Aw, Tep, I'm sorry for the stress. Here's a good thing for you - my azaleas and mystery tree are starting to bloom. Pretty pink and purple flowers!
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Mar 11, 2013 8:15:16 am PDT #14377 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj - Mar 11, 2013 8:20:53 am PDT #14378 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, tons of calm~ma and sinus~ma. Good thing: I'm currently spoiling my nephews rotten.
tommyrot - Mar 11, 2013 8:54:06 am PDT #14379 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.
Here's some good news for Teppy and everyone else:
The Good News About Human Nature: Most People Aren't Jerks
Because I was really having my doubts.
Summary: Ayn Rand was wrong. Because science!
Cass - Mar 11, 2013 8:58:40 am PDT #14380 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Three earthquakes and I felt none of them. I was in yoga. I think I am very bad at the meditation part if I didn't notice three earthquakes. Or the 29 Palms Inn is very seismically awesome and didn't shake. Because no one mentioned them. [link] Not huge but right around 5 is something I like to think I'd at least notice.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2013 9:04:29 am PDT #14381 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For some reason I keep getting spammed by Ultimate Software, and I email them to tell them to stop (I managed to find a name of a person) and then six months later I get spam again, and I email poor TC again.
Today was one of those days. People might not be jerks, but there should be a good explanation for why they keep slipping up here (remove me entirely from your system!) and that would let Sales get back to willing subjects.
I also got spammed at my personal address by an aunt of mine who either is spamming or got hacked. It's depressingly hard to tell.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2013 9:08:08 am PDT #14382 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Co-worker brought in bourbon fudge. Seriously, when you open the box, it's like walking into a bar. Booziest fudge EVER.
The day is starting to look up.
Until I pass out.
tommyrot - Mar 11, 2013 9:24:59 am PDT #14383 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.
This is disturbing: Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams | Ars Technica
There are discussion boards devoted to hacking webcams on women's computers. Scary.
Connie Neil - Mar 11, 2013 9:29:14 am PDT #14384 of 30001
brillig
OK, this is the first cold-like illness where I have finished off an entire bottle of DayQuil--50% bigger!--and one and a half small bottles of cough syrup. Nastiness.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2013 9:38:36 am PDT #14385 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I swear, once I saw my webcam light blink out of the corner of my eye, and I almost set my laptop on fire. And then installed remote control software on my father's computer, BUT I NEVER USE IT. I think he knows it's there...
The webcam related stuff that grossed me out was the PC rental company alleged to be recording customers: [link] including sex and naked minors and stuff. 14 year olds with unsecured internet connections are one thing, but...just ick.
In continuing news of how low my bar can go, I thought my cold was gone today. I can't breathe through my nose, but "not clawing my face off" was such a big win I forgot some of the other symptoms.
Steph--I ended up buying a tie from that site you said Tim was shopping from. Enough Macy's. Nothing exciting or geeky, but I needed one in cream, so I got this [link] in microfiber.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2013 9:44:21 am PDT #14386 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph--I ended up buying a tie from that site you said Tim was shopping from.
You can thank Jilli for that. She linked it in a Gothic Charm School post once, and I've had it bookmarked since then, waiting for a reason to buy him a fancy tie. (My other choice was the ampersand tie, because it seemed fitting for a wedding.)
Unrelatedly, now that I've eaten the bourbon fudge, I have a headache. I call no fair.