So, I should be in bed, but am not. Good side, I think I am about to just about finish my Christmas shopping. Still have Dad to get. Bad side, will be EXTREMELY tempted to sleep in.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
msbelle - Nov 26, 2009 9:17:02 pm PST #21620 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2009 4:04:01 am PST #21621 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.
I woke up at 5:40 and couldn't get back to sleep. So I took a train to Uptown (my old neighborhood) and had steak and eggs for breakfast.
Now it's 8:03 and I have nothing to do.
Oh, it was weird riding the train, as they're on a normal rush-hour schedule but hardly anyone is riding them today....
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2009 4:15:53 am PST #21622 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.
Camels terrorize Australian outback town
Nat sez, "Six thousand marauding camels have rampaged though a small Australian outback town. Apparently there are over a million in the outback, doubling their numbers every nine years, and despoiling the ecosystems, water supplies, and Aboriginal resources. Wikipedia knows all. One proposed solution involves an export-licensed, halal-certified abattoir to produce camel meat for export. Just goes to show that there's no tasty meat source so invasive and pestilential that it doesn't have an industry and lobby group.
They have smashed water mains, damaged homes, buildings and the local airstrip - threatening emergency medical evacuations - and scared local residents from venturing outside.
Theodosia - Nov 27, 2009 4:24:53 am PST #21623 of 30001
'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"
They're just like cane toads, but they just take longer to really get going....
Fred Pete - Nov 27, 2009 4:43:37 am PST #21624 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I wish I'd seen tommyrot's link before I took the BBC's weekly news quiz. It had a question on that story. I got it wrong.
msbelle - Nov 27, 2009 4:46:13 am PST #21625 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
must do work, must do work, must do work.
Kat - Nov 27, 2009 4:49:07 am PST #21626 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle, is there any way for you to leave work early and enjoy some more of the day to yourself?
Tom Scola - Nov 27, 2009 5:03:43 am PST #21627 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I hate my job today. Because nobody else is in today, everyone thinks that I can fix their problems for them. I definitely will be leaving early, though.
msbelle - Nov 27, 2009 5:05:45 am PST #21628 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
not really. Since I am a non-exempt employee I have to clock in and out, so I need to hit 35 hours for the week. With the court hearing on Tuesday, I lost about 3 hours. I managed 8+ on Wednesday, but need to get in over 7 today.
It'll be ok. There's only like 4 people in, so I should be able to crank through some stuff and probably get some personal things done like reimbursables and some shopping nearby during lunch.
msbelle - Nov 27, 2009 5:39:03 am PST #21629 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Threadless is having a $9 sale.