This morning one of the world's most annoying professors has called me 3 times from the plane she's on. During this last phone call, which was to tell me to tell another librarian to check their voice mail because she'd left a very important message (I doubt that very much), I could hear her being admonished to put her phone away.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Dec 03, 2010 4:20:34 am PST #8720 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Jesse - Dec 03, 2010 4:23:43 am PST #8721 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My colleague told me the craziest story yesterday: He had just started a new job here (but had already been an employee in a different division) when he had a planned family vacation. They get back to their hotel one night to find a note that his boss had called and it was an emergency. Needless to say, it was not an emergency. When he got back, he asked how they knew where he was staying, and they had called every hotel in the town they knew he was going to, until they found the right one.
In other awesome-boss news, mine just asked if I knew how to do a mail-merge, so I can help her with her personal Christmas cards. Seriously.
Sparky1 - Dec 03, 2010 4:29:17 am PST #8722 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I once had a professor who wanted me to figure out what toy store in London had a toy he'd seen for his kid while wandering around. He couldn't remember exactly where it was, but he thought it was on (some street he named). Oi.
sumi - Dec 03, 2010 4:30:37 am PST #8723 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Last night I was watching L&O:UK On Demand and playing online when suddenly the tv and the computer both went out. No Comcast. (I didn't check to see if my phone was still working. . . I assume that it was out too.)
Thank goodness it's back this morning. (Didn't have time to check if internet is working at home.) New Supernatural tonight and I must have my cable tv!
zuisa - Dec 03, 2010 4:33:28 am PST #8724 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Comcast goes out on me all the time, both internet and TV. It's a big problem.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2010 4:35:48 am PST #8725 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I haven't had much problem with Comcast, for which I am grateful.
I once had a professor who wanted me to figure out what toy store in London had a toy he'd seen for his kid while wandering around. He couldn't remember exactly where it was, but he thought it was on (some street he named). Oi.
HAHAHAHA! Stab.
sumi - Dec 03, 2010 4:35:49 am PST #8726 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I guess they are so busy trying to take over the world and charge for it that they can't keep their regular stuff running right.
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2010 4:40:25 am PST #8727 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.
Happy Hanukkah!: Jewbacca Costume [Cosplay]
This doesn't seem right to me, but being neither Jewish nor a Wookie, I can't say for sure....
Lee - Dec 03, 2010 5:13:03 am PST #8728 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
This morning, I am going to Stanford to look at computer and telecommunications dictionaries from the 1990s to see if one of them has a definition that matches one that is in a current wikipedia entry.
Tom Scola - Dec 03, 2010 5:16:18 am PST #8729 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The definition for what, Perkins?