Excellent letter, Fay. (eta: Cindy's suggested tweak makes sense to me. You don't want to be too subtle, but you do want to present a solution where you get paid that he can grab on to when he realizes that he's screwed himself)
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
-t - May 18, 2005 10:30:13 am PDT #9848 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Calli - May 18, 2005 10:31:38 am PDT #9849 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
leather-pants happy
I love this phrase.
I also love Fay's letter. It's so calm, reasonable, and full of very politely sharpened knives.
DavidS - May 18, 2005 10:34:14 am PDT #9850 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Anyhow, my point is, I'm not minus people.
I didn't mean "minus people" as a negative number or zero. Just...
Were there probably wonderful people I never considered because of the cat thing? Hell yes.
...this. Less people in the potential pool.
DavidS - May 18, 2005 10:34:45 am PDT #9851 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's so calm, reasonable, and full of very politely sharpened knives.
It is. It's super polite and filled with steely British menace.
juliana - May 18, 2005 10:37:42 am PDT #9852 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Fay, fantastic letter.
beathen - May 18, 2005 10:38:13 am PDT #9853 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Great letter, Fay.
Connie Neil - May 18, 2005 10:38:58 am PDT #9854 of 10001
brillig
Less people in the potential pool
Which isn't a bad thing if those people are incompatable with your preferred lifestyle.
Glamcookie - May 18, 2005 10:39:24 am PDT #9855 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Get 'em, Fay!!
I am totally broken out all over my face. I don't want to put makeup on for fear that I'll make it worse, but I have to get on a plane in a couple of hours (read: be in public with zitty face). Hates the period.
DavidS - May 18, 2005 10:40:16 am PDT #9856 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Which isn't a bad thing if those people are incompatable with your preferred lifestyle.
Yes, that's why we develop the filters in the first place. "Incompatible" is an important concept.
Sparky1 - May 18, 2005 10:41:09 am PDT #9857 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Plei speaks for me with her cat love, if you substitute in dogs. My DH accepts that someday, after we have a house, there will be a puppy, although he never had pets and really can't understand why anyone else would want them. Although I haven't lived with a dog full time for 15+ years, I can't imagine never having one. My sister just brought home her new Boston Terrier pup (2.5 lbs!) and I am dying of the cuteness she describes.
Fay, that's a good letter. I hope the evil boss can appreciate how much more unpleasant it would be to have you leave abruptly than have to actually pay you for your work.