did everyone die ?
 

no new posts for almot 7 hours ?

i've never seen that before !

Wondering the same thing.

well, at least we're alive.


tell me a story will ya Doc,

its getting dark out


dont leave me

I'm at work for another half hour, then I'm outta here.

I'm here but I am in class.
I just had to go speak in front of like 60 people and I am still shaking. I can play the lead in a play but can't talk about ethics in a seminar. Blah.

i hate public speaking too.

i had to train people on how to use windows back in the day - i was terrified.

eventually i found that if i knew what i was talking about - (completely) then i was far more comfortable.

Rule # 1 ... if you dont know - dont bullshit. say you dont know - but you'll find out.

I'm back from shopping but only for a moment... heading back out now.

Well it was a matter of opinion. Basically asked that if you were a jr. programmer making a forms application to record the needed data for a loan application. The form doesn't ask for race or age. Are you obligated to say something? Who benefits from the flaw, what are the risks? So the group decides that race and age aren't necessary because that's racism and ageism. Then the one guy says "well race is important because some races are higher risk." Wtf? I just froze up and didn't know how to cover.

Yep. I died on the toilet, while eating a jelly doughnut.

yeah - thats one of those things where you say you have to check ...


higher risk or not ... it's probably not constitutional to go there.


ultimitely stupid people are an extremely high risk .. is there an iq test on the form ?


also - do you gamble

do you have unprotected sex

there's a ton of things that effect risk that you cant ask ..

Last night after getting home from my brother's, I went into a turkey coma. Then I woke up and was up watching mindless things on TV until about 4 AM. Then went back to sleep for a few until Solo (my dog) got me up to take him out. And I've been pretty damn lazy ever since. :D It's good to relax though, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. :p

Well I said we should have it checked for sure, but it may have been left off the form for a reason. I know that chances are as you get older you are more responsible with your money and have a better job so you can pay it back. even if you are aboriginal you probably have some special circumstances when it comes to getting a loan, but everything is situational right? This bank or loan office might have other questions such as income to keep from sounding prejudice.


Don't know why I'm still talking about this lol

Wauw! That was really boring. Thanks!!

Why thank you! Happy napping.

Trying hard not to. Still at work.

Yah, it's so fucking embarrasing when ya go face down on the keyboard. And the drool, bleh, just gross.

Meh.. It's not more embarrasing than humping your customers.

But i still try not to.

because it's more interesting than the thread had any hopes of being :)

LOL, yah, try to keep the humping to a minimal. Damn managers tend to frown on that. I don't get the opportunity to hump many customers, although I often feel like telling them to go fuck themselves for being so stupid. What do you do for a living?

Hey, you started the thread, don't start whining now. :p

Now, don't fall asleep when i reveal my secret, but........ I work in a BOOKSHOP!! :eek:

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...r_76/books.jpg

I was at a rehearsal for my pantomime.

Hah! I knew you were secretly older. :p

Actually, this is how boring I am, I think it would be fascinating to work in a bookshop. I love books. And the older books, when you open them up and they have the old paper and that kind of musty smell, for some reason, I just love that.

You just melted Urges heart, nerd.

just hanging around recuperating from turkey overload. Thinking of putting on WANTED or Narnia: Prince Caspian

Both bad movies but I'd go with WANTED. Prince Caspian was awful.

we saw prince caspian in the theatre ... definately lacking ... no fault of the filmmakers though - the story itself isnt that great.

the narnia series of books did not age well.

I think my wife wants to watch Prince Caspian over Wanted.

I'll save Wanted for a double feature tomorrow night with The Dark Knight

LOL, oh I doubt that I melted anyone's heart. But maybe now at least we have something in common, besides horror of course.

Kind of funny, I do almost the opposite for work. I set up electonic file transfer accounts for a giant medical health insurance company. Many times when someone sends me some stupid form I have to read before setting up their company's account, I feel like printing it out cuz I'd much rather read it that way. But I hate wasting the paper, so I put up with reading it online.

I know, more boring stuff. Go drink some coffee. :p

I loved the books, they were a really easy read for me and normally fantasy novels are just too much detail for me to follow. Simplicity is a good thing sometimes. I just felt like with the movie they had to simplify it even more when condensing the story so it lost it's excitement. It's pretty but just not something I could get into.

@Newb If you watch a movie with the Dark Knight watch it first haha. I probably sound all bossy shouting orders but seriously. I watched the dark Knight and then snuck in to see Hell Boy II and it was pathetic. Hell Boy II would have been great alone but compared to such an epic movie it was so sad.

i used to love the books ... but i recently tried to read them again and - for me - i guess there's no going home again.

i think simplicity was the problem ... and you're right as far as how they would have to trim even a simple story to make it fit into the timeframe of a film ... but i have to say - i like kiddie lit - i've been reading a lot of it lately - screening books to see what my kid is ready for or not - and i have to say - youth fiction has come a long way. far more interesting and imaginitive than a lot of what came before.

a short while ago i read the 1st 3 narnia books intending to reread the series - but half way through A Horse and his Boy (or whatever it's called) i completely lost interest.
(i used to recommend these books to everyone !)

Oh dear. How do you stay awake??

I hope you get paid well.

Actually, I do. That's that only way I can stand to do it. That and I work with some really funny people. You have to have a good sense of humor to work in I.T., trust me.

Have you tried the Taran books by Lloyd Alexander?

Also old, but I love the first 2 books. Especially the second.

I've always mentioned them as Lord Of The Rings for children. :)

Good to hear you at least don't work all alone. That would be downright depressing. If you ask me.

this is the series with The Black Cauldron isnt it ?

i have the series and a few of his other books as well.

havent read them as of yet.


we're pretty covered when it comes to kids books ... old and new

Yup.

Actually "The black Cauldron" is the second. ;)

I remember starting that series in the 5th grade (10 years old) and it was one of the factors that got me into fantasy and fostered my love of reading. Before them I read nothing bigger that Encyclopedia Brown and Choose your Own Adventure books . After the Taran series I jumped straight to Poe.

That's quite a jump.

And look where it got you. ;)