Awww, Sparky Anderson died.
There is no joy in Mudville today.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 04, 2010 10:57:24 am PDT #3708 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
§ ita § - Nov 04, 2010 11:00:51 am PDT #3709 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Eastwood. And I say that with a decent amount of ick, but not Arnie, nosirree.
M Sting, C Henley, F Hall
C Crow, and...I really don't know. M Etheridge and F lang? It's a really hard call. Lang is a long time girlcrush, but Melissa is so damned cool.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 04, 2010 11:07:40 am PDT #3710 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If I pick Eastwood, can I also get a flux capacitor? because I would have no hesitation whatsoever about hitting that if we're talking 1950s Clint...
Burrell - Nov 04, 2010 11:10:02 am PDT #3711 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yeah, I don't find Eastwood attractive now, but he sure was tasty in his day, whereas Arnie's always been a bit grotesque to me.
P.M. Marc - Nov 04, 2010 11:12:07 am PDT #3712 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Clint Eastwood
M - Hall F - Henley C -Sting
F - kd lang M - Sheryl Crow C - Melissa Etheridge
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2010 11:32:31 am PDT #3713 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Always choose Cake.
Especially Cheesecake or Beefcake.
I'm not trying to discourage you, but do weigh the bird in the hand for its proper worth.
Oh, Hec, believe me, those are all the exact things I've been telling myself for three years. It's hard to find a job and start over in a company when you're over 40; the job market is crap; it's very unlikely I could find another job with all the positive things this one offers. But I'm feeling like I should at least try, at least go look and see what I could find. If I can't get anything better, well, no loss; this is still a pretty good deal. But maybe I can. Maybe I could find something that didn't have ALL the same benefits as this one, but maybe I'd be willing to lose the telecommuting or take a $10k paycut for a job that didn't leave me exhausted and demoralized every day. The bird in the hand is getting really heavy, and the fucker is starting to peck at me.
Zen, maybe you should do an assessment of your job. Write down everything that you do, and how long it takes you to do it, maybe do this for about a week. Send it to your boss so that she gets some idea of what's going on.
Believe me, she knows. She just can't admit it out loud because she has to toe the party line. She almost did today, though - she said she was overwhelmed, really far behind, and losing track of things because she was so busy. I could do an assessment of everything I do and how long it takes me, but I don't have the time to spare to write it down... and if I gave it to my boss's boss, she'd just throw it away and tell me to suck it up or find another job. (I know, because this has already happened.)
Also, if she is going to tell you get someone else to do something, then she needs to define your supervisory authority, and whether you can ask someone or you can tell them to do what you need done.
heeheehee "Define"? Trying to get my boss to define anything is like nailing jello to a wall. This is of course why I hadn't asked the person in question to do it already. Boss will say one thing one day and the opposite the next. Literally. "Next time tell S. to do X for you!" ... "Why did you tell S. to do X? You have to go through me if you want her to do something!" Here are my wrists, please slit them.
Leo the Cat just stepped between me and the keyboard, stared intently into my eyes, then laid down on my chest, tucked his head under my chin, and started purring loudly. And there he stayed, for like ten minutes. I think he is right. I'm gonna go take a nap.
Daisy Jane - Nov 04, 2010 11:38:06 am PDT #3714 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I am sad we lost Fujita, but I am glad he continues to be awesome. [link]
Allyson - Nov 04, 2010 11:49:23 am PDT #3715 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Cass - Nov 04, 2010 11:49:55 am PDT #3716 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
M - Sting F - Henley C - Hall (and run and hide from Plei's wrath)
F - Sheryl Crow M - kd lang C - Melissa Etheridge (mostly I am just really sure I'd chuck Etheridge. Breaks my 25-year-old heart but she's proven ugly, bad relationship material.)
Jesse - Nov 04, 2010 11:51:42 am PDT #3717 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But I'm feeling like I should at least try, at least go look and see what I could find. If I can't get anything better, well, no loss; this is still a pretty good deal. But maybe I can. Maybe I could find something that didn't have ALL the same benefits as this one, but maybe I'd be willing to lose the telecommuting or take a $10k paycut for a job that didn't leave me exhausted and demoralized every day.
Yes.