You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


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.


Typo Boy - Feb 13, 2016 5:11:16 pm PST #15364 of 30003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I'm SorryNotSorry about Scalia. Too much good. Obama's Climate plan, inadequate as it is saved. And new 3/5ths clause stopped. (Basically Supremes were considering one-person-one-vote apportionment be done based on those eligible to vote. No felons. No kids. So people of color, who both tend to be imprisoned more and to run slightly younger would count less in redistricting than white people. And new 3/5ths clause. That being stopped or at least delayed is going to save misery and maybe lives. So can't mourn the death of someone who fell dead before he could kill again.)


Kate P. - Feb 13, 2016 5:13:54 pm PST #15365 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I have been googling "breakfast pie" in the hopes of coming up something both bizarrely comprehensive and tasty. WIP

When M and I got married, my cousin S made us a French toast pie as our wedding gift (plus recipe). It was fucking delicious. I am too lazy to track it down and type it up right now, but perhaps I'll get to it in the next few days.


-t - Feb 13, 2016 5:22:52 pm PST #15366 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I would appreciate it if you could get around to it sometime, Kate! No rush. There is no deadline on delicious pie, it is always welcome.


Jesse - Feb 13, 2016 5:24:49 pm PST #15367 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So I just got around to taking an online test to tell which of the four temperaments you have. I got phlegmatic!

Your temperament is phlegmatic. The phlegmatic temperament is fundamentally relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish. Phlegmatics tend to be content with themselves and are kind. They are accepting and affectionate. They may be receptive and shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change. They are consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant, qualities that make them good administrators. They can also be passive-aggressive.

(The test is here: [link]


Nora Deirdre - Feb 13, 2016 5:35:43 pm PST #15368 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Pacific Northwest is TOTALLY easy to move to! Our winters are mild! Our beers are plentiful! COME TO US!

Is it possible to get a senior-ish software engineer job there or is the talent pool too flooded, like in Portland?


Nora Deirdre - Feb 13, 2016 5:40:13 pm PST #15369 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Cereal: since now I'm idly looking at Seattle CL, any thoughts on neighborhoods for a dorky couple who values diversity and loves beer and doesn't have kids so they don't care about whatever school district they're in?

Also, question: are there black people in Seattle? Or Cincinnati? I would like to live somewhere that doesn't have a decidedly monochromatic pale color in its citizens.

Edit: of course I know there are people of different ethnicities everywhere - I just feel weird when I am in a place too long that's super white (see: New Hampshire, Portland.)


Dana - Feb 13, 2016 5:41:24 pm PST #15370 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

lazily sluggish

I think I know what my result would be.


-t - Feb 13, 2016 5:44:18 pm PST #15371 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Melancholic

Your temperament is melancholic. The melancholic temperament is fundamentally introverted and thoughtful. Melancholic people often were perceived as very (or overly) pondering and considerate, getting rather worried when they could not be on time for events. Melancholics can be highly creative in activities such as poetry and art - and can become preoccupied with the tragedy and cruelty in the world. Often they are perfectionists. They are self-reliant and independent; one negative part of being a melancholic is that they can get so involved in what they are doing they forget to think of others.

Not by a landslide, though. In the little bar graph of the results, they all look pretty close to me, although the melancholic bar is clearly the longest (2nd phlegmatic, 3rd sanguine, and 4th choleric). What humor would that be too much of?

I'd've guessed I was more water than earth as far as elements go. That's how I usually come up in woo-woo elemental whatevers.


Steph L. - Feb 13, 2016 5:44:58 pm PST #15372 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Also, question: are there black people in Seattle? Or Cincinnati? I would like to live somewhere that doesn't have a decidedly monochromatic pale color in its citizens.

Cincinnati can be uniformly white depending on what part you live/work/play in, but it can also be pretty diverse. Again, Northside is really diverse. I don't know how OTR is shaking out these days.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 13, 2016 5:45:44 pm PST #15373 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Right on. Thanks!