At some point, someone asked to see our bookshelves. I suspect RR, but I didn't write it down, sorry. This is from Mycroft's room, though the Smyth Grammar is now at school with him. He says to tell you he has the Great Scott with him as well. I think it's some sort of classics joke.
In other news, I had a job interview this morning at a local surgery. It confirmed what you all already knew and what I suppose I knew as well - my schedule really doesn't allow for another job, even with all the free time I have in the day.
The woman who interviewed me - Sarah - was very nice about it, but in the end there are too many variables I can't work around. So, nothing regular, but she is having me in two days next week when one of her other doctors is off, so that's something. She says if it works out (by which I suppose she means I do a decent job and don't fall asleep at my desk?) it might be a semi-regular thing when she needs someone to fill in.
Not bad.
In other news, I had a job interview this morning at a local surgery. It confirmed what you all already knew and what I suppose I knew as well - my schedule really doesn't allow for another job, even with all the free time I have in the day.
The woman who interviewed me - Sarah - was very nice about it, but in the end there are too many variables I can't work around. So, nothing regular, but she is having me in two days next week when one of her other doctors is off, so that's something. She says if it works out (by which I suppose she means I do a decent job and don't fall asleep at my desk?) it might be a semi-regular thing when she needs someone to fill in.
Not bad.
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Yep, that was me! (I was going to ask what Mycroft reads for fun, but I imagine he would just say that IS what he reads for fun. I did read some of Euripides, and plenty of books on Greek myths--can't see the author on that volume--but all in Englush translation.) (And I don't understand the Great Scott joke either.) Thanks!
And woo and also hoo about the doctoring work! Hope it works for you.
* peering at book spines* Ah! I've also read bits of Herodotus and Thucydides when studying Political Theory, and a largish bit of The Inferno from curiosity, ditto Ovid--but again, only in translation. I've never read the Aeneid, but I'm reasonably familiar with the Iliad. Does that count?
Spiders are better than wolves because they're tiny but the really venomous ones could still kill a wolf but a wolf couldn't kill a spider because they wouldn't even see it properly. Well maybe if they stepped on one but accident but spiders are really fast so I don't think they would. Also spiders come in lots of different kinds and have lots of eyes. Snakes don't have lots of eyes but they come in all different colours and sizes and wolves are really only one size and don't come in red or anything.
I'm really pleased for you, love.
Thanks. Sorry I didn't tell you about it before today. I wasn't sure I was going to go through with it.
RR - thanks, and it counts as far as I'm concerned, but I can't speak for Mycroft. I'm sure he thinks it's better than what I read though.
*Meant to say, Iliad and Odyssey.
You make a compelling case for spiders, Sherlock. I was more thinking about how spiders eat other insects when I said they were more useful. I don't know if I'd say "better, necessarily, as all of the choices are important to the ecosystem, but if you are arguing for "most interesting" I'd say you definitely have a good argument there.
Yeah. Would have been nice to talk about it, but I understand why you didn't want to. And it sounds like it's worked out, for now, as best it could have. Plus future possibilities.
Congrats, Doc. I really hope it works out well for you.
Goodness, Mycroft. I have some of those, but didn't enjoy many of them. Especially Thucydides. I don't know how you can read that for fun. You're clearly made of sterner stuff than I.
John, I feel sure Mycroft would be highly unimpressed by my substantially greater familiarity with genre fiction, so perhaps I shouldn't mention that. :)
Oh, and also I suspect he won't be reading many medical textbooks, which are totally incomprehensible and intimidating as far as I'm concerned!
Congratulations, John! Hope it all works out for the best. Sounds like a good way to keep up your skills! (Athough L has ben helping out a bit in that regard!)
And Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebreate!
Would have been nice to talk about it
I know. I'll try to do better next time.
DW and Mazarin - thanks, I hope it'll go well.
And Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating it.
Yes, Happy Thankgiving to all celebrating and happy Thursday to those not--and happy new job to John!
At the moment, I'm celebrating by watching the National Dig Show, which follows the Macy's parade on TV. I started watching it years ago because of that, and just kept on because it is oddly mesmerizing. And John O'Hurley hosts!
It's not... it doesn't matter. I don't want to make you talk about stuff you don't want to. I'm just glad you're happy and really pleased for you. I'm sure it'll be really good.
Congratulations on getting the locum work :-) I'm sure it'll good; I can't imagine you falling asleep at your desk (and if the temptation arises, you'll have to start adopting Lestrade's coffee habit :-p)
Congratulations on getting the locum work.
It's funny isn't it, that there are things we do that we decide not to discuss with our partner. I'm not sure why, something to do with the need to make the decision by ourselves I suppose. I've been married for thirty years and yet there are still times when we do that.
Nameless - as long as he builds up to a coffee habit rivalling mine slowly. Otherwise he'll be more hyper than Sherlock!
I'm certain he won't need to, though, because he's an excellent doctor, kind, caring, clever, and he'll doubtless have patients queuing round the clock for his skills and bedside manner.
Sorry spiders aren't doing better in your poll, Sherlock. Maybe you should rephrase the question? I took a class in polling, and how you phrase the question makes all the difference in what answer you get. :)
I don't want to make you talk about stuff you don't want to.
I suppose I didn't want to have to tell you if I messed it up and they turned me down flat.
You would never have messed up in my eyes. But...if for some reason she had turned you down, I'd still have wanted to try and help you and support you, y'know? Like I said, doesn't matter, whatever you feel is right and what you're comfortable doing.
Anyway, it's all worked out for the best without me knowing anything. The people of London are lucky to have you and your skills to serve them.
That's great news, John! I'm glad that there is a way to work in some hours, even around your understandably quite busy schedule. I'm sure they're thrilled to have another doctor to call on, as well. :)
Sherlock, I voted spiders in the poll for you, though since I've moved to a province where there is a poisonous species (the brown recluse) I'm not as blase about spiders in my home as I used to be.
Funnily enough, a friend of mine forwarded this to me today -- a series of macros about the misunderstood spider: http://runt-of-the-web.com/the-sad-world-of-the-misunderstood-house-spider
They're... well, probably a bit morbid, and anthropomorphize animals more than you like, but I got a bit of a chuckle out of it.
No new art to share: lots of ideas, little energy to execute them. I hate it when it's dark by 5; I just want to hibernate....
Sherlock -- Wolves do come in red.
http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/redwolf.asp
Anonymouse - Oooh! They're pretty! They remind me of red squirrels, actually, compared to grey. Prettier and with bigger ears...
Sorry, obviously I meant Anonymous, not anonymouse (and the fact that I had to correct it AGAIN while typing this proves my fingers have a life of their own and are determined to call you a rodent, albeit one with no name)
X - I now feel bad for every time I've ejected a spider out into the cold from a corner of my home.
But they aren't BRIGHT red. Snakes and spiders come in BRIGHT red, really red, like apples. Wolves aren't apple coloured.
X, I'm glad you voted for spiders and I like those even though they're not really talking. I wouldn't smash a spider and it could live in my shower if it wanted and eat flies.
Very true, Sherlock--red wolves are sort of reddish brown. Also spiders come in black with bright red--really bright red--markings.
And spiderwebs are amazingly beautiful. There are some wonderful photos on the Internet of spiderwebs with dew on them.
Like this one here, and these photos here!
(I changed my vote to spiders because of the eating-flies thing, though.)
Spider webs can be wonderful as long as they aren't all over things you want!
(or the spiders are behaving themselves, else you get http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm )
A house I lived in for a while had an outside toilet and a pergola over the path to it, with grapevines on it. The grapes attracted insects, the insects attracted spiders and so we had a spider-stick to clear the path to the toilet...
Amazing what you can get used to, given incentive!
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