What's QI? Aside from being an apparently unstoppable fount of knowledge, I mean.
Only the best show ever.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
Dana - Feb 21, 2007 8:58:39 am PST #2539 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
bon bon - Feb 21, 2007 8:59:06 am PST #2540 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
There's a couple of other factors to the perqs issue aside from just the competitive nature of compensating higher employees. One, if you provide something cheap to a limited number of people, it's relatively cheap to provide (rather than giving free sodas to all employees). But that's only important if you have factor number two-- it is seemingly valued out of proportion to its cost. For a dime a can you can make someone feel like a VIP.
I also assume there is a tax thing to how much perq you can deduct per salary, but that I'm not positive about.
Aims - Feb 21, 2007 8:59:58 am PST #2541 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My Saturday job provides lunch to the entire service department. EVERY WEEK people bitch about what we order. Drives. Me. Nuts. I want to just slap them around and tell them to STFU.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that take the orders and place it and get bitched at. Like I chose it?
sarameg - Feb 21, 2007 9:00:40 am PST #2542 of 10001
Reredos is a word!
1. Eccl. a. An ornamental facing or screen of stone or wood covering the wall at the back of an altar, frequently of ornate design, with niches, statues, and other decorations.
b. A choir-screen.
2. A hanging of velvet or silk for covering the wall at the back of an altar. Obs.
Usually named together with a dos, dorse, or vant dorse: the precise distinction from these is not clear.
3. A wooden panelling attached to a wall behind a seat. Obs.
4. The brick or stone back of a fire-place or open hearth; an iron plate forming a fire-back. Obs. exc. arch.
¶b. A brazier. rare
5. The back or rear. Obs. rare
6. A piece of armour for the back; a backplate. Obs. rare.
Also, I just saw athere was a special weather statement posted from this morning. Keep in mind, it's 50 and I wasn't aware of any significant weather patterns. Well, it's not weather....exactly:... Be alert for falling chunks of ice...
Jesse - Feb 21, 2007 9:00:43 am PST #2543 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Only the best show ever.
Ooh, that does look good.
Dana - Feb 21, 2007 9:02:25 am PST #2544 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Unsurprisingly, there's some QI up on YouTube. [link]
shrift - Feb 21, 2007 9:04:02 am PST #2545 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm going to be so sad when I run out of QI.
Dana - Feb 21, 2007 9:04:42 am PST #2546 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I only have five or so episodes left. About the same amount of Jonathan Creek I have left.
shrift - Feb 21, 2007 9:07:35 am PST #2547 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I probably shouldn't watch more QI until I write one of those things I ought to be writing, anyway.
Lee - Feb 21, 2007 9:13:33 am PST #2548 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I've given up meat, bread, and booze for Lent.
When is Lent over?
Shit I didn't say: I come in at 10:00. 10:00. Not 9:00, and sure as hell not 8:25, when you called the first time. I've told you this before, my voice mail tells you the same thing, and it's on the fucking directory. If I'm not here, it doesn't matter how many times you call or email me to tell me it's a rush, because I'm not here.