"Some pens you make money, some pens you lose," Rich Blair said when I called to commiserate.
While all of the teachers said they picked up computer knowledge at the center that would aid them in their classes, they also relished their time out of class, when they were able to commiserate and have leisurely chats with colleagues from around the state.
Brown, who also rang SuBo to commiserate when she lost BGT, was the master of the hip dad faceplant.
The title refers to housekeepers, often called Sheilas in South Africa, and their weekly day off, when the women get together to commiserate.
The Einstein Postdoctoral Association got under way in 1996, when two postdocs who used to commiserate over lunch decided to see if their colleagues had similar concerns.
"You used to call me on my cell phone," Drake laments, and anyone within earshot chimes in to commiserate: "Late night when you need my love".
Actually the sides both those teams beat in their last games will be coming together to commiserate on Saturday night, when the Timbers host Chivas USA.
"I know he wrote to the families and I often was with him when he met with families at military bases to commiserate in person," Fleischer said. .
When the Rector of St Bride's, Canon John Oates, rang me to commiserate, I asked him to come to the office and he led prayers around the newsdesk, with hardened journalists in tears.
At one point, Ryan tried to commiserate by pointing out how angry members were when Boehner bypassed the Ways and Means Committee, which Ryan chaired, on a crucial piece of Medicare legislation.
