scary...

[cybermule]

Especially the expenditure/target comparisons:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3380387.stm

In "other cybermule news", I've started the last Harry Potter book in a bid to read all 5 in a month. I've also blinked sarcastically at a senior member of staff who suggested that I must have created two absolutely identical spreadsheets, but for the fact that one of them had all the useful data deleted. No, that was you. You trashed it, then hit save when you closed it down. Lucky I keep backups really, isn't it?

Only 3 hours to go until the weekend. Can't wait...

Ooh - a

You are a tortoiseshell or calico cat. Man, are you
nuts or what? You should try taking some
tranquilizers. Calm down, you hyper thing!
You've got a great personality though. You're
so lively and you are known for getting into
mischief.


What color of cat are you?
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What a super bonanza post! :P

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MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

No what you mean. One of my bosses have several reports that I need back. When I handed them to me I told him I needed them back, and then he asked me if I needed them back to which I said yes. Today I asked him when I'd get them back and he said "You need those back?"... Ugh. He still didn't get them back to me...

Also...


You are a black cat, stubborn yet friendly, you
stick to your values and preferences, and no
one can convince you otherwise! You are the
legendary cat of mystery.


(http://quizilla.com/users/chthonic1239/quizzes/What%20color%20of%20cat%20are%20you%3F/)

Re: MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Now I found out this guy asked me for the wrong spreadsheet - I gave him the one he asked for, but it was the wrong figures and he's now made a funding proposal based on that data. God preserve us from innumerate fools who think they can do analysis!

And how come these guys are all paid more than me to be crap :p

You are the legendary cat of mystery.

Ooo - I'd have put a small bet on that ;P

Re: MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

I'd have put a small bet on that ;P

That was a little predictable wasn't it...

Add another heartfelt "ugh" to the "what the hell is the boss thinking" pile...

[unsane1.livejournal.com]

I got black cat as well.

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

Aww, my baby's a tortie (tortoiseshells are the ones with patches, torties are the really mixed up looking ones, like the one in the picture). She's evil, too. I got

You are an orange cat, fierce, unpredictable, and a
little mean sometimes. You've got lots of
masculine energy and woah, I wouldn't want to
be in your way if I got you angry!


What color of cat are you?
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Which is sort of an odd description, since one of the orange cats I know is just a total sweetheart, and the other two are very shy.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Torties are all evil - I have o ne too, and she's a psycho!

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

Heh, mine's a grey-calico. She's a little pain to anyone but me, she's very obedient for me. My previous cat was a black calico who was extremely laid back.

Of course I've also had fish (2 of them actually) that committed suicide and a dog that was kidnapped by a satanic cult (or so we assume).

You were told not to swim in the fish tank...

[kidkarrot.livejournal.com]

I came out a black meower, too, but the orange one looked cool. My mom's current cat is a feisty orange tabby just waiting to shed all over you. :)

Re: You were told not to swim in the fish tank...

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

I'll have you know I do not swim in the fishtank. My cat doesn't even jump up there any more. At least not since one of the fish bit her tail...

Re: You were told not to swim in the fish tank...

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

LOL - i always wanted a sturgeon-pool. I figured that would probably teach my cat some better manners :)

[aras-55555.livejournal.com]

Especially the expenditure/target comparisons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3380387.stm

Hmmmm...I guess you meant the 'Luxuries and Needs' comparison?

I guess the problem is not directly 'Give up ice cream to get clean water for everybody'. In a similar comparison, you can't really perform a lot of long-term good by just shipping in food into areas where people need it.

Imo, real progress is made when you can build up complex economies and social structures that can withstand stresses and strains over time, and build their own wealth, rather than just getting a few cast-off dollars from 1st-world folks that decide to cut back on their perfume...

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...I guess you meant the 'Luxuries and Needs' comparison?

Yeah - I probably did :)

Imo, real progress is made when you can build up complex economies and social structures that can withstand stresses and strains over time, and build their own wealth

Definitely - now I'm wondering what the comparative costs of doing that are, compared to handouts? I don't begrudge welfare at all - I'd happily pay much more tax - but I don't always think it fosters a healthy society (too long to go into :p). I think I was mainly just shocked at how much we do spend on luxuries though...