I dreamt it was Thanksgiving, only instead of the regular big meal, I'd planned a fancy 7-course thingy and I was getting really pissed off because people kept not following the order of the courses, and just going off into the kitchen to serve themselves.

The last course was (for some reason) supposed to be lamb chops, and when I went into the kitchen to sear them, people had already started eating them, saying "Oh no, I prefer them raw!" This made me REALLY mad, moreso when I looked in the sink and saw that someone had set my cast iron pan to SOAK. I shouted "Okay, what the HELL!" so loud in my sleep that I woke myself and DH up.

Sooper seekrit subconscious meaning = I need to email my mother the T-day menu/shopping list, and I would *really* like my landlord to send over a plumber to fix the sink.

Molly Ivins has written a terrific column on torture and this administration's macho act.

I grew up with all this pathetic Texas tough: Everybody here knows you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; and this ain't beanbag; and I'll knock your jaw so far back, you'll scratch your throat with your front teeth; and I'm gonna cloud up and rain all over you; and I'm gonna open me a can of whup-ass ...

And that'll show 'em, won't it? Take some miserable human being alone and helpless in a cell, completely under your control, and torture him. Boy, that is some kind of manly, ain't it?

"The CIA is holding an unknown number of prisoners in secret detention centers abroad. In violation of the Geneva Conventions, it has refused to register those detainees with the International Red Cross or to allow visits by its inspectors. Its prisoners have 'disappeared,' like the victims of some dictatorships." -- The Washington Post.

Why did we bother to beat the Soviet Union if we were just going to become it? Shame. Shame. Shame.

OK, am I wrong, or is this completely bitchy?

Each staff is responsible for submitting their timesheets on time, even when there are changes in the schedule. No more calls or emails of reminder will be issued from our office to staff. This means if your timesheets are not submitted for signature on time, you will not be paid for that period. Please go to the [University] website to obtain a timesheet of payroll deadline dates for future reference.

Is it not normal to get a reminder ahead of time when payroll dates are moved?

Is it not normal to get a reminder ahead of time when payroll dates are moved?

Hey, if people can't be bothered to check the schedule on file at Alpha Centauri....

Shrift reminds me of the dismaying Onion article about the would-be musician who has a personal crisis when he realizes his "job until his band breaks in" job has become a career.

Thank god I never really had any real aspirations to end up a would-be.

Who's up for a cruise on the Nile?

I hope whoever wrote that policy signed his or her name so all the people who miss a pay period will know whom to go see about it.

Before leaving the computer-access for the weekend, I wanted to post that tomorrow, the 11th will be Penny B's birthday (even though I hadn't seen her post in forever), and Saturday, the 12th will be Jessica's birthday. Early wishes to both!

Have good rest-of-the-week and great weekends, everybody!

I hope whoever wrote that policy signed his or her name so all the people who miss a pay period will know whom to go see about it.

The thing that's double-plus shitty is that I KNOW who is responsible, but she made her assistant send out the email. I just walked by the assistant, and she was like "don't shoot the messenger!" We all know who the actual bitch is.

Bitchy.

Most places I have worked - always reminding people that time sheets are due. Unless it happens weekly - and doesn't ever change.

I have to remind two of the three people whose time sheets I collect that they are due every single pay period. Which is every two weeks, and doesn't generally change (I don't mind reminding them when it does). Yesterday I forgot to remind one of them and so today I had to call him at home so he could dictate me the hours and I could forge his signature.