Nobody Cares if it's Off Topic

[Free]

I don't believe Mothman needs a warning. Mothman just knows.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Friday, don't do anything so you don't break it for the weekend.

 

[Erich Templar]

I once had a colleague who had the task of updating a piece of software every year for the beginning of the new financial year. He would release it on the Friday, having booked holiday for the following week...

I never knew whether to be impressed or annoyed.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

It's the Perfect Date:


Not too hot, not too cold....all you need is a light jacket.

 

[Free]

It's National DNA Day and also National Hairball Awareness Day. Make of that what you will.

 

[Noodles]

It's National DNA Day and also National Hairball Awareness Day. Make of that what you will.

* Coughs up a ball of DNA strands*

 

[Sid]

It's National DNA Day and also National Hairball Awareness Day. Make of that what you will.

Is there a Kick The Genius In The Nuts Day too? There should be one.
At least every other day from New Year until Christmas.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

It's National DNA Day and also National Hairball Awareness Day. Make of that what you will.

/me makes hairball noises.

I have become very familiar with hairball noises over the years. /me points to cat avatar.

 

[Khamon]

We attended a convention last weekend then drove to Nashville for a concert then drove home and slept for two hours before getting up to go to work. It was a bit grueling. But I got to sing Only You live with Alison Moyet for my birthday!

disclaimer: I wasn't on stage but was on the rail singing right in front of her and I swear on my harp strings she was singing to me.

 

[Noodles]

disclaimer: I wasn't on stage but was on the rail singing right in front of her and I swear on my harp strings she was singing to me.

Being on the rail is the best way to see a concert. I have managed it for several of my favorites, including Alanis Morrisette (best $75 for early VIP Entry ever).

 

[Free]

Do we have a pettifogger (look it up!) thread somewhere?

Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

There’s a time and there’s a place. Federal court is neither.

arstechnica.com

Being a model citizen and a person of taste, you probably don't need this reminder, but some others do: Federal judges do not like it when lawyers electronically watermark every page of their legal PDFs with a gigantic image—purchased for $20 online—of a purple dragon wearing a suit and tie. Not even if your firm's name is "Dragon Lawyers."

Federal Magistrate Judge Ray Kent of the Western District of Michigan was unamused by a recent complaint (PDF) that prominently featured the aubergine wyrm.

"Each page of plaintiff’s complaint appears on an e-filing which is dominated by a large multi-colored cartoon dragon dressed in a suit," he wrote on April 28 (PDF). "Use of this dragon cartoon logo is not only distracting, it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon."

Kent then ordered "that plaintiff shall not file any other documents with the cartoon dragon or other inappropriate content."

It is quite the business watermark.

 

[Free]

First of all, excellent use of Readers' context, everyone.

Second, what the fuck has become of Slate? I'd visit it fairly regularly even for a while after The Washington Post bought it. Then in time they were posting at best lukewarm reject pile pieces, and I moved on without a thought. Now they write up shit that's even beneath publication in the National Enquirer? Okay, maybe not them, but you get my meaning.

 

[Soen Eber]

Do we have a pettifogger (look it up!) thread somewhere?

Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

There’s a time and there’s a place. Federal court is neither.

arstechnica.com

It is quite the business watermark.

By the 2nd definition, nearly everyone present (with the exceptions of Innula, Cindy, and Beeboo) are pettifoggers.

 

[Free]

By the 2nd definition, nearly everyone present (with the exceptions of Innula, Cindy, and Beeboo) are pettifoggers.

Are you libeling my efforts at elawyering?

(Beeboo?)

 

[Soen Eber]

Are you libeling my efforts at elawyering?

(Beeboo?)

I'm in an "O" mood

 

[Free]

Where to post this. Is it about food? Health? Business? Western culture? How stupid things are now, generally? Whatever - I'm posting it here...

McDonald's shares slip after downgrade spurred by weight-loss drug popularity

McDonald's shares dropped Tuesday as weight-loss drugs threaten to take a big bite out of the fast food chain's earnings.

Shares were down by as much as 1.7% Tuesday, after equity analysis firm Redburn Atlantic downgraded the burger giant's stock rating two notches, from buy to sell.

Changes in Americans' eating habits spurred by the use of the class of drugs known as GLP-1s, which are designed to help regulate users' blood sugar and appetite, pose an underappreciated threat to some food businesses, according to Redburn Atlantic analysts Chris Luyckx and Edward Lewis.

As a result, McDonald's could lose up to 28 million customer visits, resulting in a revenue loss of $482 million per year — about 0.9% of the company's sales, according to the analysis.

The appetite-suppressing drugs are expected to have a transformative effect on how Americans consume food. At particular risk are brands that cater to lower-income consumers — a category to which McDonald's belongs.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Open up Google Translate, make sure "detect language" is set, and type "poopen sharten farten."

 

[Free]

Today I learned that the Monopoly guy with the top hat and handlebar moustache has a name: Milburn "Rich Uncle" Pennybags.

Now I'm certain that playing the top hat is way way worse then the thimble.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Today I learned that the Monopoly guy with the top hat and handlebar moustache has a name: Milburn "Rich Uncle" Pennybags.

Now I'm certain that playing the top hat is way way worse then the thimble.

Today I learned that he has a FIRST name! Thanks Free!

 

[Isabeau]

What’s the thimble’s name?