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.

::springs forth from nowhere to FEH at J---a R-----s::

No idea if we'll be getting bonuses this year. There's the whole impending layoffs and possible closure in '06, which makes me thin, maybe not. But if I do get one it'll go straight to paying off more debt.

Suela, there's also European Sleep Works in Berkeley. My dad has one of their mattresses in his guest room and it's incredibly comfortable (I had to live with him for a year due to a stoopid fire in my old apartment building, so I speak from deliciously sleepy experience), so much so that my baby brother and his partner (now officially his husband, as of 21 1/2 hours ago, woot!) spent their first big bonuses on having one custom-made and shipped to them in Boston, because they couldn't find anything half so good on the east coast.

Why Monday's Daily Show was a repeat.

Ack. I was wondering what that memorium at the end of the show was about. When Jon started talking, I was sure it was going to be for Richard Pryor, but now I understand.

baby brother and his partner (now officially his husband, as of 21 1/2 hours ago, woot!)

What, what??? AWESOME!

Also, my family gift giving continues to annoy me.

BTW TAR fans, the last challenge is well worth watching.

Ooh, thanks, JZ.

What I really should do is spend it on my yard. Feh.

Genreally a latte means esspreo strenght coffee with steamed milk. in roughtly a 50/50 mix.

Around here a chai latte means a spiced tea with milk- once again the tea brewed is really strong. Most coffee places use a presweetened concentrate.

If you are looking for a basic chai - like my friends from india make:

take a teabag or teaspoon of strong tea.(per cup) dump it in a pan with water ( 6 onc per cup) - boil. add milk( I usually use 4 onc per cup) Heat. If you are going to use the spice they go in before the milk - the simplest form is cardamom ( whole). but there are more complex reciepes out there.

Given the hours your DH works, Beth, that's insane

yup. though I will say that on the whole there is a lot less voluntary overtime now. It usually only happens if a client is in need now

A cafe latte is a shot or two of espresso with steamed milk and foam (just a little foam = latte, lots of foam = cappuchino).

I know nothing about tea lattes.

[eta:

Technically, if it's a 50/50 mix, it's a cafe au lait. A latte is mostly milk.]