Unrelated to anything preceding, I really get irritated with people who drive for a living who seem ignorant about how roads work. Taxi driver? If you stop at the lights in the middle of the crosswalk, the sensors don't know you're there, and they won't change the lights so you get the green. This is not rocket science.

However, maybe they read that "you are too gullible" article that said that pressing the "press to walk" button has no effect and actually fell for it. Not in LA, buddy. Not in LA.

Also, people, stop fucking with LJ. I want my shit.

And, if I told you something would be done today, 9am is a dumb time to ask for updates, especially if I'm not the one doing it.

I think that covers it. For right now.

I would have taken on the guardianship of my sister's kids, if it had become an issue, as my BiL was the much younger sibling in his family. They didn't want the kids to go to someone who would have been in their late 70s before the kids went to college. Luckily, both kids are well over 18 now. Their parents would have left them well provided for, money-wise, but I'd have been a crappy parent.

I don't have kids or any other kind of dependents, to I put my sister's name on my life insurance and called it a day. I probably should draw up a will at some point, just so she can take my car without hassle, and knows to cremate my corpse.

I am currently on the project from hell. Boss keeps asking when the requirements will be done, and the current answer is "never". Because they keep changing, and there are a shitload of unanswered questions.

And then when I ask questions, first off I get a dismissive answer, which I kind of expect, because I'm not up to snuff on the business side of things (it's unutterably complex--we have so many SMEs on this project), but when I ask for explanation (because I will act dumb, since someone might ask me to explain) it's usually "Oh, we need to pose that question at the next meeting. Why am I the first person to come up with these questions? It's right there in the document, cheerfully not making any sense. I totally don't get the project assumptions.

Boss keeps asking when the requirements will be done, and the current answer is "never". Because they keep changing, and there are a shitload of unanswered questions.

God, that sounds familiar. I'm trying to juggle the environmental planning on a project with the engineering design, and it's killing me, because they have to be interwoven--we want the contract firm to decide how to do it, but they need to know the environmental constraints, but we can't define the environmental constraints unless we know how the contractor wants to do it. Argh.

Project Management: all the SAME, no matter what industry you're in.

Project Management: all the SAME, no matter what industry you're in.

"How much should we ask for?" "How much can we get?" "How much do you need?" "What's the total budget?" "The budget depends on what we can get." "How much should we ask for?"

I'm just trying to draw up the data capture screens, never mind the larger picture with the business process re-engineering and all that. And every day, LITERALLY*, I need to go back and edit something I've done before. And it's usually not because of a misunderstanding or lack of knowledge on my part.

I don't know if anyone understands this regulation. For sure, no one on our project team knows its full ramifications, and with all the pushback we seem to be able to successfully give to legal, their word isn't the be all and end all either. So who is it? Someone should be out there making the big bucks interpreting this new legislation. And we should be paying them.

*: except weekends. Sorry.

Quiz: How Well Do You know Our Solar System?

I got 10 for 10!

Are you saying they don't need a lawyer and a notary?

Yes, that is what I'm trying to say.

I have looked it up and found this helpful information. It seems many states accept them, but the exact requirements differ. If I decided to handwrite a will, I would make sure I'd met all the requirements in my state. It might actually be less stressful to just go to LegalZoom and download a form.

That solar system quiz is wonky--I got 9 out of 10 right (one off on the last question, darnit!), but it kept on telling me I was wrong on all of them.

Interesting that that law says they must be handwritten. I have no idea why that has anything to do with anything. Less chance of forgery? My hand aches thinking of it.