's first ep?

Har. Sometimes I want to move to Seattle and work at the Evil Empire. But then, I realize that I have no skills that they would want.

You're a lawyer, right?

Jilli, isn't there dry cleaning drop off/pick up in my old building? At the espresso stand?

Selfless, I think D-J

Vaughan has it as CWDP, why did I think he was before the 7th season?

Drew Goddard?

1st episode of Buffy? Angel? Alias? Lost?

Buffy.

It was Selfless which is in season 7 but before CWDP.

Huh. He and I are both wrong.

Susan, can you have a small fan at your desk? That you could point facing away from you, so that powerful scents don't make it to you?

Also, would it make you look like too much of a nutter to keep a small dish/tupperware of coffee beans on your desk, for emergency aroma-cleansing? That's why Lush stores have the coffee beans -- your nose can get overwhelmed by all the smells, and the coffee beans sort of re-set your sniffer.

I think getting into the vast realm of fabric softeners, detergents, deodorants, hairsprays, soaps, etc. with scents that cling to the wearer is kind of a non-starter.)

Heh. I was once given a ride home from the airport by someone -- this is after I had been flying for 6+ hours and had been awake and moving about for at least 12 hours (meaning, any lingering scent of soap, shampoo, etc., was not really lingering or even still in existence). I got in her car, and she looked at me, reached down and flipped on one of those car ionic breeze things, POINTED IT AT ME, and then looked at me expectantly, as if waiting for me to ask what it was. Since I knew what it was, and I really wanted to get back to my own home, I didn't say anything.

Finally she said, "It's an ionic breeze; it gets rid of offensive odors!" Mind you, this was after she had pointed it straight at me.

If I had been willing to put up with the hassle of getting my bags out of her trunk and then lugging them back to the terminal so I could get a taxi, I would have. But I was exhausted, and, again, just wanted the comforts of my own (apparently STINKY) home, so I just said, "Huh."

Not only have I never accepted a ride from her again, I avoid her whenever it's remotely possible. I get that some people have legitimate, health- or life-threatening allergies to fragrances. And a car ionic breeze (if they actually are effective at "cleaning" the air) is a good way to deal with one's own personal allergy. You just don't have to be a dick about it, after YOU OFFERED to give me a ride.