Go from competent-sounding to not in the space of a minute:

User: I'm having a problem printing from your site, but no others. I've tested it on *competitor* and reinstalled my printer drivers and it still occurs. It started right after I switched browsers. Do you think I should change back?

Tech: *happy because they sound competent* If it's ( Read more... )

This morning at work I glanced over at my coffee cup, and had a moment of confusion because it looked for some reason like a miniature of itself. Everything around it looked normal, just the cup itself appeared tiny. "Wait...I didn't get a sm - that's not even a small, that's mini - " I blinked a couple times and it cleared up, but still... ( Read more... )

Original Episodes of Sesame Street for 'Adults Only'.Obviously my exposure to this as a child did horrible things to me, resulting in my becoming an adult who...um...budgets? Yeah. I stay within my monthly household budget. Oh, and I can hold down a regular job, regularly. ('Cept now, but that was beyond my control ( Read more... )

Today I fit into, and purchased, a size 10 skirt. (It's pretty too; knee-length, blue, with white flowers embroidered around the scallop hem.)

Then I went to the store a little ways down from the store I bought the skirt in, and discovered that a size 14 bathing suit is a tad tight, and a size 16 fits me just fine.

To this I say: The hell?

Once again at work I had to go into a long explanation as to why I currently neither have nor want children. For some reason, people make this conclusion: doesn't have = doesn't like, and that annoys me. So for anyone else who's wondering, here's The Baby Explanation ( Read more... )