On The Best Time I Watched TED Talks as Foreplay
@redheaded&crazie: I thought it was just my crazy work computer! ::shudders::
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On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@frigwiggin: Yeah, I struggle with this a bit too, even though I am not a lawyer. Part of me feels that in order to be a Good and Ambitious Nonprofit Sector Employee Dedicated to (Multiple) Causes, I should be serving on boards and volunteering my time to all of these causes.. even though I like spending time with my husband, doing somewhat sporty things, and sleeping. I'm trying to find a compromise but honestly, I'm sitting on a board right now and feeling meh about it. I should probably step off when I get a chance. It takes all kinds, right?
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On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@WaityKatie: Do you think the Priscilla Chan method isn't feasible for corpo lawyers? My man is neither a lawyer or CEO, so this has never been an issue for me. I'm just genuinely curious.
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On Something Something Canada
@nogreeneggs: The hilarious thing is how everyone on DA is like "Oh there goes Edith again, the ugly one" and I'm always like "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? SHE ISN'T UGLY?" Not that ugly people (or anyone) should be badly treated by their family, but it's always absurd to me how the entire show is like "lolololol, Edith is a troll."
On the flip side, Mary and Sybil are kind of incandescently beautiful.. but still. I would've thought Edith was more attractive by conventional English standards what with the lighter hair and everything.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@wallsdonotfall: My husband has actually gotten two suits made from a Thai made-to-order company that he got connected to from a coworker. They have been generally reliable and they do good quality work! The suit he wore for our wedding was made with them. He needs made-to-order stuff since his measurements aren't great for ready-to-wear stuff--I'm going to humblebrag here and just say he has the proportions of a cartoon superhero.. except for a non-tiny waist. They do lady clothes too, but I haven't bothered getting anything from them, so I don't know about how well they do with that.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@Lila Fowler: I've been trying to do work dress + flats + shrugs/cardigans if I'm cold or if they are sleeveless. For instance, I have this dress, again with flats, but no shrug. When it's cold out I pair things with tights (a variety of neutral tights for colorful dresses, sometimes purple or teal tights for black/grey dresses) and flats or boots, depending on the kind of dress.
I tend to go with dresses just because they can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion, and because they always look snappy (to me). Also if I wear knee high rainboots I think I can get away with wearing them when doing site visits. Fuck the haters.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@jaimie: I can't remember which kind we have but I'll take a look when I get home.
@stuffisthings: I don't think it will get you the super-crisp look, unfortunately.
@Reginal: You can't quit if you never started...
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@falconet: Get a clothes steamer! Just hang up what you need to remove wrinkles from, get the steamer started, and steam the wrinkles out!
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On YSIDTA?
"My boyfriend believes abortion is wrong.
At the very least that should mean he doesn’t get to have sex with you."
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN
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On The League of Ordinary Ladies: Short Dates
@redheaded&crazie: Man, that's nothing! My parents used to think it'd be hilarious to tell me at age 4 that they just found me in a box in Baltimore, and then follow that up with "we found your sister in Saigon ten years earlier, and we figured we'd had to take you in because you two look so much alike. what are the chances?!? hahahahaha" It sounds so silly now but when you're 4 you get really worked up about these things.