I had an old coworker who would attached her (wired) mouse cord to an oscillating fan. She was a genius.

"I joined a new club! The… Audio Visual Club! Commenting is very important there…" Or just spout a lot of technical jargon until their eyes glaze over (usually about 11 jargony terms, in my experience) and then sidle out.

Well, *sister's job (two sisters, one employed here, one visiting). I really don't know, because she lives in town, so it's not like they don't see each other. I don't get people.

Gravity Falls. It's an old black and white movie Gruncle Stan gets stuck watching when he can't find the remote - https://www.youtube.com/wat…. It seemed appropos for username/upvoting synergy and I very much like being called Duchess in comments.

Thank you! Naming things always stresses me out, but I've been pleased with this one. And I would like to live on your planet, please, no duchy required.

After having read the Thanksgiving plans thread, I'm quite grateful that I don't have to go to Thanksgiving with the right-winger side of my family. My immediately family is extremely moderate, and also very WASPy, so I doubt anyone would do anything so unpleasant as to discuss current events.

Set a lot of alarms that use your ring tone, then constantly leave the room to "answer" your phone, apologizing profusely for your needy friends/important job/Butterball hotline volunteer work.

I feel your pain - part of my family also feels similarly entitled to dictate other members' holiday plans. Because yes, berating someone into spending a holiday with you would DEFINITELY make that holiday more pleasant - good strategy, turd blossoms. Enjoy your second-cousin-less Thanksgiving!

This is probably very curmudgeonly of me, but I'm really sick of people bringing family to the office. Children I understand on occasion, as circumstances necessitate, provided you keep them relatively unobtrusive (although some people really push the boundaries on this one). But 0one of my coworkers just brought her…

Pear and Blue Cheese Salad - spring mix greens, fresh, thinly-sliced pears, blue cheese, vinaigrette of olive oil, white wine vinegar, and as much garlic as you can handle.

Pie is the best part of Thanksgiving.

There's such a thing as pumpkin pie creme liqueur? *falls over dead; gets up and goes to liquor store*

Boo, I had an old job where I had to do that and I hated it. I downvote your employer.

Finishing out today (they'll probably set us free around 2ish - they always do, but beforehand they always pretend like they're not going to - I'm on to your game, superiors!), then to the grocery store (shudder) for ingredients for the one dish I have to make for tomorrow (pear and blue cheese salad). Family time…

But only the orange soda from McDonalds. No one likes that!

Clearly they don't have an 8th Amendment equivalent in the UK. Bastards!

A moose once bit my sister.

I've never done either, so I don't have a direct comparison. I have streamed via my wii (a very early gen) and the streaming there was slow and would buffer often esp for Hulu and prime. The other advantage for my somewhat archaic setup is adding music streaming and eventually HBO go. I don't expect it's necessarily…

I got my FireTV stick yesterday from Amazon - a week earlier than I expected and just in time for a long weekend of binge-watching. I'm pretty excited about it! I thought for a minute that my older TV didn't have any HDMI slots, but I found it. Having streamed off my Wii for so long, it's a pretty noticeable step up.…

Boo, universe! Boo!