[Tamar G]

people at work who make "always get it in writing" necessary. luckily I learned my lesson long ago, but it still pisses me off to have to reproduce emails or notes and wave them in someones face. I don't like being in the position of either having to say "I told you so" or look like a screwup.

[Heather]

Yet another trip to the vet yesterday to find that our kitten has tapeworms. Bleah. He is a lovely little thing but costing us more than our kids do right now.

[mongo_jones]

Heather, on Feb 16 2005, 11:39 AM, said:

Yet another trip to the vet yesterday to find that our kitten has tapeworms. Bleah. He is a lovely little thing but costing us more than our kids do right now.

just name him "whitman". on account of him being vast and containing multitudes.

[fantasty]

Someone in the kitchen at the Pampano Tacqueria had a heavy hand with the salt today.

I'd discovered that going for tacos after 2 p.m. results in noticeably fatter specimens than those procured earlier in lunch service. Generally, this is a reason to be cheerful. Today, it means I'll be thirstier.

[GG Mora]

fantasty, on Feb 16 2005, 02:45 PM, said:

Someone in the kitchen....

...with Dinah...

[tanabutler]

I deserved it, but it didn't make it any easier to get my second-ever ticket today for speeding. By a highway patrol officer young enough to be a Boy Scout.

But I was on my way to meet Rancho Gordo for shopping and lunch in Half Moon Bay, so who cares?

[Orik]

Minnesota

[Tamar G]

Orik, on Feb 17 2005, 12:20 PM, said:

Minnesota

but the people are all so nice and unfailing polite! on second thought, that's a little weird. They must put something in the water.

[Al Dented]

I'd like to meet the idiot who designed those combination paper towel dispenser/garbage cans that are built into the walls of public restrooms. WTF?

Let me see if I get this straight. You wash your hands and then dry them off by pulling paper towels out of a slot that hovers a few inches above a receptacle full of used paper towels and god knows what else?

Fucking brilliant.

[GG Mora]

GG Mora, on Feb 14 2005, 01:57 PM, said:

mongo_jones, on Feb 14 2005, 01:32 PM, said:

i don't know how this has happened and don't want to jinx it but i haven't caught a cold in over 4 years.

Moi non plus.

Law of averages says I'm due any day now.

Looks like today's the day.

[g.johnson]

Cab drivers who pull away at speed from a green light only to brake sharply when, surprise, surprise, the next light in the synchonized sequence doesn't change in time.

[Orik]

Tamar G, on Feb 17 2005, 09:53 AM, said:

Orik, on Feb 17 2005, 12:20 PM, said:

Minnesota

but the people are all so nice and unfailing polite! on second thought, that's a little weird. They must put something in the water.

don't confuse Minnesota nice with nice. They sound a bit similar, but they are completely unrelated.

On the other hand, most of the young suburban golddiggers seem to have grown huge breasts over the past year. Plastic surgeons - this is the place to be.

[Flaming Yawn]

....yep. Guy's lucky I'm not armed.

[Flaming Yawn]

Followed swiftly by:

"Sometimes they won't know how to fix a problem. Like one time my harddrive died and they couldn't fix it, but usually they're very good" --tour guide outside re: helpdesk

What did she want us to do exactly? Find a drive from the same factory run and swap the controller boards? Mount the platters on a good spindle? Dust off the scanning tunneling microscope we keep in the basement?! We don't use that damn thing nearly often enough! Help me out here, tour guide lady, so next time we can better meet your computer help needs!

This is why I need to keep a bottle of tequila in the cable ducting by my cube.

[Cathy]

Stomach flu.

Missing a dinner tonight with wonderful company and, no doubt, food.