PoSt away, folks!

So quiet...

*chirp, chirp*

Ok, the CyberPub Crud has GOT to go away. It's like the cold that never ends. ugh. I can't remember the last time I felt this miserable for this long.

Just some chronic stuffiness that's driving me crazy is all I have left of the cybercrud...

Have been slowly adding wine to the racks, and, so far, like the Cor.kz app. Will have to use it a little longer before giving a complete review.

Have I ever mentioned the people I work with are slobs? I'm probably gonna get in trouble for this one. Taped to the microwave:


While fully acknowledging this as an EPIC waste of time, the microwave is now sparkly clean. If you cook something in there and it results in residue all over the inside; Please, take five seconds of your life, to not be a slob, and wipe the inside out with a damp paper towel. If you cannot overcome your inner slob (likely) follow these simple steps to ensure microwave cleanliness:
1. Use a lid over your bowl if you’re warming something up. No lid you say? Why an inverted* (upside down if you’re confused) plate makes an EXCELLENT lid. Just place it over the bowl. Then, you can simply remove the lid (caution, it may be hot), rinse it (asking a lot I know), then remove the bowl. If something leaked out the sides, there are paper towels in the kitchen. They’re next to the coffee pot in case you’ve never used one. Use one of these [tip: run the towel under water and wring it out prior to using it] to wipe up your mess. OR take the whole carousel out and rinse it under flowing water (the sink).
2. If you’re warming something up on a plate. Another plate (again inverted) makes a wonderful lid (plus by concentrating the heat you will most likely have hotter food faster. Please, follow the cleanup procedure outlined in step one for the inverted plate.
3. If you’re warming something up on a plate and don’t want to use another plate as a lid, use a paper towel. Drape it over your food so anything that explodes will explode into the paper towel.
If you cannot follow one of these simple steps as outlined above, then you have failed at life. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 and DO NOT use this microwave.
Thanks, and have a wonderful rest of your day. Oh, and enjoy your lunch.
*the reason you want to invert the plate is so the concave portion does not come in contact with your food.

bhodilee wrote:Most excellent microwave instructions...

There are signs all over the lunch room, most notably in front of and on top of the microwaves, that state CLEAN UP AFTER USE.

I think your instructions are much more compelling though Except, I wonder if they'll get hung up on the "concave" thing about the plates. That might be too sophisticated a word.

cheron98 wrote:There are signs all over the lunch room, most notably in front of and on top of the microwaves, that state CLEAN UP AFTER USE.

I think your instructions are much more compelling though Except, I wonder if they'll get hung up on the "concave" thing about the plates. That might be too sophisticated a word.

I thought about maybe explaining concave, but at that point I had lost my zeal for jackassery. The funniest part is when my boss came over to thank me for the write up for employee of the year (this is the one where I nominated the font for an award) and he said I had a way with words. Sadly, come grant time, I'm probably going to get stuck writing the grants. I wonder if he'll enjoy my way with words after the microwave instructions.

bhodilee wrote:I thought about maybe explaining concave, but at that point I had lost my zeal for jackassery. The funniest part is when my boss came over to thank me for the write up for employee of the year (this is the one where I nominated the font for an award) and he said I had a way with words. Sadly, come grant time, I'm probably going to get stuck writing the grants. I wonder if he'll enjoy my way with words after the microwave instructions.

Did the font make the top 3?

joelsisk wrote:Did the font make the top 3?

He did say he's sure it'll come up a time or two. He got quite the kick out of it.

Also, two things.

I ate at Chili's this weekend. Yep, you read that right. I had a GC from my least favorite extended family, so figured, eh, its free. I haven't been to one in 7 years. If another 7 goes by, so be it. The fruit cake ratio was massively lopsided. The food was meh and the server was, well, to be kind, not so bright.

FINALLY! Chick Fil A is coming to Omaha. Better, it's less than five minutes from my house. This is the only Fast Food Joint I like, and I love it. Though, it may be romanticized in my brain since I haven't been there since a spectacular vacation in Atlanta 9 years ago.

cheron98 wrote:Ok, the CyberPub Crud has GOT to go away. It's like the cold that never ends. ugh. I can't remember the last time I felt this miserable for this long.

I agree!!! So far no congestion, just feel like total crap!!plus annoying cough started today... Oh, and now my ear is starting to really hurt.....I am tired and bored, can't sleep, tried, too tired to do anything.... I am hungry but can't find "anything" to eat (have house full of food) have major stuff to do tomorrow.. I think my give a crap is totally broken!

bhodilee wrote:He did say he's sure it'll come up a time or two. He got quite the kick out of it.

Also, two things.

I ate at Chili's this weekend. Yep, you read that right. I had a GC from my least favorite extended family, so figured, eh, its free. I haven't been to one in 7 years. If another 7 goes by, so be it. The fruit cake ratio was massively lopsided. The food was meh and the server was, well, to be kind, not so bright.

FINALLY! Chick Fil A is coming to Omaha. Better, it's less than five minutes from my house. This is the only Fast Food Joint I like, and I love it. Though, it may be romanticized in my brain since I haven't been there since a spectacular vacation in Atlanta 9 years ago.

Chilis food has soo much salt that my eyes swell the next morning!!

Love Chick fil A! At least you can tell you are eating real chicken, not mixed up pieces parts!!!


Loved the microwave directions!!

bhodilee wrote:I thought about maybe explaining concave, but at that point I had lost my zeal for jackassery. The funniest part is when my boss came over to thank me for the write up for employee of the year (this is the one where I nominated the font for an award) and he said I had a way with words. Sadly, come grant time, I'm probably going to get stuck writing the grants. I wonder if he'll enjoy my way with words after the microwave instructions.

I don't see why not ... it's not like the slobs are going to read it. Unless it has pictures, that is.


Depends too, if they have someone waiting to use the microwave right after them. Because heaven forbid they have to wait to heat up their food!

So you need to insert another step, protocol-wise, so that when someone doesn't want to wait for cleanup, that they become beholden (another word you might like!) to the office to clean up the microwave once the heating of their sustenance (aka "vittles" or "eats") is completed.

mommadeb1 wrote:
Love Chick fil A! At least you can tell you are eating real chicken, not mixed up pieces parts!!!

It's the hate and intolerance that gives it a nice je ne se quoi ;)

mommadeb1 wrote:Chilis food has soo much salt that my eyes swell the next morning!!

Love Chick fil A! At least you can tell you are eating real chicken, not mixed up pieces parts!!!


Loved the microwave directions!!

You know what, you're dead on. I had soup and salad at Chili's (I'm a soup fiend) and I couldn't drink enough water the rest of the day. It was nuts.

mother wrote:It's the hate and intolerance that gives it a nice je ne se qua ;)

I think it adds something special to the breading.

bhodilee wrote:I think it adds something special to the breading.

That and the liquid crack they use instead of shortening in the biscuit dough.

When did I get another tinsil? They're ruining my reputation!

[Note to code monkeys: It's "tinsel", not "tinsil". If you are going to use filters, please spell-check them first.]

I wanna go home. . .

mother wrote:It's the hate and intolerance that gives it a nice je ne se quoi ;)

I'm going to get flamed for this, because it's intolerant.

You know what I hate? Tolerance. I think the idea of "tolerance" is stupid, at least in its current, bastardized state. I really do, and I'm really tired of people who find out that a company does something that is considered "intolerant" suddenly declaring that the company is evil. What makes a company so intolerant? Sticking to the principals of their founder? Having, as a client, a group that is anti-something? Or maybe it's just closing the store down on a certain day because of a specific holiday or Holy day. What's wrong with intolerance? Why should we all have to agree with everyone else about everything? The only time intolerance is WRONG is when an action is taken against someone - like genocide. "Tolerance" doesn't mean I have to agree with you. It just means "agree to disagree" and then just leave it alone.

Maybe companies shouldn't shut down on Good Friday, ever, because *gasp* that's a Christian holiday and it's intolerant of every other religious group. Maybe they shouldn't shut down on Christmas either, for the same reason. Oh, but no one complains about that because it's a day off of work and it's to their benefit to stay quiet about it. To truly be tolerant, one would have to either take away every holiday because somehow, someone is going to be offended by it, or to make sure EVERY holiday for every person who could potentially interact with the business is observed. The former won't happen because people like their days off. The latter won't happen because no business would EVER happen.

According to people who lobby for "tolerance" - companies with a Christian foundation that shut down on Sundays shouldn't do that, because that's insensitive and intolerant to the atheists and Muslims and Jews and everyone else who wants to go to that business on Sunday. Companies with a Jewish foundation that shut down on Saturdays (Sabbath) shouldn't do that, because that's insensitive and intolerant to the atheists and Muslims and Christians who what to go to that company on Saturday.

From all I can tell, for Chick-Fil-A in particular, the anger stems from the fact that they dared to cater food to an anti-merry organization. How does that make Chick-Fil-A itself intolerant? I could understand irateness stemming from an incident where, say, a merry rights group requested catering from CFA and they refused. Sure, that's probably bad business practice and maybe they shouldn't do that. But that's not what happened. And this is the kind of thing that I see over and over again. An organization (A) enters a business relationship with another organization (B) that supports/protests a particular idea, and suddenly organization A is the evil entity and worthy of mockery, disdain, slander, and boycotting. Not because Organization A directly states a stance on something, but because they happened to collect money for goods or services rendered to someone else with a stance. And I find that to be wrong.

By staging protests against Organization A, doesn't that mean the protesters are now intolerant of Organization A, the very people the protesters are claiming is intolerant? Since I don't see Organization A going out with pitchforks and torches against the protesters, while the protesters are actively trying to put the company out of business, it makes me wonder who is really the greater evil here.

tol·er·ance

noun /ˈtäl(ə)rəns/ 
tolerances, plural

1. The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with


tol·er·ate

verb /ˈtäləˌrāt/ 
tolerated, past participle; tolerated, past tense; tolerates, 3rd person singular present; tolerating, present participle

1. Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference

2. Accept or endure (someone or something unpleasant or disliked) with forbearance

in·tol·er·ance

noun /inˈtälərəns/ 
intolerances, plural

1. Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own

[ /end soap box ]

Go ahead, ostracize me now. You know you want to.

cheron98 wrote:Impressive rant

I'm going to ostracize you because you didn't curse ONCE. I can't tolerate that.

edit: I will say, there is a grocery store in town that closes on Sunday. DRIVES ME NUTS, as that's usually the only day I can get there and I like the place. I get it though, they're Christian folk and would rather their employees spend the day with the family. I actually kind of respect that they'll throw away 4 days of profit, when its a busy shopping day I'm sure, to stick to what they feel is right. It's a chain also, all over Iowa and Nebraska. I'm basically Agnostic, but its your business, run it how you see fit.

As far as Chick-Fil-A goes, they're in business. You stay in business by making money. If catering to an anti-merry organization makes you money, so be it. If your board of directors is anti-merry, so be it. Free country and all

Three times today my right shoelace has come undone. Three times I have retied it. I'd like to think I can tie a shoe, but damnit. I despise those round laces on boots and hiking shoes!

cheron98 wrote:I'm going to get flamed for this, because it's intolerant.

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Go ahead, ostracize me now. You know you want to.

On the contrary, I'm kind of impressed. Also I'm not going to ostracize you because that's what you want.

bhodilee wrote:Three times today my right shoelace has come undone. Three times I have retied it. I'd like to think I can tie a shoe, but damnit. I despise those round laces on boots and hiking shoes!

I gave up. I bought the same laces but longer, and now I double knot them, like I'm 2 years old. (Oh wait, they don't make shoes with laces for kids anymore do they? don't they all have velcro closures ;) )

mother wrote:It's the hate and intolerance that gives it a nice je ne se quoi ;)

ok... I admit it...I haven't got a clue what hate?

cheron98 wrote:(Check out this epic wall o'text)

very well said! Can we get on a soapbox about political correctness also?!!

sanity wrote:I gave up. I bought the same laces but longer, and now I double knot them, like I'm 2 years old. (Oh wait, they don't make shoes with laces for kids anymore do they? don't they all have velcro closures ;) )

oh, they make laces for kids, you haven't lived until you are in a room with first graders or kindergarteners who's shoes come untied and they don't know how to tie them... then add that the shoes are "well worn" and stinky!! that makes for a fun day!!!

sanity wrote:I gave up. I bought the same laces but longer, and now I double knot them, like I'm 2 years old. (Oh wait, they don't make shoes with laces for kids anymore do they? don't they all have velcro closures ;) )

every one of them. My 15 year old can barely tie his shoes. He never had to learn. I'm sure my other two will be the same way.

Course, when your father can't keep his shoes tied, maybe it's best if they stick with velcro.

mommadeb1 wrote:very well said! Can we get on a soapbox about political correctness also?!!

Oh, political correctness and tolerance go hand-in-hand. It's usually in the name of Political Correctness that someone gets labeled Intolerant.

Edit: In fact, that rant originally had a few un-PC things in it that I trimmed out because people would have gotten hung up on the un-PC things and it would have detracted from the point.

bhodilee wrote:every one of them. My 15 year old can barely tie his shoes. He never had to learn. I'm sure my other two will be the same way.

Course, when your father can't keep his shoes tied, maybe it's best if they stick with velcro.

So, this may sound stupid, but it actually is true (in my experience with round laces anyway)... if you tie your laces by x-ing two loops they are more likely to stay tied, whereas the single loop with the wrap around doesn't stay as well.

cheron98 wrote:Terrific rant

From the guy who used to write the Weekly Rant over in the Pol'ticks thread - that was superb! A rant truly worthy of the name.

cheron98 wrote:Most Excellent Rant.

On the way home from Mom/Dad's (needed to meet home care worker and get shopping list), I was thinking the same thing. Just not so impressively.


To be honest, it wasn't just catering, but I believe they've donated money to a family-oriented organization. But ... vote with your pocketbook if you disagree with their policies. Don't be a hater.

Freedom of Speech sometimes means hearing things we don't agree with or like.

inkycatz wrote:On the contrary, I'm kind of impressed. Also I'm not going to ostracize you because that's what you want.

I don't want free wine!

joelsisk wrote:So, this may sound stupid, but it actually is true (in my experience with round laces anyway)... if you tie your laces by x-ing two loops they are more likely to stay tied, whereas the single loop with the wrap around doesn't stay as well.

Not that I've found. Have to double loop (do the x-ing two loops) again so that it doesn't slip out.

mommadeb1 wrote:ok... I admit it...I haven't got a clue what hate?

IIRC, their founder is christian (thus the closed on Sundays), and has supported some organizations against merry marriage.

MarkDaSpark wrote:IIRC, their founder is christian (thus the closed on Sundays), and has supported some organizations against merry marriage.

Okay, thanks. I was confused as hell.

cheron98 wrote:epic rant

I did some googling, since I've never heard anything about the intolerant chicken before. Some folks say that all the restaurant did was provide sandwiches to a Christian group, some others say they donated cash to an explicitly anti-merry group. Since I don't accept that Christian = anti-merry, I don't think the two situations are the same. I'm guessing it was the anti-merry thing, more than the Christian thing, which pissed people off. If I refuse to patronize the restaurant, does that mean I'm intolerant? (there is no such restaurant near me, so my intolerance will continue in any case)

Microwave - Brilliant! We have similar notes around our office, but they aren't so eloquently stated.

CyberPub Crud - That's what this is!? I've been here a week and you've already gotten me sick!? Ack...

Wall of text rant - O.o Woah... You tellem!

Is anyone aware of a link to a list/spreadsheet/forum/whatever regarding the results of the "secret" Christmas Burgandy Olfactory Center ? I would like to see what kind of things other people got. (Mine was appropriately crappy.) Since it wasn't the actual Woot of the day on 12/25, there was no discussion link at the time, but when it comes to Burgandy Olfactory Center wooters are pretty enterprising, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's a spreadsheet floating around.

I no longer spend my money at chick fil a and that is sad because there is not much better than their mini chick breakfast things.

When the money I spend at chick fil a goes to support anti merry propaganda I'd rather spend my $ elsewhere. It's one thing to have beliefs that go against mine, it's another when my money goes to support those beliefs.

chick fil a donates over $2million towards anti merry groups

chick fil a explicitly says they do not like same sex couples

InFrom wrote:Is anyone aware of a link to a list/spreadsheet/forum/whatever regarding the results of the "secret" Christmas Burgandy Olfactory Center ? I would like to see what kind of things other people got. (Mine was appropriately crappy.) Since it wasn't the actual Woot of the day on 12/25, there was no discussion link at the time, but when it comes to Burgandy Olfactory Center wooters are pretty enterprising, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's a spreadsheet floating around.

Hiding in that day's product thread.