I will try really hard to read the whole MMP this week, but so far I only have time for a drive by post.
I did see that we are (were) discussing car trouble. I found a hole in the coolant reservoir in my SUV while driving the 450 miles to Pittsburgh. It’s not enough to sideline the vehicle, but I do need to get it into the dealer for service (hey, it’s still under warranty, so they can pay for it.)
Hi y’all.
Nope, no nurses here. Just geeks. Kinda funny to see the different species of geek here. We’ve got the graybeards who ride the “big iron” mainframes, the variously-aged, but generally youngish Oracle developers who speak in foreign tongues, and the young kids on the block writing in various flavors of Java and other Web-based things.
The Java kids go down the block for coffee from Fourbucks. The Oracle guys drink tea as a rule, and the graybeards and I swill down the free coffee in the breakroom. There’s a gray blotch appearing in my beard, so I may as well join them. 
When I thought I might want to be a mother, it was the era of naming kids after exotic herbs and spices - so I decided Coriander would make a good name (works for either gender and lends itself to nice nicknames like Corey (Corrie) and Andy (Andie))
Well, in my weirder younger days, we came up with the idea of naming drag queens from the spice rack. Paprika Allspice was my own particular favorite. 
-swampbear (greybeard who drinks the free coffee in the breakroom. )
Why am I always late for everything?
Look, Lissla, Michael is a great name for a kid, but I’m partial to David. David is a wonderful name. A name for a king, really. Lots and lots of really successful people and total geniuses and the like are named David, so you might want to seriously consider jumping on that bandwagon. For the child’s future. Besides, everybody automatically shortens it to “Dave”, whether the David in question likes it or not, so he’s guaranteed to have friends. In fact, once he’s dashed your hopes and dreams of him becoming a neurosurgeon or something he’ll still be able to walk into the local pub and have somebody yell “Hey, Dave” and buy him a beer. So it’s all good like that.
You know, if you ever decide to have a kid or anything. (But you should. And name him David.)
Not that I have a personal interest in any of this.
I would have gone with Saffron Rosemary, myself. Or Marjoram Italian Seasoning. Maybe Poppy Curry-Clove.
Lissla, if’n you listen to Ex, your kid can also be included in the “These Are the Daves I Know” song.
Why, yes! Yes, they do! (Well, maybe only the ones that are half Klingon do.)
Silly gotti! You don’t put the butter sticks end to end. They would be blocks of four sticks times two.
rosie, Coriander. <snerk> You WERE kidding, right? :dubious:
ex, Davids make wonderful husbands, too. 
“These are the Daves I know, I know
These are the Daves I know.”
My dad’s named Dave. Sort of officially, it’s David, but his actual name is Dave, because of the second world war. His parents named him Isao, but when they were relocated after the internment the farmer whose farm they were dumped on said he couldn’t pronounce it, and started calling him ‘Dave’. So he’s been Dave for sixty years or a bit more. We’re not sure about naming a kid after his grandparents.
Anyway, Ex, I know you have no personal stake in the matter at all.
Fenugreek is a lovely name. So is Allspice. If you have twins, you could name them Black Pepper and Sea Salt. Or Garlic and Butter.
Did you know there is a real live woman named Crescent Dragonwagon?
My first boyfriend was a David. He still is a David, but he’s not my boyfriend. However, he’s up to wife #3, and he’s got 5 kids. Glad I dodged that bullet!
If we’d had a son, we’d have called him Peter. And if we’d had a second daughter, I was leaning toward Ruth. But we have a dog instead - Bernie.
You people and your car trouble are contagious! My auto a/c appears to have died. I’ve got to take it in next week for an oil change, so I’ll have them check it out. If it’s just a charge or something easy, I’ll have it fixed. But I’m at the point where I don’t want to sink a lot into the vehicle - 10 years old with 184K miles - filling the tank almost doubles its worth!
now, yes. but when I was in my 20s, not so much
Oh, and I came home to cat puke. Two places. yay. <sigh>
Now introducing… Saffron Rosemary and Paprika Allspice the reigning Cool Kids DQS!!!
It’s been a while since we’ve had a singalong, so, everybody sing!
Thanks, swampster. I haven’t heard that song in years.
The frozen yogurt was delicious. The lemon curd/vanilla combo is great. shoves through cd drive
Mmm, frozen yogurt! Thanks, li-li!
I played hooky yesterday, so naturally, I was [del]smited[/del] [del]smitten[/del] smote? with a migraine yesterday afternoon. I still have it. Yay.
Our big move is tomorrow. For some bizarre reason, the only ordered 600 boxes, so we ran out Friday afternoon and only got more this morning. Most people have at least 5 boxes of stuff, so move 250 people, and yeah, 600 doesn’t quite cover it. Annoying Co-Worker [sup]TM[/sup] is in a tizzy over her new desk. See, right now we sit on the end, where the windows are, and there’s 4 cubes in a row along the windows, and nothing in front of us except offices. In our new space, we’ll be sitting in rows. They have, per my request, spaced the admins out equally along the length of the space. That means that Annoying Co-Worker[sup]TM[/sup] has to sit far away from anyone who can do her work for her. And, she doesn’t get a window. Since the senior managers are being kicked out of their offices, windows are for senior managers only. I have filing cabinets between me and the row across from me, so I’m happy. This will be quite entertaining, as Annoying Co-Worker[sup]TM[/sup] has no experience in how gossipy and tattletaley managers can be; and they will tattle if she’s never at her desk and always asking for help. Her incompetence will be out in the open for all to see. Truly a moment that Nice Co-Worker[sup]TM[/sup] and I have been waiting for.
Jah do fill us in on all the juicy details as they unfold! I just love a good office drama. Especially when it ain’t goin’ on in my office.
LiLi you’re welcome. I suggest you bust out in a chorus or two at random intervals.
Pizza has been ordered. I await its arrival. It’ll be especially good pizza cause I don’t have to pay for it. Free pizza is always just soooooo good!
Well, it’s not drama, per se, but it might turn out that I won’t have to quit my job, after all. Cool IT Guy (who has just been made a VP) is guning to get me into his department, since I already handle all our internet processing. The only problem is that he and my current manager have to work something out with the budgeting (along with the accounting manager) that will get us a new receptionist, because with my new IT responsibilities, I’m not going to have time to answer the phone. Since the part I hate about my job is the ^$*#^%( phone, I might just end up liking my job again.
And I’d get to move out of Customer Service and into the IT area, and those guys are much more fun. And I’d have to train a new backup for the internet stuff, a kid I privately refer to as “Jailbait.” Very young, very cute, probably a great deal more quick on the uptake than the girl I’ve been training to cover for me while I’m on vacation.
Okay. I’m going back to packing now. I’ve mentioned that I love packing, right?
We had pizza too! Yum! On paper plates, so no dishes to do! Life is good.
Drae all appropriate appendages are crossed in hopes you get that transfer. Don’t forget to pack extra underwear. You never know.
The doorbell rang! Pizza’s here! YAY!!!
Drae - me too, all crossed, even my eyes (which is making it extremely difficult to type)
Thank you for making me laugh out loud, everyone. The whole name discussion and links and everything were just what I needed.
When I was little, I favored the names Jeana Marie (named a doll that when I was 7 or so) and Genevieve (which I took as my confirmation name). At some point I favored Margaret Alicia (sentimental familyish names). I’ve always loved Michael for a boy (don’t care how common it is, it’s nice). David’s good too.
When my nephew was born, names were still being debated. We spent the whole evening after he was born trying out different combinations. He has four names (a family tradition). His middle names are all family names, his first name is his own.
That move sounds like lots of fun just waiting to happen, Jahdra. We’ll require regular updates.
What is this, national baby day? Co-worker’s niece was born this morning. Other co-worker’s baby is on his/her way into the world as I type.
I agree…Nava should chime in more frequently.
Sean Factotum this is your official notice that Spats is posting no puns (well, puns of the day, anyway) this week and YOU ARE MISSING IT.
We had no internet the other day (and no internal e-mail) for an entire business day. There were people who went home early because they were unable to do their jobs. Fortunately, I had a major non-internet, non-email thing to do, so it was actually a plus for me. No possible distraction.
On the other hand, my missing internet at home for 4 days (due to the idjit tree guys) made me highly twitchy.
I would very much like some yogurt to go with the leftover lunch that is my dinner.
Sorry for the head cold, MBG. Get better quickly.
Yay on the job news, Drae! That change sounds like it would be excellent.
I’m sure that there’s more, but I’ve had a long day (Did I mention I’ve been up and in constant motion since 5:00 a.m.? It’s 7:40 p.m. now…)
GT