Patient going through organ failure?
I feel ya.
Minor cross-forum sniping but I gave up on one of the so-called “rationalist” subreddits today after their response to a member of the rationalist community committing suicide in order to send a message about cult-like behavior and sexual assault within said community was to doubt her motives and sincerity (HEY ASSHOLES SHE LITERALLY PUT A BIG PART INTO HER LETTER ABOUT HOW KILLING HERSELF MEANS SHE CAN’T POSSIBLY BE IN THIS FOR THE POWER HOW FUCKING TONEDEAF AR YOU) at least in part because she was seen associating with Zoe Quinn.
So yeah, not going to be a part of that.
You, sir, are evil.
Make room in that basket, willya?
Incredibles 2 isn’t out in Spain yet and I can’t find out when is it supposed to be. Damnit people, if you want us to give you money, make the fucking movie available already!
My husband used to get pissed at me because I would gasp or inhale sharply through my nose when he was driving. Now, I just don’t look out the windows anymore.
A dog with a slice of ham on his face. I’m having a hard time picturing that, because my dog wouldn’t let the ham sit on his face long enough for me to get a photo. 
I HATE corporate speak. You aren’t in the fucking “decisioning process.” You’re also not in the “discussioning phase.” You’re making decisions and discussing. Making up words is about as douchey as saying “What’s the Ask?” when you want to know what people want.
And for some reason, even though it’s very common and I’m often forced to use it myself, I HATE the word “workstreams” almost as much as using the word “resources” instead of people. I don’t need resources to complete this project, you corporate skidmark, I need qualified people. Calling them resources makes them sound like potatoes. Fuckers.
Some of these usage aberrations (“what is the ask?”) are relatively harmless beyond the annoyance factor, not that I would defend them in any way. I think they just stem from the tendency of any group to develop its own colloquialisms as a badge of identity. If you ask someone what they want, why, you’re just an ordinary schmuck. But if you want to know what their “ask” is, now you’re doing biz-speak, and are obviously a Person of Importance with the in-group! I have on occasion had the misfortune to have to speak with (or I should say, “dialog with” :D) executives in large organizations who were such masters of this art that I felt I should be paid extra just to have to endure and decipher biz-speak. Sometimes I couldn’t understand what the hell they were saying, but I stopped worrying about it when I eventually realized that on those occasions, they weren’t actually saying anything at all.
“Resources” is a worse problem because it creates ambiguity. “I don’t have enough resources to complete this project on time” might mean I don’t have enough people. Or it could mean I don’t have enough computers, enough space, enough coffee, or enough Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulators. Of course one could always seek clarification by asking, “So, what is your ask?” In which case I would reveal that the real problem is that the design center paradigm is not driven by our core competencies.
wow, I saw that. glad to know that the dog was not really hurt. Yes I am a sucker for pitiful puppy stories.
I have a friend who can annoy the crap out of a person. she has no filter about what she is saying or doing and has a contentious relationship with her roommate. Something about her TV was up loud so he turned his TV up very loud and there ended up being a confrontation from there. She told him he needed to calm down before he had another stroke and that she would not call 911. He decided that she was threatening him and pointed a pistol in her face. he is now in city lockup and she is begging everyone to send her money so she can move. He first went to the hospital because he said his face was numb.
- no one should be waving guns in anyone else’s face.
- she was pretty obnoxious to tell him she was going to watch him die when he had a stroke
- neither one have any money or anywhere else to go and this is not the first screaming match they have had
- my understanding another roommates name is on the lease but he has health problems as well.
yes I am a terrible person for thinking she has some blame in this but none of them are coming to my house to live.
Well, your dog probably isn’t Jewish.
Or if he is, he probably doesn’t keep kosher.
Just keep chanting–“Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys”
I actually went and found the picture in question, since I’m not on Facebook and didn’t see it. I am not hiding it with spoiler tags because it is very obviously a dog with a slice of ham on his face.
wow, how lame-brained do you have to be to not see that it’s ham?
that is a seriousl patient dog
XD
I’m finally back online after some happy fun times trying to figure out why my computer wouldn’t connect to the internet (fuck Time Warner Cable/Spectrum), and then in the middle of all of that realizing that AT&T has cracked down on phone tethering for older data plans (fuck that noise). Yep, ENugent found the ham dog picture. It appears to be a lab of some sort…in my experience, they can care waaaaay more about a favorite toy (especially if it’s a ball, or something else that can be thrown a long distance) than food. My dog was a golden retriever; I wouldn’t have been able to leave any edible item on my dog’s face long enough to take a picture.
Day four of family reunion and the elevation is still making me feel shitty (8,000ft thereabouts). I’ve lived at sea level-ish for past 25 years, I’m dying here!
I went for a gentle hike last evening and was like to die 20 minutes in; I’ve had a headache for days – I’ve become such an oxygen pansy! Ah well, we’re having fun in a beautiful place.
Almost a month later, my ankle still hurts. The swelling every day seems to have finally stopped but there is some definite pain if I move certain ways and stairs are still not happy for me. I’ve got another doctor’s appointment in a couple of days, we’ll see what my regular doc says.
I got people to carry laundry to the basement for me so I don’t have to do that, but for some ungodly reason my clothing keeps stacking up weird and making it give an uneven load error and I’ve had to go up and down the basement stairs more than I really should have.
Suddenly my library card has stopped working. I can’t place holds, can’t renew my books taken out, can’t borrow or access anything that is a perk of being a member. When I try to do any of that I get an error saying ‘User is BARRED’. Guess I need to go into the library tomorrow and find out what the heck is wrong with it.
I have what is about a bushel of fresh tomatoes. Ripe and ready. So my Sunday will be spent making tomato chutney. It takes alot of fruit to make a few pints. So that’s the plan. I made tomato soup today. Sad I am the only one who likes it. Up to my eyes in tomato goodness. 
You could try just calling them first. When that happened with my card, it turned out to be because my account had just passed the five year mark, and they wanted me to reconfirm my email address and that I hadn’t moved and such.