What I Learned Today

[Trilby]

I learned that everything I ever thought about a certain person in my life is true.

[Clodfobble]

I learned that I only need a day's worth of trial-and-error to be better at programming with XML and Director than the guy at our company whose job it is to do those things.

Seeing as how he still gets paid more than I do, this didn't really please me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I learned that if you put of buying a part for the dryer, until you are ready to install it, because the Maytag parts place is only a mile away. It won't be there anymore.
Now I have to edit my reply in the dirty jeans thread.

[jinx]

I learned this acouple of months ago, but am reminded everyday, not to let children gather acorns and bring them into the house. Apparently there are little worms within, that turn into an army of moths.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I learned that I only need a day's worth of trial-and-error to be better at programming with XML and Director than the guy at our company whose job it is to do those things.

Seeing as how he still gets paid more than I do, this didn't really please me.

So barge into the boss' office and demand a raise. Or a promotion. Or both. Seriously.

[smoothmoniker]

BigV, I'm pretty sure the Velum Lamp at the Hearst Castle is a 15th century antiphonal songbook, not a Guttenberg.

Could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain. In either case, it's still a whorish excess of consumption to destroy a codex like that.

[fargon]

I learned that if it was possible to make me crazy, Lady Keryx would do so.

[Dagney]

I learned that if I don't get a good night's sleep, I'm a bitch.

I also learned that I haven't gotten a good night's sleep for 35 years.

[dar512]

Originally Posted by Dagney

I learned that if I don't get a good night's sleep, I'm a bitch.

I also learned that I haven't gotten a good night's sleep for 35 years.

Made me laugh out loud. Aren't you supposed to put a "swallow drink before reading" warning on stuff like this?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Beestie

So barge into the boss' office and demand a raise. Or a promotion. Or both. Seriously.

Meh--I don't want a promotion. I'm a contractor. This job is about as far from "career-advancing" as it could be; I'm just riding it out until I leave the full-time workforce indefinitely in May. I suppose I could ask for more money for the next three months, but that might give them the idea I want to stay there, if only the right offer were made. Truth is, I hate the place with a violent passion and I'm only there because they pay me more than temp work would and I can quit in May with a clear conscience (I have a huge guilt-complex about leaving any job where I feel they "need" me). It's really more about what an incompetent man this so-called programmer is.

[elSicomoro]

I learned this week that my employer has more chuckleheads than I originally thought. I think I also finally figured out my career calling: training and development. I need to think on that some more.

[lumberjim]

well. i learned a doozie just this very moment. jinx, as is so often the case, opened my eyes to something:

male lactation. springing frm a conversation about my itchy left nipple. joking that i might have padget's disease (something else i learned today) Padgets disease is a type of skin cancer that begins with itchy nipples, or something. i said, well i don't have mammaries, so......but aparently that is untrue. i DO have mammaries. we all do.

maybe i'm stupid, but i honestly did not know this. maggie knows, i'm sure. apparently juju does too.

Male lactation

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The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands. Though human males have nipples, it is not so often understood that they also have mammary glands. Ordinarily the mammary tissue is low in volume and cannot be noticed. Under the appropriate hormonal stimulus -- the hormonal stimulus that nature provides to human females when they become pregnant and give birth -- the mammary glands of human males can also produce milk. The volume of milk produced is low relative to that of a lactating female.

Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. Female hormones are used to retard the production of cancerous prostate tissue, but the same hormones also stimulate the mammary glands. Male-to-female transsexuals may also produce milk due to the hormones they take to reshape their bodies. Extreme stress combined with demanding physical activity and a shortage of food has also been known to cause male lactation. The phenomenon was first studied in survivors of the liberated Nazi concentration camps after World War II. Some American POWs returning from the Korean and Vietnam Wars also experienced male lactation.

It is also possible for males (and females) to induce lactation through constant massage and simulated 'sucking' of the nipple over a long period of time (months).

The phenomenon of male lactation occurs in some non-human species, and the lactating males may assist in the nursing of their infants. One species of fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is notable for this reason. According to several sources, male lactation and even nursing have occasionally been observed in humans.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Today I learned if I start procrastinating and rationalizing why I should wait to shovel the snow, God will shut off my power and not turn it back on for an hour and a half after I'm done shoveling.

[elSicomoro]

Today I learned that Dick Cheney really is evil.

[wolf]

Today I learned that you can drop a Lexmark printer three feet and have it survive.