I guess I should note that while rules for exempt employees vary from firm/company to firm/company, the general idea is that you work and work and work. Typically, exempt employees put in 60 hour weeks around here. (Not my boss, though.)

But how did they manage to actually get the paper out at deadline?

It was a big daily and they just hired more people. This was quite a while ago and they may have slipped back into their bad old habits, but a multimillion dollar lawsuit will get management's attention for a while. It usually meant that I didn't work a lot of Fridays.

Well, if you've got broadband off of a cable modem you can probably still transfer your number to Vonage have have a land line.

Huh. I'll have to check that out.

I had a friend here who had Vonage and hated her reception. Makes me leery of trying it.

But they have a great commercial.

the general idea is that you work and work and work. Typically, exempt employees put in 60 hour weeks around here\

Yeah, I don't normally, even though I travel and stuff, and sometimes work long hours, mostly I'm in and out and it's true, I don't stay super long or anything. I still think the "even if you don't take an hour lunch, be here nine hours" thing is bullshit. And there's been a few grumbles about it, but....

We also don't get separate sick leave and vacation time, just all together. And technically we're supposed to count ourselves out if we go to an appointment, but mostly I either don't have long appointments or don't count myself out. Little rebellions and all. :)

For those who don't watch Venture Brothers, you're missing aout on some weirdassed dialog.

From the season finale:

Hank: I'm outta here! I'm not gonna play second... banana-fiddle to some stupid old baby.
Dean: Well not me! I'm staying right here. I'll be sleeping in a room right next to Triana. And then she'll hear like, thunder or something, and, and she'll run into my room all scared and stuff, and I'll be like, 'hush my darling, it's just ionized air molecules expanding'. And she'll be like, 'oh, hold me', and I'll like-
Hank: Dude! If we stay here that means we'll be Dr. Orpheus' kids. And that means Triana will be your sister. And that means you two will have extra-retard babies.
Dean: Huh. I never thought of that. [he stands up] Alright, I'm with you!

I think that whole bit exemplifies the intellistupidity qualities of the two.

intellistupidity

Pretty much the perfect word for them. But then again they were taught by tapes as they sleep.

I do not get my nails done. But I want some of those nail designs. NOW.

There was a lot of rumblings in the tech industry/fields about Unionizing until the dotcom bust. I am guessing that as things improve - they'll be less 80 hour weeks. Too many still skilled tech people have left the industry and will no way no how come back. They aren't makeing the money they used to, but life is better and two years out and most of them ( esp those in the DINK catagory) are doing just fine.

and by the way - jury duty , esp the begining part where they are picking the jury is the most fascinating and boreing thing to be invovled with .

Oh. Dear. I have a professor that puts smiley faces on papers when grading. Not only does she use smiley faces, though. She also uses sad faces with tears running down the cheeks.

I'm scared. Very, very scared. I don't suppose I should expect much helpful feedback on my writing from her, should I?

This made me laugh. I teach college writing, and yes, I use smiley faces on occasion. I began using them when I realized, based on student comments, that your average student is very bad at reading tone into teacher comments. Hence, when I made what I thought was an obvious joke, it would be read as criticism, so rather than swallow all my jokes, I make sure they are accompanied by either a smiley face or the phrase "ha ha."

All of which is to say, I'd judge her feedback based on her feedback, in the same way you'd like her to judge your writing based on your writing, not on something slightly tangential, like your titles, for example.

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I'm making an effort to be grayer so I can kick this thesis into gear.