Oh, I think I like Scottie too! Nice choice for a new name, btw, Scottie! 
Sometimes public transit is just sucky; today, it took me over two hours to get home because one bus never showed up. I live a 10 minute drive away from work. And on top of all that, I haven’t slept right since that darn sleep study! 
How long is it until FIRDAY?!
Seriously, though, hope everyone has a good Tuesday, and hugs to everyone who needs them. Plus more healing thoughts to CulinaryBoy.
That’s what I call a “negative perfectionist”. Dad did it; Middlebro tends to do it but he’s gotten better, as life has forced him to try and try again and eventually become decent rather than giving up after the first bad try.
I made the decision a long time ago that I wouldn’t let the pursuit of perfection prevent me from enjoying the road that may or may not lead there. I still get sick to my stomach showing my drawings, or my painted warhammer figures, or anything else that’s got any kind of emotional investment or artsy streak to it, but I’ve learned to tell the difference between “I suck at it” and “I don’t like it”, with a hefty side of “people who never have/express a positive opinion can kiss my ass”. “I do what I can with the resources at hand”: I’ll never do less than my best, but this is my best, if you don’t like it, tuff luck.
makes a note that she’s up for the Difuntos MMP
More good wishes going out to all the Mumpers’ ailing men… {{{Mr. Onimous, Culinary Boy}}}
So, Scotch Wiki, How you doin’? 
(BTW, I’m pretty sure [looks at date on DL :eek:] that you don’t qualify as an Old Woman in my world… :))
I can cook (given a recipe outline I can even improvise…) but I don’t like to. Cleaning - same. I firmly believe that an empty desk-top is the sign of an empty mind 
morning all! I’m up and caffeinating and decided to stay home today. I dunno what is going on, but I’m still not sleeping well so am very tired and my throat is scratchy-sore. I’m going to stay in bed and drink plenty of fluids today and hope to feel better tomorrow.
Happy Tuesday all, and this time I really mean it!
Good morning all. Off to buy doughnuts for work. Yum.
GT
Up, caffeinated, off to irk.
{{{{{}}}}}} for all the sick and wounded
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’.
gt you’re right. That’s one for the get a doggy column. I rest assured, however, that a doggy horror story will come along shortly to balance things out.
That’s all I gots for now. Feel better all you sick folk!
Later Y’all!
Happy Tuesday!
Please cross your fingers for me. I have to give a presentation on Monday, and I’m really struggling with the subject matter. I’m having to create a hydraulic schematic from a P & ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) and my two teammates are sick. How convenient! I know I’m not nice, but one of them does seem to get sick just when he’s expected to actually do some work.
This project is part of my yearly assignment for my review.
Ok - back to it…
MWAH!
What a great story. That made my morning.
Off to get mad at my students. I give them plenty of time in lab to do their labs carefully and completely, they rush out the door and hand in sloppy, incomplete work. Erg. I wont check their assignments before they leave, but will make it off for being careless.
I don’t believe I missed this! Congratulations - we’ll be in prayer for your congregation. Someday, us Southern Baptists will get there too: I have faith.
Speaking of: there’s a campaign on Facebook (could be other places, too) to wear purple tomorrow in honor/memory of all the gay teens that were bullied into committing suicide recently. Anybody else joing in on this? My purple shirt is clean and ready to go. Nobody deserves to be bullied for any reason.
I don’t think I have anything purple… I have a purplish-dark-pink T-shirt, so I’ll wear that.
I want to know why I always read your name as Ann Ominous, too. Stoopit brain! Then again, it sort of makes you sound like Esme Weatherwax’ dangerous cousin, which would be the nucular version of witchcraft or something.
It’s not Ann Ominous?? Well, what do you know?
It’s migraine day. Blerg. I started with ibuprofin, graduated to Maxalt. If they’d turn off all the overhead flourescents I’d feel much better.
StG
Nope! It’s a bad pun on Anonymous. I have a couple of blogs that I post under that name.
How about Mordekai?
Darn. Times like this I’m going to miss the multiple-quote layer thingy.
I was going to suggest NotKai.
Cause, well, I’m Kai.
Brilliant! Mazal Tov!
I am very proud of my congregation. They’re good people. I really think it’d be awful to tell anyone that they’re not welcome in our church so I’m glad the decision went the way it did. And glad that it was overwhelmingly positive, not a close vote.
I didn’t know about wearing purple, but I will make myself a note to wear purple tomorrow.
I reached the breaking point last night after weeks of sucky work and general stress and went home and cried. I’d told KT that I needed a shoulder to cry on. So on his way in the house, he stopped at the garden and picked me a flower. He’s such a sweetie.
Hey everybody, I’m back again. Don’t count on me staying. I just don’t have time to spend on the internet like I used to.
Things I suck at? Using a sewing machine, but that’s mostly a lack of practice. I can sew by hand even if I’m not terrific. Rolling in taijitsu. Probably also a lack of practice combined with a fear of injuring myself. Anything involving self-discipline and self-motivation. Any sort of real programing. I can do HTML & CSS, but when I try to go beyond that I’m lost. It hurts my geek pride, it does.
I had a garage sale this weekend. We ended up making about $225, but almost none of my books sold. I donated the old ones and have two more boxes I’m going to put on Craigslist along with a few other things. I ended up dancing on the lawn holding a sign to get people to stop and ended up slipping my hip out of place. I couldn’t even stand yesterday and skipped work.
I really hate it when my mother’s too busy to email me. Why isn’t she sitting at home just waiting for an email from her favorite (if only) daughter so she can immediately email back??
That’s very selfish of your mother to act like she has a life taxi! Shame on her!
BTW great news about your congregation! Them’s good people!
I did a pot roast in the slow cooker yesterday. Today it’s heatin’ up and we’ll have smashed N.O.T., steamed baby carrots and butterbeans. MMMMM… think I’ll make cornbread too. A comfort meal is always a good thing.