There were also, you know, the threats to commit suicide he gave to his friends and family.
The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Nov 25, 2009 5:07:40 am PST #21285 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Nov 25, 2009 5:07:49 am PST #21286 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh.
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Jessica - Nov 25, 2009 5:42:48 am PST #21287 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I'm going to take up a collection to hire the TIAA Cref cafeteria workers who have been protesting across the street for the past THREE WEEKS. I don't even need them to do any actual work, I just want the drum-beating and whistle-blowing and "honk if you support union labor" honking to STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP. I'm a huge supporter of unions and I hope they win, but HOLY MOTHER OF GOD THE WHISTLES.
msbelle - Nov 25, 2009 5:52:26 am PST #21288 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
We have a new internal system for all procurements. I am needign to use it for the first time and as far as I can tell, the FAQ and the database of products? ALL IN GERMAN!
Jessica - Nov 25, 2009 5:53:08 am PST #21289 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh dear - is it a SAP product? I've had that issue a few times. (Not the entire FAQ, but every now and then there's an error message that somebody forgot to translate.)
msbelle - Nov 25, 2009 5:55:22 am PST #21290 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
No, I think it is an internnaly built crappy lotus Notes DB thingymahoo. So completely un-intuative.
Dana - Nov 25, 2009 6:03:54 am PST #21291 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
They internally built it in German?
msbelle - Nov 25, 2009 6:08:00 am PST #21292 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I work for a German company. It is not uncommon that guidelines, meeting notes, manuals get sent out to the international branches only in German and then sometimes they get translated.
Connie Neil - Nov 25, 2009 6:15:36 am PST #21293 of 30001
brillig
NCIS: LA went to a Steampunk bar last night. I suspect the writers have seen Steampunk on the Net and haven't done much else.
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2009 6:21:51 am PST #21294 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was steampunk? I wasn't paying much attention. It just looked generically alternative.