Happy birthday, JenP!!!
Hope it works out at your job, Atropa, because, yeah, trying to find a job in our field as a >50 woman right now is trash.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Oct 07, 2026 5:31:17 am PDT #14262 of 14508
Punishingly Intricate
JenP - Oct 07, 2026 6:52:33 am PDT #14263 of 14508
Thanks, lisah and Laura!
I came to post that after David's post last night I went down the freaking rabbit hole about balance tests, etc. Hilarious. Self-diagnosis - basically fine, with some residual catching up still to be done from my right ankle, which I broke about a year ago. And I intend to add some easy balance exercises into the (non-existent) daily routine.
Why do I do better with routines yet also often hate them? A question for the ages.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 07, 2026 7:27:25 am PDT #14264 of 14508
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Happy Birthday JenP! Right there with you about routines.
FIngers crossed things turn out okay at work, Atropa.
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2026 7:58:25 am PDT #14265 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Happy Birthday Jen!!!
-t - Oct 07, 2026 8:12:04 am PDT #14266 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday, Jen!
Yeah, same on routines. I absolutely crave routine until I get one semi-established and then I do everything I can to break out of it. Not at all sensible.
Jessica - Oct 07, 2026 8:19:17 am PDT #14267 of 14508
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's "write your annual review" time, and my boss told me I should make sure I include as many examples of things I did tied to the level expectations for my role.
UGH, I hate shit like this. (It is one of the only tasks I find AI truly useful for, since (a) I don't want to do it and (b) I don't remember this entire year.)
Jessica - Oct 07, 2026 8:20:09 am PDT #14268 of 14508
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Happy birthday Jen!
Trudy Booth - Oct 07, 2026 8:27:31 am PDT #14269 of 14508
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
We changed our self evaluation program again. In the training for the new system they told us they wanted us to practice using AI with our evaluations.
So I set it to "corporate language," typed things in, fixed the letter, submitted it.
This was good because I'm crap at corporate language.
Forget plastics, the future is in self-evaluation - we change it annually.
JenP - Oct 07, 2026 8:36:12 am PDT #14270 of 14508
Thank you, peeps!
Holy shit -- DH and I were just talking, and I said I wanted to continue the tradition of going to my favorite local diner for b-day dinner on my actual b-day (there are a couple of capital B birthday dinners this weekend, so... chill is the goal for today) -- not an hour later I see an article saying that the diner and the couple of bakeries and such they own are being sued by the feds for $20M in back taxes. How... what... how do you DO that? This is a dude my DH will have the occasional drink with at a local dive. Like, I know him. We chat. Holy shit. That is ROUGH.
meara - Oct 07, 2026 8:59:33 am PDT #14271 of 14508
$20M in taxes?? That’s so much money!!!
Somehow I am STILL slightly sore from Saturdays vaccines, though no longer sore enough that I’m feeling it and annoyed constantly. Hoping it means I am going to be Very Protected.
I also used AI on my annual eval but not sure how to best make it make me sound amazing when I barely remember the things I did.