There was a poster about the Hep C thing in either the Atlanta or Flint airport this week, I forget which. Probably Atlanta, what with the CDC connection and all.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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.
Calli - Dec 28, 2012 1:37:50 am PST #5784 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
flea - Dec 28, 2012 2:52:34 am PST #5785 of 30001
information libertarian
I didn't realize you could have Hep C and not know it. I know someone with Hep C and it was a real problem (until the current treatment regime was developed), so I thought it always caused symptoms.
Strix - Dec 28, 2012 3:31:30 am PST #5786 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Maybe he's waiting for Pi Day, Tep!
(I waited for the super romantic day of...some weeknight that ended with -day, dressed up in my fanciest cotton panties and raggedy T, took some chic ambien and ate some sexy broc-and-cheese, and proposed in really suave manner with my mouth full. "So, whaddaya think about maybe gettin' married one day?"
Him: "I'd...kinda planned on it."
Me: (Chewing) "Oh, cool."
...
"Are we...like, engaged"
"Um, I don't have a ring. But...yeah? If it's OK with you. I mean, I was going to ask soon."
"Oh, that's sweet." (chew, swallow...brain activity vaguely flickers through sleep meds) ....
"OH MY FUCKING GOD ARE WE GETTING MARRIED? FOR REALS?"
"Yep."
"CAN I TELL PEOPLE?!"
"Well, sure, darlin'."
"Holy shit, I think I just did the worst marriage proposal ever. Inadvertently. In ugly underwear, with cheese on my chin. BUT I AM GETTING MARRIED! TO YOU! I LOVE YOU!...You know you're marrying an insane woman, right?")
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But...I hope I'm not being too intrusive, or that I am going senile because you've addressed this before...have you guys had the, "Yeah, we think marriage is a thing we wanna do one day" talk?
I admit, I would have liked a proposal. Very much. And a more weddingy wedding, and like, a ring and a honeymoon. But OTOH, D might have been sitting around with his thumb up his ass for another six months.
Laura - Dec 28, 2012 3:45:44 am PST #5787 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
They tested for Hep C when I was preggers, don't know if it was my '54 birthdate or because of my history, or routine.
I opened the marriage discussion because I knew he wanted kids and math was not on our side if we didn't get busy. A customer made our rings and he did the proposal thing when we got the jewelry. If my age wasn't a consideration I would have been more patient.
Jesse - Dec 28, 2012 4:43:42 am PST #5788 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, is anything more boring than database updates? I think not.
tommyrot - Dec 28, 2012 4:49:02 am PST #5789 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.
Database updates pay my salary. But yeah, they are pretty boring.
Actually, since I'm a developer, I create the tools for others to do database updates. Database updates for the masses!
Which, still boring.
tommyrot - Dec 28, 2012 4:56:30 am PST #5790 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.
Today's xkcd is funny in a math-y, physics-y, ancient-greek-philosophy-y way: xkcd: Proof
Don't forget the mouseover.
Jesse - Dec 28, 2012 5:10:03 am PST #5791 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Actually, since I'm a developer, I create the tools for others to do database updates. Database updates for the masses!
Yeah, that sounds way more interesting. I am sorting through my old emails and putting many of them into our databzzzzzzzzzzzz
msbelle - Dec 28, 2012 5:16:15 am PST #5792 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
back at work. empty office. two gifts had been left on my desk, so YAY!
I just finished going through emails. I think if I don't futz around too much, I could actually get everything off my desk and all my actionable emails addressed. WHOOT!
Calli - Dec 28, 2012 5:20:26 am PST #5793 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten my email inbox down to the low 100s, with no unread items, so I'm calling it a good morning at work so far. And I'll be lunching with amyth and smonster, which is happy-making.