And then I came back to my desk and applied for the job that my retiring coworker left open.
Would it get you away from your nemesis?
Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?
Buffy ,'Touched'
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.
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2012 8:25:50 am PST #23440 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Consuela - Feb 23, 2012 8:29:22 am PST #23441 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Would it get you away from your nemesis?
Kind of. It would be a senior position doing national-level things, and while I would still be working with her (probably), it would be on projects that she prioritizes more highly than the stuff I do now. Which is part of the problem.
Also, I would be senior to her! If not in her chain of command.
Jessica - Feb 23, 2012 8:29:37 am PST #23442 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So in case you guys were wondering, the Earth is not rotating. This guy on YouTube says so.
Take that, SCIENCE.
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2012 8:32:38 am PST #23443 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is it the Time Cube guy?
meara - Feb 23, 2012 8:34:34 am PST #23444 of 30001
Thanks for the cleaning post, Jesse! I'm amused by the "make the bed to start" suggestion--some time long long ago my mom made me read a like, "how to clean your room as a kid!" book or something, and the one thing I remember and continued to do is start by taking everything off the bed, and making it, and then take everything off the floor and put it on the bed (well, these days I usually take any stray dirty laundry and put that in the hamper rather than the bed...and these days there are fewer books living in the bed or floor thanks to the kindle...)
DavidS - Feb 23, 2012 8:34:40 am PST #23445 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kato views clothes as a curse from the devil. Chloe loved them. Pets is weird.
Different dogs like different shit. t /Jesse
Jessica - Feb 23, 2012 8:35:26 am PST #23446 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think so - the text isn't centered on the screen and there are no blink tags.
I sent the link to my brother (who does genetics research at Mass General) and he said it was like watching a baby who hasn't yet learned object permanence try to do science.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2012 8:36:04 am PST #23447 of 30001
brillig
It's hard to make the bed when I get up, because Hubby and the cat are still in it.
Ginger - Feb 23, 2012 8:48:29 am PST #23448 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I put my boss down as a reference: he may be surprised by that, but he can't think I wouldn't apply, I hope.
He might be surprised that you would apply for an actual, real, existing job, rather than remain in indefinite limbo?
It's hard to make the bed when I get up, because Hubby and the cat are still in it.
I'd blame the dog, who is not a morning dog and is still sacked out when I get back from the Y, but I stopped making the bed some decades ago.
meara - Feb 23, 2012 9:05:21 am PST #23449 of 30001
Speaking of science--one of my friends (who is very into the local food, social-justice-food, etc movement) posted a link today about how Splenda is EEEEVIL, because they chlorinate the sugar, and CHLORINE is used in things like bleach and chlorine gas!!
...I have no trouble believing that making a magic calorie-less sugar molecule is not probably the best idea for our bodies, but...anyone have a better comeback than "SALT is NaCl and it's ...only killing people who eat too much of it!"???