tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post5968699129730825788..comments2023-11-03T06:44:41.540-04:00Comments on Wednesday whining: The Blues: Now Available in Extra-WhineyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-85452577632894226822007-11-08T09:39:00.000-05:002007-11-08T09:39:00.000-05:00Hugs and votes to Scriv. hope the conversation we...Hugs and votes to Scriv. hope the conversation went as well as such conversations can. Good luck.<BR/><BR/>((Margalit))Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09640027981607230423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-63784095542940769612007-11-08T07:12:00.000-05:002007-11-08T07:12:00.000-05:00Andy gets the Morton Salt award. No, wait, Andy an...Andy gets the Morton Salt award. No, wait, Andy and Margalit are TIED for the Morton Salt award!<BR/><BR/>QOWP, I'm so sorry, I wish the spirit of our results had graced your province too.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-88273280620615870522007-11-07T22:37:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:37:00.000-05:00Lots of hugs for Scrivener and Andy. No major whi...Lots of hugs for Scrivener and Andy. <BR/><BR/>No major whines here. Tired. Worn out. Power struggles. You know, the usual...Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-13392926754626309822007-11-07T21:44:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:44:00.000-05:00Whine: I'm watching my Socialist Utopia Home Provi...Whine: I'm watching my Socialist Utopia Home Province going over to the conservative party right now. They are so going to screw up my province. Th counting isn't over yet, but it's looking like a majority government for Evil. Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-18382934449087823822007-11-07T21:39:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:39:00.000-05:00And the shit goes on...Yay to Liz. Andy, you must ...And the shit goes on...<BR/><BR/>Yay to Liz. <BR/><BR/>Andy, you must be driving my old car. Condolences. <BR/><BR/>(((((DMD)))))<BR/><BR/>Can I just say UGH about everything? <BR/><BR/>Whine: son got 'asked to leave' school for a while because he wasn't able to handle authority. Meaning he was skipping classes, mouthing off to teachers, refusing to do any work, etc. Oh, did I mention it's his margalithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782326504951603071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-55541363928283528412007-11-07T21:35:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:35:00.000-05:00Congrats to Liz!Votes for Andy. But perhaps one ca...Congrats to Liz!<BR/><BR/>Votes for Andy. But perhaps one can imagine that you might be better off without someone so rude and shallow.<BR/><BR/>Mykal - I've been there and it is awful. Hang in there. <BR/><BR/>Whine: Just finished 11 days of single parenting while husband was in Asia. Stomach virus (complete with vomit, vomit, everywhere) hit on day 6.<BR/><BR/>Anti-Whine: husband came home Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786263277106788294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-22934969454489893722007-11-07T20:40:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:40:00.000-05:00whine: I'm on Day 4 of the latest "Daddy's job mea...whine: I'm on Day 4 of the latest "Daddy's job means he has to go places to tell people about all the cool work he does, honey!" sesson.<BR/><BR/>whine: Primo got put on a behavior modification program by his teacher to try to quell his interruptions. She apparently thinks that getting a "I was a super listener" sticker at the end of the day will serve as a motivational tool for the World's BroccoliEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617721483953789523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-65571915201697284852007-11-07T20:35:00.000-05:002007-11-07T20:35:00.000-05:00hi, neighbor lady! hope everyone is over the stre...hi, neighbor lady! hope everyone is over the strep, and that something germinates for your class.<BR/><BR/>turtlebella -- ain't it the truth about the pets blaming us for the freaking time change? <BR/><BR/>klee -- condolances and chocolate for the stuck in the middle thing. ick.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-69994942783257198282007-11-07T18:34:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:34:00.000-05:00okay here's another little funny whine (I never st...okay here's another little funny whine (I never stop when I should):<BR/><BR/>Background: I teach Nia (it's a mind-body-spirit fitness practice thing). At the end of the class we do "Floorplay" which basically means stretching and yoga-ish type stuff on the floor. <BR/><BR/>The inevitable happened last night. I called it foreplay. Then I giggled a lot. No one ever called ME grown up, nope, no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-39198543330960734542007-11-07T18:30:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:30:00.000-05:00Neighbor lady: I hear you on the spoons. (We never...Neighbor lady: I hear you on the spoons. (We never have clean spoons. Or bowls.) Old skool whine award, I think.<BR/><BR/>Also old skool vote for Andy and all the broken lights. Surely this must mean SOMETHING, on the part of the universe. I don't know what, but sheesh. Maybe you should give the ex a goodbye flashlight, kind of like a cluestick flashlight. Right, I'm not making any sense. ShouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-17353437993911521182007-11-07T18:29:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:29:00.000-05:00Hooray for Liz and Team M! That's fabulous news.A...Hooray for Liz and Team M! That's fabulous news.<BR/><BR/>Another hooray to DMD for Baby Mac's arrival! Sorry that LMS isn't enjoying being a big sister so far, but hopefully, she'll get used to it soon. I'm sending "no tantrum" vibes your way.<BR/><BR/>I vote for Scrivener, because his situation sucks on so many levels. I'm so sorry, Scriv. I wish there was something I could say or do to KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-58621497421503274102007-11-07T18:22:00.000-05:002007-11-07T18:22:00.000-05:00Daylight not? savings time whines:1) I can never r...Daylight not? savings time whines:<BR/><BR/>1) I can never remember when it is we are saving daylight time and when we are not. What does saving have to do with it anyway?! (don't try to explain, it would just be wasted on me).<BR/><BR/>2) Dogs and cat do not understand changing time. Agitating for breakfast and dinner now starts a whole hour early. All the crying and whining and yowling and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-12117700020963120052007-11-07T15:33:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:33:00.000-05:00Votes for Scrivener and good thoughts for tonight'...Votes for Scrivener and good thoughts for tonight's conversation--hope it goes as well as it can. Also, fingers crossed through all the meetings and moves coming up. <BR/><BR/>Also, votes for Andy, because...man, what a horrible week, and also a compelling combination of substantive and old skool whines (what with all the knobs and lights breaking).<BR/><BR/>My whines this week: both kids had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-8991097877859962672007-11-07T15:09:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:09:00.000-05:00hugs [and some of miranda's corn-free liquor, as n...hugs [and some of miranda's corn-free liquor, as needed] to mykal and onetiredema, for the layoff and job stress blues.<BR/><BR/>more hugs and 3 gallons of hot chocolate to scriv, along with crossed fingers for all those appointments.<BR/><BR/>cluesticks to the appropriate entities in redzil's and S's virtual universes.<BR/><BR/>sue -- virtual catnip and washable bathmats for monster cat. sheesh.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-51357463842807281012007-11-07T14:47:00.000-05:002007-11-07T14:47:00.000-05:00Weighing in on the Old Skool front today:At work, ...Weighing in on the Old Skool front today:<BR/><BR/>At work, we have "new" phones that my manager finally took out of their boxes and set up for me, two years after I bought them, because I am just *that* kind of efficient.<BR/><BR/>Their ring is incredibly alarming. It makes my heart race with adrenaline every time I hear it, but I'm sure in time I'll adjust. Ditto the light layer of fuzz on S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-80768220138451831962007-11-07T13:44:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:44:00.000-05:00Yay, Liz!Serious early votes for Mykal, Scrivener,...Yay, Liz!<BR/><BR/>Serious early votes for Mykal, Scrivener, and Andy. <BR/><BR/>Things here are fine (but you have to say "fine" in that terse, clipped-off way to make it work).<BR/><BR/>I gotta say, the grade mongering emails I get at this time of the semester are not helping...redzilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930908504232590773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-90980545928093255402007-11-07T12:37:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:37:00.000-05:00Unbloggable job stress happening to someone I love...Unbloggable job stress happening to someone I love. Not so stressful as not having a job, but stealthily toxic and frustrating and sad.<BR/><BR/>It's awful and there is nothing I can do to help.OneTiredEmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786020912408441766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-20887369634442798702007-11-07T12:03:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:03:00.000-05:00Oy, votes for Andy, defninitely.I've got 4 hours t...Oy, votes for Andy, defninitely.<BR/><BR/>I've got 4 hours talking to various therapists/divorce coaches and a few hours meeting with the divorce lawyers, all within the next three days. Also, this evening we tell the kids that we're splitting up. And on Saturday, I get to help my almost-Ex mover her stuff out of the house, which is both whine and anti-whine rolled into one.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-81712364171184764162007-11-07T12:02:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:02:00.000-05:00Mykal gets my nomination for the "whine if you do;...Mykal gets my nomination for the "whine if you do; whine if you don't" award. Also lots of sympathy -- it's a terrible environment to be in, no matter which side of the cutoff you fall in.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389653184198589623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-74093856819392111112007-11-07T11:06:00.000-05:002007-11-07T11:06:00.000-05:00Yay Liz!! hugs and votes for DMD and Andy. Whine: ...Yay Liz!! <BR/><BR/>hugs and votes for DMD and Andy. <BR/><BR/>Whine: Cat power dynamics in our house. The little tiny innocent looking girl kitteh keeps chasing the big monster cat (who could kick her tiny butt if he wasn't such a coward) out of the litter box. <BR/><BR/>We now have three litter boxes downstairs, and she won't let him use any of them. So, he's started doing his bidness on any Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-47436300075792819982007-11-07T10:03:00.000-05:002007-11-07T10:03:00.000-05:00I feel that I am at peak whininess.Layoffs at work...I feel that I am at peak whininess.<BR/><BR/>Layoffs at work yesterday. I am pissed that my friends got laid off, I am pissed that I didn't get laid off (I would have gotten 8months severance, full pay) (I would have been pissed if I did get laid off too). There was no way out of the layoffs without being pissed off at everything. <BR/><BR/>The whole layoff expierence sucked. I hate knowing that Mykalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916139795750548410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-65100769670702829372007-11-07T09:40:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:40:00.000-05:00oh, one state away. bummer! but I'll cheer for t...oh, one state away. bummer! but I'll cheer for the sax section here anyway. :)JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138401393364371648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-16925306658714910392007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:00yay, liz!JM, daughter is in oregon. andy, it is g...yay, liz!<BR/><BR/>JM, daughter is in oregon. <BR/><BR/>andy, it is going to be hard to top the suckiness of your week.<BR/><BR/>madeleine, happy new appliance day!kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-4524591072405874432007-11-07T08:59:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:59:00.000-05:00Anti-whine: (channeling Phantom) I'm expecting del...Anti-whine: (channeling Phantom) I'm expecting delivery today on my New! Dishwasher! Yay! And the old, intermittently flaky one obligingly flaked twice in a row yesterday, so no buyers' remorse. No, no, no.<BR/><BR/>Whine: ice on my front porch. Also Snuggly Girl whined at length last night about "Why do calendars always list March as part of spring? And put all those green clovers and things? I Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389653184198589623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-49695346199002873962007-11-07T08:38:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:38:00.000-05:00I think Andy takes the early lead, by several leng...I think Andy takes the early lead, by several lengths. Oof. "Sorry about that" just doesn't cover it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com