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Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


juliana - Mar 03, 2016 5:43:51 am PST #16651 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I feel that Rio could have written this [link]


Dana - Mar 03, 2016 5:55:12 am PST #16652 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

One of our French developers has picked up the habit of saying "blah blah blah", and it's hilarious in a French accent.


Burrell - Mar 03, 2016 6:03:21 am PST #16653 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Fingers crossed sara and Jesse, may the work~ma be working in your favor

The brakes aren't working right on the car, and we are trying to figure out when we can take it in to the shop. I hate being down to one car just because of situations like this. Ugh. Worst case scenario maybe I have to drop it off and figure out how to bus/train it to work.


sarameg - Mar 03, 2016 6:04:13 am PST #16654 of 30003

And here we go...


Jesse - Mar 03, 2016 6:12:25 am PST #16655 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My colleague's Thing is OK and may not happen anyway, so I'm not going to worry about it!


meara - Mar 03, 2016 6:13:40 am PST #16656 of 30003

Best of luck Sara!!!

lately. I just gotta get out and do more walking to make up for not walking to the train station every day.

I definitely see the difference in work from home days when I wear my Fitbit. One of the several reasons I'm planning to join/pay for a coworking space once I'm not traveling, even though I have a perfectly good home office.


Jesse - Mar 03, 2016 6:14:11 am PST #16657 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I feel that Rio could have written this [link]

That person is 100% correct.


meara - Mar 03, 2016 6:15:19 am PST #16658 of 30003

Also, along the lines of Jesse's thing, things I did not want to hear this morning at 6am "so I think we need to talk..." Ugh. (And it was that she wanted to confirm we are nonmonogamous and she maybe has a date tonight. Bleh. I'm not crushed by it but I'm not thrilled either...and in ANY case, I didn't want to discuss at 630am!!!!!)


SuziQ - Mar 03, 2016 6:37:32 am PST #16659 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Ugh, meara, bad timing.

Jesse, glad things are ok.

sara, crossing my fingers and toes for ya.

Normally I have a rule that I have to be dressed before I come downstairs to work. Even if it is inside clothes, just something where I wouldn't be embarrassed opening the front door. That has not yet happened today. I know I'll need to deal with that at some point. On the other hand, I actually cooked some eggs for breakfast, which I never do.


Maria - Mar 03, 2016 6:38:19 am PST #16660 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

aurelia, that is totally cool! I love seeing behind-the-scenes stuff like that.

Working from home was hard for me, because it was so easy to slip into the habit of not ever talking to anyone, even when I did get out of the house. I wouldn't want to do it long-term.

I'm beginning to think I shouldn't either. We'll see.

And here we go...

Good luck, sara! I hope CSwtfe is told to go take a long walk off of a short pier.

Glad that the think is OK, Jesse, and won't be cause for any worry for you.

I think it's been a week like that for everyone, Suzi. It's been pissy and exhausting in general. I hope you get a chance to rebound soon.

I definitely see the difference in work from home days when I wear my Fitbit. One of the several reasons I'm planning to join/pay for a coworking space once I'm not traveling, even though I have a perfectly good home office.

Me too. Even though I spent hours in the car each day while I was in NM, I still managed more than 11,000 steps per day. When I'm home, and on a day I don't go to the gym, I'm lucky if I hit 2,000.

There's a few coworking spaces in Harrisburg, but I'm not convinced it would be any better. I wouldn't do it every day, so I couldn't get an office. The only spaces available to me are communal tables with other people. I like my larger monitor and wireless keyboard and I couldn't use them there. There is also such a thing as too much closeness with people. Yes, I know I'm being all Princess in the Pea-like.

Boo, meara. Nothing should be discussed at 6:30 am besides coffee or breakfast.