Did anyone catch this week's Veronica Mars? I'm confused about Weevil's assertion that he had nothing to do with the the shenanigans, he was just taking bets. Surely he knew who was rigging the games, right? And that person was obviously tied into the kidnap, because of the "don't play" ultimatum.

Try to avoid hysterical laughter, shrift. I'm told that's a bad response when under scrutiny by new management.

Turns out he's a consultant from an outside firm. It reminds me of crap I had to do at my last job when we were taken over, only in person instead of online. I had to rank my skills on a form that was at least twenty pages long. It was arduous, as I have had many tech jobs. I'm grumpy and vaguely suspicious now.

When I returned to my office, I said something about this being the first time I've wished I didn't know so many programs. Coworker jokingly said, "Yeah, Boss helpfully pointed out that you took longer than I did."

Also (it seemed grossly inappropriate to add this to the previous post), Emmett's procedure is sometime between now and 10:30, probably depending on how wriggly or cooperative the first few patients of the day were. It should all be finished, with Emmett on his way to his mom's house, bandaged up and groggy but conversant and ready to have a little food, by 11:00 at the latest.

Go ice cream milk shakes as a curative! Choose ice cream milk shakes!

(I mean, for general ills, but for hungry people who have completed surgery, too. A good reward for not having leapt out of the chair and run away.)

Hm. Now I want lunch.

Weevil certainly had a pretty good idea who was behind the kidnapping, but he certainly wasn't going to snitch on someone, especially not a lucrative source of business.

It doesn't mean that he was a party to the kidnapping. As a bookie he doesn't really care why someone was making a particular bet, as long as they could cover.

It seems like it, ita, since that guy (I've already forgotten his name) was covering all the action. Though it's possible that Weevil wasn't explicitly aware of exactly what the plan was and was deliberately obtuse about drawing conclusions. However, with the implication that teh same guy had rigged last year's game, Weevil pretty much had to know, I'd think.

I felt like I was not getting a lot of this episode, for some reason. Not sure if the fault is theirs or mine.

Good god, shrift, that sounds like a nightmare.

What tommyrot said. He probably had something to do with the guy throwing the game , but not necessarily with the parrot-napping.

Damnit. I somehow screwed up the taping last night and missed Veronica Mars.

I did, however, watch Project Trainwreck and John, John, John. One step forward, two steps back. Right towards the edge of a cliff.

What tommyrot said.

Who?

He probably had something to do with the guy throwing the game

Not necessarily. Weevil makes money, regardless of who wins or loses.

Good god, shrift, that sounds like a nightmare.

What's worse is that I had to take 10 minutes before the form to "talk about what I do."

And why is it that every single time I take five minutes to scarf down lunch at my desk, someone snippily calls me with a request that I probably can't charge for and will take five hours of searching to figure out?

I was a little pissier on the phone just now than I should have been.

Brilliant. If the weather wasn't so spectacularly beautiful today, I'd call for a do-over.