Technically, if it's a 50/50 mix, it's a cafe au lait. A latte is mostly milk.]
But that would be with brewed coffee, rather than espresso.
Re TAR: Someone must have a screencap of the Weaver's final board.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2005 9:14:32 am PST #1983 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Kathy A - Dec 14, 2005 9:17:50 am PST #1984 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Bonuses are a foreign concept around here, unfortunately. The last time they handed them out was 13 years ago. Before then, every year an employee would get an extra two-week paycheck at Christmas time if they had been there under five years, two checks if over five years. I started at the end of November, so I got a pro-rated bonus of 1/12 of a check (I think it was $50 after tax). Since then, zippo.
Today's snowstorm-that-didn't provoked a fun description in the Tribune of the "dibs" system of keeping your shoveled out parking spot on the Chicago residential streets, and the consequences of ignoring said calling of "dibs":
One winter I dug our car out of its plowed-in spot. A neighbor dug out his car behind me. We pulled our cars out and marked our spaces with lawn and card table chairs. We drove off to do errands. When I returned I saw my neighbor in the middle of the street, staring. A huge Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible with a western suburb vehicle sticker was taking up both of our spaces. The chairs had been tossed near the sidewalk. Without a word, we each got our snow shovels and completely buried the Cadillac. It was below zero out. Then my neighbor said, "Wait a minute" and returned carrying two buckets of water. We ended up using six buckets of water on the car. The Caddy remained entombed in ice for weeks. After a thaw, we never saw that car in the neighborhood again.
TomW - Dec 14, 2005 9:18:56 am PST #1985 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."
We used to have a real bonus scheme here. We've had several. Each of which was reworked or abandoned just before I would have received one.
It's not that I'm paranoid, but I can't help wondering if the phrase "If Tom would get a bonus, there must be something wrong with the formula." was ever uttered in a smoke-filled room...
Jessica - Dec 14, 2005 9:20:44 am PST #1986 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our bonuses are based on sales performance, so we don't get them until after the end of the financial year, which is in April. So no Christmas bonus for me!
Gudanov - Dec 14, 2005 9:22:42 am PST #1987 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
It's not that I'm paranoid, but I can't help wondering if the phrase "If Tom would get a bonus, there must be something wrong with the formula." was ever uttered in a smoke-filled room...
That's just paranoid. There's no smoke-filled room, the whole plan is completely public and available at www.nobonusfortom.org.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2005 9:23:50 am PST #1988 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
the whole plan is completely public and available at www.nobonusfortom.org.
I hate that site.
(But I do get a bonus - one week's pay, which I've heard is pretty standard.)
TomW - Dec 14, 2005 9:25:24 am PST #1989 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."
Yeah, to be fair. Our bonus scheme used to be based on sales targets, which doesn't really motivate those of us in the development team.
Our development schedules aren't regular or formalized enough for a "ship it and win a prize" kind of bonus (other than a frosty beverage or two).
Fred Pete - Dec 14, 2005 9:25:36 am PST #1990 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can't help wondering if the phrase "If Tom would get a bonus, there must be something wrong with the formula." was ever uttered in a smoke-filled room...
Replace "Tom" and "bonus" with "Fred" and "window office," and I can relate.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2005 9:27:47 am PST #1991 of 10002
Today's snowstorm-that-didn't provoked a fun description in the Tribune of the "dibs" system of keeping your shoveled out parking spot on the Chicago residential streets, and the consequences of ignoring said calling of "dibs":
Oh my god, that's brilliant!
A lot of work, but....
Only a matter of time before Baltimorons try this, if they haven't already.
sumi - Dec 14, 2005 9:28:41 am PST #1992 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
So, it's not snowing at ALL in Chicago?
Interesting.