You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Cashmere - Dec 16, 2011 6:50:15 am PST #11796 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Kids are home for one last day. The virus is finally running its course. I found a new How to Train Your Dragon DVD at Family Video last night and it seems to be distracting them for now.

I need to do derby laundry. I'm out of scrimmage tees and we're going to Milwaukee to scrimmage on Sunday.


brenda m - Dec 16, 2011 6:53:00 am PST #11797 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Ooh! Give me a heads-up if you do another Milwaukee bout.


Gudanov - Dec 16, 2011 6:53:41 am PST #11798 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I am in the middle of the worst safety training video ever.

I just had a training unit on harassment and it had the fun quiz of ridiculously simple multiple-choice questions.

-- Stan climbs onto the desk of a female co-worker and dances naked while pointing to his erect penis and yelling, "This is for you, Sarah". Should the female employee report this as harassment.

A. No, because Stan did not physically touch her.

B. Yes, because Stan is putting her into a situation she is uncomfortable with.

C. No, because the female employee's name is actually Diane.

D. No, because the female employee did not explicitly tell Stan to refrain from dancing naked on her desk.

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Spoiler: The answer is B, even though C sounds correct


Cashmere - Dec 16, 2011 6:56:23 am PST #11799 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Ooh! Give me a heads-up if you do another Milwaukee bout.

Oh, I will! This is just a closed scrimmage with the Brew City Bruisers' B-Team, the Battlestars. With any luck, we can add them to our schedule for the upcoming summer season.

Right now, we're going to get our asses handed to us. But they are awesome and have a lot to teach us.


Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2011 7:00:44 am PST #11800 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I thought our sexual harassment training was ridiculous, Gud, but yours is better.


§ ita § - Dec 16, 2011 7:05:27 am PST #11801 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I consider making me read work-sanctioned materials with the phrase "erect penis" in them a situation I'm uncomfortable with. Ew. Icky. Thank dog I don't have a co-worker named Stan.


DavidS - Dec 16, 2011 7:07:04 am PST #11802 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey, did everybody see the credits for Legend of Korra?

How did I miss that? I'm excited.


Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2011 7:08:38 am PST #11803 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

How did I miss that?

You don't obsessively check my Facebook?

I'm excited.

Yesssss.


Gudanov - Dec 16, 2011 7:35:27 am PST #11804 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Um... well, that wasn't an actual example though most of the questions were about as difficult to answer.


DavidS - Dec 16, 2011 7:38:32 am PST #11805 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Okay, here's my Friday morning conversation starter.

What's your favorite Christmas smell?

and...

What's your least favorite Christmas scent?

First for me would be standing at the top of the stairs on Christmas morning in my footie pajamas when I was four and smelling bacon and coffee and seeing presents under the tree.

Least: I've always disliked scented xmas candles, but I have an even worse association with last-minute mall shopping and getting a face full of Mrs. Fields cookies - normally a delicious smell - but somehow with the shopping shove-and-stress the vanilla seemed kind of gagging and noxious. Cinnabon also falls in that camp.

Bonus Good Smell: Coming home from college and walking into an open-house Christmas party and getting a whiff of their amazing Christmas ham on the buffet table. That was the best ham I ever had.