Tell us what's happened to you recently (that's interesting)

Dean · 2010-06-27T21:10:36.000Z

I successfully installed a ceiling fan.

Raife · 2010-06-27T21:20:46.000Z

Is that anything like Ceiling Tom? What work of yours were they a fan of?

Nellie · 2010-06-28T03:18:18.000Z

After 6months out I might have a job offer that actually pays the bills! Ok it’s only a 3 month contract to start with and it’s back doing VBA rather than .net but it’s a place where a 3 month contract can turn into something longer.

After months of my CV disappearing into a gaping black hole and agencies dodging my phone calls it’s really nice to have a call telling me I’m the front runner for the position. Hopefully should hear if I’ve definitely got it later today.

ChristienMurawski · 2010-06-28T03:21:25.000Z

Crossing fingers for Nellie.

-xtien

Nellie · 2010-06-28T03:22:20.000Z

Marged:

IT’S PRETTY AWESOME!

Thanks, everyone. I AM SO HAPPY. It was basically the best wedding I’ve ever been at, easy.

Congratulations guys!

Hans_Lauring · 2010-06-28T04:35:49.000Z

Nellie:

After 6months out I might have a job offer that actually pays the bills! Ok it’s only a 3 month contract to start with and it’s back doing VBA rather than .net but it’s a place where a 3 month contract can turn into something longer.

After months of my CV disappearing into a gaping black hole and agencies dodging my phone calls it’s really nice to have a call telling me I’m the front runner for the position. Hopefully should hear if I’ve definitely got it later today.

Ever considering a follow up letter with bees to those that dodge your calls?

Fibgers crossed here.

Nellie · 2010-06-28T07:12:10.000Z

I got the contract and paying more than I originally asked for! Not by much but it all helps. Now I just need to extract a handful of angry bees from that envelope.

Hans_Lauring · 2010-06-28T07:23:34.000Z

… and I need to uncross my fibgers (?!)

Dean · 2010-06-28T09:25:33.000Z

Raife:

Is that anything like Ceiling Tom? What work of yours were they a fan of?

Well, it’s over my bed, so you be the judge.

Sarkus · 2010-06-28T20:27:36.000Z

I finally watched Dr. Strangelove last night for the first time ever. I was going to post about it over in the movie forum, but the thread that discusses it has been dormant for seven years and was started by Koontz, so I decided not to. ;-)

ChristienMurawski · 2010-06-28T20:32:46.000Z

Wow. First time ever? How cool.

I’ve got a Kubrick at home from Netflix right now…but I’m afraid to watch it.

-xtien

kerzain · 2010-06-28T20:46:25.000Z

Which one? I hope it’s The Shining.

Omniscia · 2010-06-28T21:16:44.000Z

Why would anyone be afraid to watch that? Now, Eyes Wide Shut, on the other hand…

Balasarius · 2010-06-29T07:19:10.000Z

ZekeDMS:

I had E. Coli.

I woke up with really bad diarrhea, but one I got up and down three times I felt better. Then I realized the discomfort had only relocated to my stomach, where I threw up the chicken from the night before in its entirety.

It wasn’t any better that time.

After that, I heaved a solid six more times, and had six more sets of seven through the rest of the day, and for four hours I think I stopped digesting entirely. I couldn’t get any water in whatsoever despite my incredible thirst. I nearly went to the hospital, but things finally started moving again, and then I threw up again. Several of these times I didn’t get to stop to breathe and considered passing out from the lack of oxygen as a mercifully quick end.

I threw up so much that I lost the ability to speak for four days, shat pure liquid burning pain for three, until day four I was totally empty of even mucus and thus shat warm air. Until Monday night, my left eye was significantly red thanks to the violence of the heaves bursting a few vessels. It’s now just pink in the corner and makes me look stoned.

Hay, not to revisit your super-fun times with your toilet, but my wife - who is getting a PhD in microbiology and her research is on e. coli - says you didn’t have e coli. There should blood in your stool for e. coli. She thinks you had salmonella.

"May be campylobacter too but that usually isn’t as severe. Shigella is the third most common pathogen transmitted through food. In FoodNet surveillance areas in 2008, the rate of Shigella was 6.6 per 100,000 population, exceeded only by Salmonella (15.2/100,000) and Campylobacter (12.7/100,000) (CDC, 2009c).

The vomiting makes me think salmonella though, especially since he had chicken the night before."

The more you know!

divedivedive · 2010-06-29T10:13:53.000Z

I am counting down the days until my wife and I leave for Italy on Saturday. Man, I need a vacation in the worst way. Not taking a laptop or even cell phones, going off the radar entirely. Just going to enjoy the atmosphere, the history, the food and the wine.

CheesyPoof · 2010-06-29T10:15:14.000Z

Pogue Mahone:

I am counting down the days until my wife and I leave for Italy on Saturday. Man, I need a vacation in the worst way. Not taking a laptop or even cell phones, going off the radar entirely. Just going to enjoy the atmosphere, the history, the food and the wine.

Cool. We went to Italy in November and it was great. Where are you headed?

We’re going to Florida for a weeks vacation on Saturday. Long looking forward to this one.

BrianRubin · 2010-06-29T10:15:21.000Z

Have fun, Pogue!

divedivedive · 2010-06-29T10:20:08.000Z

CheesyPoof:

Cool. We went to Italy in November and it was great. Where are you headed?

We’re hitting quite a few spots. Initially flying into Rome, where we will stay for a couple of days. We’ll try to hit the big stuff, Vatican, Coliseum, all the museums we can fit in. Then we’re taking a train up to the Tuscany region, staying a few days in Siena. We’re renting a car there so we can drive around to the hill towns and explore. After that back on the train to Florence for a few days, then finally to Venice for a couple days before heading back home.

So it’s the Assassin’s Creed 2 tour, essentially. When I told my wife that all I got in return was a blank look. She tolerates my quirks.

CheesyPoof · 2010-06-29T10:36:48.000Z

Pogue Mahone:

We’re hitting quite a few spots. Initially flying into Rome, where we will stay for a couple of days. We’ll try to hit the big stuff, Vatican, Coliseum, all the museums we can fit in. Then we’re taking a train up to the Tuscany region, staying a few days in Siena. We’re renting a car there so we can drive around to the hill towns and explore. After that back on the train to Florence for a few days, then finally to Venice for a couple days before heading back home.

So it’s the Assassin’s Creed 2 tour, essentially. When I told my wife that all I got in return was a blank look. She tolerates my quirks.

Hah, that’s pretty much what we did. Started in Rome for a couple of nights, drove up to Tuscany for 3 nights and then Venice for 2 nights. Driving around Tuscany was an adventure, bring a good GPS.

Hans_Lauring · 2010-06-29T10:45:19.000Z

Balasarius:

Hay, not to revisit your super-fun times with your toilet, but my wife - who is getting a PhD in microbiology and her research is on e. coli - says you didn’t have e coli. There should blood in your stool for e. coli. She thinks you had salmonella.

"May be campylobacter too but that usually isn’t as severe. Shigella is the third most common pathogen transmitted through food. In FoodNet surveillance areas in 2008, the rate of Shigella was 6.6 per 100,000 population, exceeded only by Salmonella (15.2/100,000) and Campylobacter (12.7/100,000) (CDC, 2009c).

The vomiting makes me think salmonella though, especially since he had chicken the night before."

The more you know!

It was a bit too TMI for me to read originally, but now that you bring it up, his symptoms totally fit my bout with salmonella - I almost went to the hospital for that, but my wife was finally able to make me take some liquid mixed with minerals, to keep my balance up and the doctor let me stay home. Only lost 12 pounds in 5 days.