Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 41

Ceili · 09-15-2008, 08:30 PM

right now... I am just sitting here kicking myself because I missed sending in my application for a job I'd decided to apply for. Office closed at 5 (which I couldn't make anyway) but I could have had it postmarked with today's date, which is acceptable to them..... but I missed the post office by 3 minutes *sigh*

I'm torn between being mad about having to apply for a job that they basically have me doing already (minus the higher salary of course) and being mad at me for waiting until the last minute to do something about it.

Nose/Face, bleh.

It could just be that it was karma... not meant to be... maybe I will try to go with that one since I'm not able to kick myself these days.

nekokami · 09-15-2008, 08:38 PM

If thinking it's karma works for you, go with it. Otherwise, move on and check the listings for the next opportunity.

Greg Anos · 09-15-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I'm not especially interested in criticizing anyone's ethos, but I'm not sure what you consider the Texas ethos to be, so I'm not sure I'd "join" it, either.

Issues of shooting are entirely moot, as I don't own a gun and consider it extraordinarily unlikely that I ever would. (That might disqualify me right there....)

No, shooting's optional. (I haven't shot a gun in a coon's age - no place to shoot.)

Ethos is hard to describe simply. Anthropologist write big, long, books on different ethos. All we ask is for people not to tell us how to do things. We do things in our land, our way, and tend to get annoyed when somebody from the outside complains about our customs - especially when it means more taxes and gov't involvement in peoples lives. We believe in self-reliance as much as is possible. Nothing ticks off an old Texan worse that someone who moved down from -say- Ohio, and complains that thing aren't done like they were in Ohio (or pick your state/country). If you want things done like they were in Ohio, go back to Ohio. (Texas joke - What is a cultured Texan? Ans. One who has learned to leave the word "Damn" off Yankee in his/hers thoughts...)

nekokami · 09-15-2008, 08:56 PM

Generally Libertarian, I take it. That's common here in New Hampshire, too.

As I said, I'm not interested in criticizing anyone else's ethos. As it happens, I have mixed feelings about this one, but I'll keep them to myself.

Greg Anos · 09-15-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Generally Libertarian, I take it. That's common here in New Hampshire, too.

As I said, I'm not interested in criticizing anyone else's ethos. As it happens, I have mixed feelings about this one, but I'll keep them to myself.

And that's fine. Live your life to your standard.

vivaldirules · 09-16-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Anybody can be a Texan, it only requires three things,

1. Willingness to live in this harsh environment without complaint.
2. Joining the Texan ethos rather than criticizing it.

and

3. Putting up with the rest of the world sneering at you (and not shooting back without permission... that's the toughest one.. ).

...or, lacking those, a good air conditioner will do fine. I think that characterizes the majority of those that live here today. Well, maybe not today but at least last week.

pshrynk · 09-16-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Y'all left out sharks, little Black Widow spiders, rabies, tornadoes, lightning storms, 24hr temperature shift from 25 degrees C to snow and ice, and back to 25C in 24 more hrs, droughts, grass fires, floods, javelinas (wild peccary, a form of native hog - most dangerous), lots of guns, mesquite trees, huisach trees, prickly pear, pincusion cactus, and alligators (both actual and alligators gars (up to 8 feet in length with jaws 2-3 feet long)).

To us natives, home sweet home. (Sorta explains why the gov't has used Texans for shock troops since the US Civil War...)

And let us not forget... Texans!

pshrynk · 09-16-2008, 08:44 AM

Right now, I'm prepering notes for a two minute sound bite at a press conference about suicide prevention.

BookishDreamer · 09-16-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Right now, I'm prepering notes for a two minute sound bite at a press conference about suicide prevention.

Hey pshrynk, tell them to read a good book. It works for me. I'll never commit suicide because there are too many books I haven't read yet.

Dreamer

zelda_pinwheel · 09-16-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

Hey pshrynk, tell them to read a good book. It works for me. I'll never commit suicide because there are too many books I haven't read yet.

Dreamer

something tells me that if that is a compelling reason for you, you might not be pshrynk's target audience...

(that's probably for the best though, wouldn't you agree ?)

Greg Anos · 09-16-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

And let us not forget... Texans!

Don't worry, we never let anybody forget about us!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 09-16-2008, 02:35 PM

Back from out of town... but still off today. So I'll be spending the day mentally cleansing myself from the mud-slinging of the past week, in order to go to work tomorrow totally refreshed.

nekokami · 09-16-2008, 03:12 PM

Just finished my homework assignments for classes starting at 4. (I'm in classes from 4-9pm tonight.) I was able to relate one of the assignments to my job, so I could justify working on it during "work" time.

In the other class' assignment I was asked to write a defense of "close-minded thinking."

I think it's some kind of reverse persekology the instructor is using on us. Hm... that reminds me of a wish... (hops back over to the wish thread)

RickyMaveety · 09-16-2008, 03:42 PM

Huh ... I'm feeling a bit on the dizzy/woozy side today. I suppose it's the medications, but ya never know.

This has been happening in the early afternoon several days in a row now. I would take a bit of a lie down, but that seems to make it harder for me to go to sleep later on.

It's rather odd.

DixieGal · 09-16-2008, 04:09 PM

Ricky, do you have a blood pressure cuff? Do you think maybe your BP is dropping when you stand up?

I'm here at my desk, eavesdropping across the cubes. The people on my side are getting set up for this week's wedding shower, and the groom-to-be is sitting on the other side pretending he can't hear it. Can a girl claim all of these wedding/baby shower gifts as a tax deduction? This is getting ridiculous. OK, slap on a happy face and go pretend to be excited to watch other people get gifts.

09-15-2008, 08:30 PM	#601
Ceili well, that didn't work Posts: 103 Karma: 1027 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle	right now... I am just sitting here kicking myself because I missed sending in my application for a job I'd decided to apply for. Office closed at 5 (which I couldn't make anyway) but I could have had it postmarked with today's date, which is acceptable to them..... but I missed the post office by 3 minutes sigh I'm torn between being mad about having to apply for a job that they basically have me doing already (minus the higher salary of course) and being mad at me for waiting until the last minute to do something about it. Nose/Face, bleh. It could just be that it was karma... not meant to be... maybe I will try to go with that one since I'm not able to kick myself these days.

09-15-2008, 08:38 PM	#602
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	If thinking it's karma works for you, go with it. Otherwise, move on and check the listings for the next opportunity.

09-15-2008, 08:56 PM	#604
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Generally Libertarian, I take it. That's common here in New Hampshire, too. As I said, I'm not interested in criticizing anyone else's ethos. As it happens, I have mixed feelings about this one, but I'll keep them to myself.

09-16-2008, 08:44 AM	#608
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Right now, I'm prepering notes for a two minute sound bite at a press conference about suicide prevention.

09-16-2008, 02:35 PM	#612
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Back from out of town... but still off today. So I'll be spending the day mentally cleansing myself from the mud-slinging of the past week, in order to go to work tomorrow totally refreshed.

09-16-2008, 03:12 PM	#613
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Just finished my homework assignments for classes starting at 4. (I'm in classes from 4-9pm tonight.) I was able to relate one of the assignments to my job, so I could justify working on it during "work" time. In the other class' assignment I was asked to write a defense of "close-minded thinking." I think it's some kind of reverse persekology the instructor is using on us. Hm... that reminds me of a wish... (hops back over to the wish thread)

09-16-2008, 03:42 PM	#614
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Huh ... I'm feeling a bit on the dizzy/woozy side today. I suppose it's the medications, but ya never know. This has been happening in the early afternoon several days in a row now. I would take a bit of a lie down, but that seems to make it harder for me to go to sleep later on. It's rather odd.

09-16-2008, 04:09 PM	#615
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Ricky, do you have a blood pressure cuff? Do you think maybe your BP is dropping when you stand up? I'm here at my desk, eavesdropping across the cubes. The people on my side are getting set up for this week's wedding shower, and the groom-to-be is sitting on the other side pretending he can't hear it. Can a girl claim all of these wedding/baby shower gifts as a tax deduction? This is getting ridiculous. OK, slap on a happy face and go pretend to be excited to watch other people get gifts.