My Looniversity never gives bonuses. Ever. I used to love the $25.00 personal check I got at my first job for a Christmas bonus.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 14, 2005 8:35:05 am PST #1961 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2005 8:36:19 am PST #1962 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I still haven't spent the bonus I got a year ago, which was supposed to go towards fixing up my apartment.
beth b - Dec 14, 2005 8:37:01 am PST #1963 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
bonus - DH is at an 'all-hands' meeting now. His boss said it was nothing to worry about. So I suggested that maybe there was a bonus. We laughed and went on with life. ( 3 years ago there was a 3% wage cut and a wage freeze ever since)
Consuela - Dec 14, 2005 8:37:23 am PST #1964 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, that's so sad, ita.
Do you already have a large flatscreen monitor?
I have a small flatscreen monitor, 15". It's sufficient for my purposes. I do, however, want a new computer desk. Hmm.
How much is a Tempur-Pedic mattress?
2,800 lottery tickets.
Hmm. I think not: I'd never keep track of the numbers!
I keep planning to get regular house-cleaning and then don't. That could be an option.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2005 8:38:55 am PST #1965 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
3 years ago there was a 3% wage cut and a wage freeze ever since
Given the hours your DH works, Beth, that's insane. I do hope he'll find a better job soon: he deserves it.
sumi - Dec 14, 2005 8:39:52 am PST #1966 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
That is so sad! (TDS story.)
ita, I think that you are right: although there are tricksey people who will use the Amazon wishlist just as a source of intel -- others will buy from amazon because it's just easy.
Fred Pete - Dec 14, 2005 8:43:27 am PST #1967 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
(Could not think of a female Canadian sufficiently famous to make this a nationalist FCM.)
Anne Murray?
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2005 8:49:09 am PST #1968 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What makes a latte a latte? It's more than just adding milk, right? Is it more than adding hot or steamed milk? Why do I pay a gazillion dollars for Coffee Bean's (delicious) tea lattes? What magic are they working, and how can I duplicate it, but with less sugar (turns out the unsweetened latte I had the once was a weird thing they did for me on a one-time basis)?
TomW - Dec 14, 2005 8:51:07 am PST #1969 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Our xmas bonus last year was a $50 amazon gift card. Which was used towards Firefly and Simpsons DVDs. Good deal.
I suspect that we won't get one this year, given the amount of money they must have had to eat when the christmas party was cancelled due to blizzard.
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2005 8:53:06 am PST #1970 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
::springs forth from nowhere to FEH at J---a R-----s::