Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


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.


sarameg - Mar 21, 2013 5:40:35 pm PDT #15617 of 30001

Oh, for fuck's sake. I hate computers. Trying AGAIN:

msbelle, I'm sorry for the epic of work suck. I hope you find sane bosses soon.

Today was....was. There's a wild snipe hunt in the works, and I'm pretty sure how it ends. It was something I worked on my first year in this position, and I did it right, there's no snipe. So sad, too bad, snipe became mythological at least 2 migrations ago. Failed edit lost the rest of this. But I'm pretty sure the data is lost unless Goddard can cough up the engineering and they...yeah, no. A few gigabytes lost out of over 50 Tb over 20+ years?


Kat - Mar 21, 2013 5:42:53 pm PDT #15618 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Doesn't seem so large, sara. Sorry, though.


msbelle - Mar 21, 2013 5:52:27 pm PDT #15619 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I'm heading to bed, but I'll have a resume ready for comments by the weekend. volunteers?


sarameg - Mar 21, 2013 5:53:31 pm PDT #15620 of 30001

it's not large, just will fuss the mission fussbudgets. (There has been much more data we've declared crap and consigned to a class of data we call PRB for problem. Still save it, just remove it from view.)


DavidS - Mar 21, 2013 6:21:11 pm PDT #15621 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

There is this lovely scene with Diane Keaton

Diane Wiest, right?

And Henry Selick was the director and there's as much of him in Nightmare as there is Burton, and you can see that when you compare it to Coraline.


Steph L. - Mar 21, 2013 6:59:43 pm PDT #15622 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay, I'm reading an article on xoJane on how often people change their sheets/use a fresh bath towel. And the comments section is cracking me up, because of the very definite opinions people have on top sheets. I had no idea people were so vigorously anti- or pro-top sheet.

(Me: pro-top sheet, all the way. It's a texture thing -- I don't like having just the blanket against my arms and legs. But I never, EVER tuck in the top sheet down at the foot of the bed. My feet need to be free. Tim loves the top sheet tucked in, so when I make the bed, it's all Continental Divide going on down at the foot, half tucked in and half all hippie and free.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 21, 2013 7:18:34 pm PDT #15623 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Ditto on needing a top sheet here too. I always have one except on those rare occasions when it's hot enough that sleeping naked under the ceiling fan would be preferable.


Steph L. - Mar 21, 2013 7:21:45 pm PDT #15624 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I always have one except on those rare occasions when it's hot enough that sleeping naked under the ceiling fan would be preferable.

Even then, it's still on the bed; I just shove ALL the covers down, including the top sheet. But I still put it on when I make the bed.


beth b - Mar 21, 2013 7:32:13 pm PDT #15625 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I use a top sheet too. However - I am reading the comments on that article

some people, are just different


DavidS - Mar 21, 2013 7:35:14 pm PDT #15626 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yeah, I sleep on my back (to start) and have size 12 feet, so tucked in sheets are torturous.

Actually, this brings up a topic I've been meaning to put to the community:

How do you go to sleep?

What is your bedtime routine? How long does it take? Jammies or naked? Socks or no socks? Tucked sheets? Electric blanket? Music on? Dead quiet? Fan or white noise machine or air filter on?

My college roommate loved multiple heavy blankets and quilts and the window open in winter.

My friend Alison cannot sleep with her feet under the covers. They have to be out and naked or she gets too hot.

I knew a girl in Boston that slept face down with her knees tucked under her and her butt in the air like a toddler.

Side sleeper, back sleeper, front sleeper? Everything under the covers or arms out? Feet out? Arms over your head?

Do you have a brain quieting approach? They say it helps to shift your brain from words to images. Guided imagery (counting sheep?)

So, how do you go to sleep?