Due to some arcane combination of tech support people getting the traditional Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve half-day off in a staggered pattern, I get to leave now with a full day's pay for half a day's work plus holiday pay. I do like my company.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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.
Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2016 9:05:28 am PST #13600 of 30003
brillig
msbelle - Jan 18, 2016 9:13:51 am PST #13601 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I has sad. When I left NY 5 years ago I was very sad, but this time feels more final.
Dana - Jan 18, 2016 9:20:04 am PST #13602 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tomorrow's 6:30AM meeting has been postponed a week. Which will suck next week, but Present!Me is celebrating at the expense of Future!Me.
-t - Jan 18, 2016 9:25:13 am PST #13603 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, msbelle.
Burrell - Jan 18, 2016 9:57:51 am PST #13604 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Lots of hugs to you, Rebecca
Lee - Jan 18, 2016 10:19:02 am PST #13605 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just had a bone scan done. (Base line to see if the next anti-cancer drug they want me to take messes with density).
That was kind of a weird experience.
sarameg - Jan 18, 2016 10:26:19 am PST #13606 of 30003
Cold draft coming off the kitchen. Solution: bake cookies. Chocolate chip and snickerdoodle dough chilling.
Zenkitty - Jan 18, 2016 10:28:09 am PST #13607 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Much love coming your way, Rebecca.
Lee - Jan 18, 2016 10:43:13 am PST #13608 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I hope you can find a happy to help off set the sad, Rebecca.
Steph L. - Jan 18, 2016 10:53:04 am PST #13609 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh my god, I have an author getting seriously shitty with me about a deadline. When we send them their edited manuscript to review, we request that it be returned within 2 days, and put that date in the subject line. [Note: I did not come up with that format; I am a cog in the giant machine that is the AMA.]
When the authors inevitably ignore the deadline, we follow up, and remind them of the date the manuscript was due back.
This author who I followed up with today shot back with "I have reviewed the email that you sent and there is no date mentioned. Do NOT [all caps hers] make unsubstantiated claims while insinuating that I am delinquent."
So I emailed back and said "The return date is in the subject line of the email you received on January 15." The phrase "YOU JACKHOLE" was not included, but heavily implied.