I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told 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.


aurelia - Jan 18, 2012 9:16:49 pm PST #17148 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It is entirely possible to meet famous people in the Midwest. Hell, isn't there always a M*A*S*H cast member at the dinner theatre in KC?


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2012 9:22:21 pm PST #17149 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Wait, a terrabyte is bigger, though, right? Terabyte? Or did I just make that up?

1 terabyte is 1000 GB.


beth b - Jan 18, 2012 9:30:19 pm PST #17150 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Now I have to go check my stove


billytea - Jan 18, 2012 9:42:40 pm PST #17151 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

1 terabyte is 1000 GB.

Is it 1000 or 1024? I know they mess with that for some measures, but I can never remember which.


Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2012 9:51:02 pm PST #17152 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

According to Wikipedia (welcome back!), it's 1000 GB. 1024 GB is a tebibyte.


Strix - Jan 18, 2012 10:03:01 pm PST #17153 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Jamie Farr, pretty much. I suppose I'm being too picky -- I want a sexy or geeky famous person.

I can't get to sleep yet. Bleargh.


Beverly - Jan 18, 2012 11:10:49 pm PST #17154 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I occasionally leave a burner on, which makes me feel dumb. But then I usually check the stove three times to make sure I didn't leave a burner on. Going back the fourth time doesn't make me feel any less dumb. I R distractable, apparently.

And herewith I bring up styles of coexistance. If I find a burner on, I turn it off. Or re-wash the dirty dish, or put the butter back in the fridge, or return the flashlight to the drawer. If I think of it later, in conversation, I'll mention it. If not, deed is done, we're good.

If H finds a burner on, the milk left out, the spoon in the knife drawer, or a dish that didn't get clean, he's compelled to show me, and tell me about it. It's not a punishment thing, it's more an assigning responsibility thing. I try not to resent it. In fact, I've brought him dirty spoons and the half-full filter pitcher and dishes shelved in the wrong cabinet... and it all just feels so petty. Fix it. And move on. Right?


Jessica - Jan 19, 2012 4:08:54 am PST #17155 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If H finds a burner on, the milk left out, the spoon in the knife drawer, or a dish that didn't get clean, he's compelled to show me, and tell me about it. It's not a punishment thing, it's more an assigning responsibility thing. I try not to resent it. In fact, I've brought him dirty spoons and the half-full filter pitcher and dishes shelved in the wrong cabinet... and it all just feels so petty. Fix it. And move on. Right?

I bring stuff like that up to DH because the alternative is waiting until the millionth tiny thing is one tiny thing too much and I wind up screaming WHY CAN'T YOU JUST WASH A FORK LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING when really it's not his fault because he has no fucking clue I was mad about the forks not being clean in the first place. But that's just us.

Anyone want to explain why my printer keeps defaulting back to the printer in the wrong office? Shouldn't this be something I only have to reset once?

Also, and this is a serious question, the past few days my car has had frost on the inside front windshield. I can't figure out what I might be leaving open for moisture to be getting in. Any ideas? The heat/ac vent is definitely closed, so are the windows and sunroof.


Jesse - Jan 19, 2012 4:14:37 am PST #17156 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Grrr. My shuttle to work filled up and left five minutes early this morning. Somehow, starting this fall, there have been a bunch of new people taking it, and I DO NOT APPRECIATE it. I hate when it's so crowded anyway, and this morning my options were wait a half-hour in Barnes & Noble (with no smartphone) or take a cab. We took a cab. Luckily, I had a friend to split it with, but @@@@@@@


sarameg - Jan 19, 2012 4:15:50 am PST #17157 of 30001

Leaky seal somewhere.

I know my car has a leak. Where it is, I do not know. I've resigned myself to this fact.