We got a faux-diversity email from the university: it says "Happy Holidays" and doesn't use the word Christmas at all, but it came two days before Christmas, and has pictures of the university mascot wearing a Santa hat and Christmas sweater, and there are reindeer and ornaments and lights. (I really don't understand the point of these things that have Christmas stuff but don't say Christmas. The people who don't celebrate Christmas know it's still a Christmas thing (and might not even notice that it doesn't use the word), and the War on Christmas people get annoyed that it doesn't use the word "Christmas.")
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Dec 23, 2015 10:59:57 am PST #12038 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
sarameg - Dec 23, 2015 11:14:00 am PST #12039 of 30003
My SIL has to work tomorrow. BoD and CEO have decreed. It not punishment, it's actually a vote of confidence in her managing a crisis, but it's her son's bday. And Xmas eve, which is normally a holiday at her level.
Zenkitty - Dec 23, 2015 11:14:18 am PST #12040 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks for validating my feeling that my job expectations are ridiculous. Sometimes I lose touch with reality.
I find gifts for people in the oddest places. There's a gas station/cafe/shop in eastern VA that was on my route from NJ to my sister's house, and that place supplied most of my gifts one year. Truckstop Christmas.
shrift - Dec 23, 2015 11:16:39 am PST #12041 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I remember a mother and daughter buying experimental makeup at Walgreens recently because they had a bunch of stuff on sale for $1.
I am at O'Hare. I got a Torta from Frontera, and now I'm at a bar because my flight doesn't board for another hour. Assuming it leaves on time, which it probably won't.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2015 11:32:46 am PST #12042 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Donor Choose classroom donation for mom's charitable gift and with that, I AM DONE with gift purchases.
-t - Dec 23, 2015 11:33:13 am PST #12043 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, bummer for SiL of sarameg
I like the sound of Truckstop Christmas.
Really regretting not bringing lunch. Perhaps another cup of tea.
-t - Dec 23, 2015 11:33:28 am PST #12044 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Woo, msbelle! You are a rockstar!
Jesse - Dec 23, 2015 11:55:04 am PST #12045 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No one's going there, huh?
Hee. I did not pee on my coworkers, FTR.
Bought beverages, hung up cards, started cleaning...and then sat down. Oops.
Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2015 12:00:12 pm PST #12046 of 30003
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I like the sound of Truckstop Christmas.
Sounds like something from Trans Siberian Orchestra.
shrift - Dec 23, 2015 12:02:55 pm PST #12047 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Gold stars for everyone adulting this week!
I'm not sure when we're exchanging presents, so I may need to wrap everything tonight.