Happy birthday Jen!
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
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
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.
Trudy Booth - Oct 07, 2026 9:07:44 am PDT #14272 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
Maybe its just the Jersey in me, but my head went "Oh, they're mobbed up and were laundering money."
JenP - Oct 07, 2026 9:19:38 am PDT #14273 of 14508
$20M in taxes?? That’s so much money!!!
I know! Crazy.
Trudy, right? But, like... badly? (I have no idea how laundering money works, honestly.)
-t - Oct 07, 2026 9:23:02 am PDT #14274 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's wild, JenP!
erikaj - Oct 07, 2026 10:55:33 am PDT #14275 of 14508
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
You're making me think of the part in Office Space where the techies want to launder money, but end up looking it up in the dictionary first. which doesn't help.
Atropa - Oct 07, 2026 12:34:10 pm PDT #14276 of 14508
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I used AI to help me write my review, and dang, I sound impressive. Not that it'll make a bit of difference to my actual review rating, because it's an open secret that ratings are pretty much decided before employee reviews are submitted.
JenP - Oct 08, 2026 7:07:36 am PDT #14277 of 14508
You're making me think of the part in Office Space where the techies want to launder money, but end up looking it up in the dictionary first.
Ha! I didn't remember that part. I would have to look it up, too.
I used AI to help me write my review, and dang, I sound impressive.
Well, I for one (of many who also), think you ARE impressive, so, score one for AI, I guess. Continued good vibes on the job front. And all the fronts.
I have to go write an email about finance stuff. Do not want.