I have neither a stereo nor any speakers. Luckily I live alone, because I just wear my iPod around the house.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2012 10:05:51 am PST #14557 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Burrell - Jan 05, 2012 10:12:13 am PST #14558 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Our stereo is ancient as well.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2012 10:17:07 am PST #14559 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The new stereo doesn't have a tape deck. Stereos with tape decks still exist, but, really, the iPod dock was the primary motivator behind this one (not to stream Pandora; that was just something I figured out one night after we got it). So the old stereo is going to the community Up For Grabs day. (Once a year, in the auditorium of one of the churches, there is a swap meet called Up For Grabs day -- as long as you bring 2 things [obviously you can bring more], you can peruse all the other stuff people brought and take home as much as you like. Last year Tim got a perfectly good LCD monitor for his computer.)
Somewhere there is a portable boom box that has a tape deck, in case we have a sudden need to play tapes.
javachik - Jan 05, 2012 10:21:16 am PST #14560 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
So, our company is in GREAT upheaval right now, which I can't go into. It's been hell.
BUT I though you'd appreciate this: we have all new marketing people and the new director scrapped the entire Polar Bear campaign immediately. Not only did we hear from the FDA that we should not use "put pain into hibernation" as a selling phrase, but the new marketing director was like, "Polar bears don't hibernate! This is idiotic."
Hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaaha
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2012 10:25:06 am PST #14561 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Not only did we hear from the FDA that we should not use "put pain into hibernation" as a selling phrase,
Now I want to come up with wacky marketing plans for this: Give pain an atomic wedgie! Go ahead, pain; make my day! [Note: may be a copyright issue.] This product will fuck pain UP, for real, man!
...this is why I am not in marketing.
but the new marketing director was like, "Polar bears don't hibernate! This is idiotic."
Hahahaha, nice!
JZ - Jan 05, 2012 10:26:15 am PST #14562 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
javachik, that is FUCKING BRILL.
javachik - Jan 05, 2012 10:29:37 am PST #14563 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I know it's 2 YEARS later and all, but I am definitely chanting "ItoldyousoItoldyousoItoldyouso...." under my breath.
Jessica - Jan 05, 2012 10:29:46 am PST #14564 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not only did we hear from the FDA that we should not use "put pain into hibernation" as a selling phrase, but the new marketing director was like, "Polar bears don't hibernate! This is idiotic."
Pedantry FTW!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2012 10:30:23 am PST #14565 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I know it's 2 YEARS later and all, but I am definitely chanting "ItoldyousoItoldyousoItoldyouso...." under my breath.
As you should.
-t - Jan 05, 2012 10:31:16 am PST #14566 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"Dr." is a title, but "Doctor" is the character's name.
That's very rational, but I like to abbreviate "William" to "Wm" so I'm not sure I can fully sign off on that reasoning. Note, I do write out "Doctor" but I can't explain why.