I feel a little weird in my new glasses. I haven’t had a new pair in nearly ten years. #changeisgood
Dear scientists who want to have another lab analyze your samples: please ask how said samples should be delivered BEFORE you do so, and then the poor tech assigned to processing said f*&%$@ samples doesn’t have to find out that the planned method doesn’t work because your samples arrive in the wrong matrix. #lifeinthelab #rant
Really, is it so hard to log your sample run BEFORE you leave the lab, so we don’t have to search all over the floor for you as you monopolize our only working machine? #lifeinthelab #feelingwhiny
Gung hai fat choi, everybody! It’s the Year of the Dragon again. Be ready for change! #cny2012
I REALLY wish there was a bus I could take that departs between 6:05 and 6:43p. Can’t make the former tonight, hate waiting for latter. #cold
Scott RoeselerAlso boo. Hope your day tomorrow is better!
Jennifer ShewThanks for commiserating with me, Scott! It sucks to have to wait for the weekend to start.
Brittany ConstableThe miseries of public transit. I hate when the train times are stupid.
Thanks to my wonderful friend +Leona Konkel I have a scarf to keep me warm while I walk home. The day is looking better!
Boo 2 am hailstorm that woke me up last night. Temps dropping today, & I forgot my scarf. Maybe the rest of the day will be better.
Obligatory cat cuteness.
Had to resort to the 47 Hanley instead of my normal 91 Olive. Will be late anyway. I miss the days when I could just walk to the metrolink. Some busses are an hour or more behind schedule. There wasn’t that much snow, but its blowing everywhere and icing after cars idle then drive off. #snow #whycantpeopledriveinsnow #happenseveryyear
Alison HawkeIt took me over an hour to get in to work, when it’s normally a 20 minute commute, and people were tailgating me the whole way.
Why aren’t rocket launchers included as standard equipment in cars?
Need something read? Help an author out.Originally shared by Diane Duane – 56 commentsWhoopee, our bank account has been cleaned out…*
So I was expecting a payment into the joint account that Peter and I share, and logged into online banking to see if it had come in yet. And saw:
Available balance: 0.00
Uhh… No, not really possible. Something a little over 0.00, something a little under 0.00, sure. But this? No. Possibly a system hiccup of some kind. So I call the helpline and ask what’s going on.
And surprise! What do they find, but, between Tuesday and today, a number of transactions that aren’t mine. Road toll payments (when we don’t have a car: amusing). Movie tickets from a Dublin-area omniplex (when we haven’t left the house since last Friday: I’m still fighting with this sinus infection and haven’t been out a lot.) And then a transaction at a point-of-sale somewhere in Ireland that emptied out the account. (There wasn’t a vast amount in there right then… but it’s all gone now.)
W. T. F. My bank card has been skimmed.
It’s toast now (thrown in the fire a few minutes ago, a new one ordered over the phone). But so much for the bills that needed to be paid this week. 2012 had better start getting its act together, as this is not an auspicious beginning.
The bank will cover this expense when its fraud department has digested all the details. But meanwhile, the household is skint. So: if you feel inclined to spit in the eye of the nameless rogue(s) who’ve briefly ruined the domestic tranquility around here, I invite you you to go over to the Ebooks Direct store and buy something using the discount code DDGOTSKIMMED, which will give you 20% off whatever you buy.
If you feel inclined to share this around, it’d be appreciated.
(mutter) Miscreants.
(oh, sorry, forgot the URL for the store. (You can judge my mental state from that, I bet…)