I need to know what happened at the end of Slings & Arrows. How did it end? Please, please, PLEASE let the whitefont begin.

I want to type: PC is FIT!

I think I'm having Bronze flashbacks.

P-C, that's great news. Good for you! I'm sorry about the "official employee" thing. When Scott started to work for his present employer, he gave our old employer a substantial notice. The only problem? He missed being vested in the year he was hired, by something like one week. I think it was then a year or 18 months until he was vested.

Guess who suggested the extra weeks as a show of goodwill? Guess whose boss didn't use him for the extra weeks he was there.

I need to know what happened at the end of Slings & Arrows. How did it end? Please, please, PLEASE let the whitefont begin.

It was so fucking awesome! It was dark and bittersweet and beautiful and I cried during the Lear bits.

I should probably just call you up on the phone and tell you what happened.

You mean S3, right?

HEC!

Suggest to me a long-ish (for a pixie) pixie that would work with my face and hair. Please!

Waaaait a sec, what stuff have you read? Our network is supposed to be secure!

Yeah, that's me -- I'm an ace network hacker....

Nah, I just remember stuff that you had written either for grad school, or between grad school and this job -- and it was technical, scientific writing. And damned good. I wish all my authors wrote like you do.

ION, let me just rave about the dish I just made:

Bulgur wheat, cooked -- either warm, right off the stove, or cold, after being refrigerated; take a can of corn (frozen would work, as would fresh, I reckon) and a can of black beans (I drain and rinse mine) and throw them in with the bulgur; chop up some tomatoes and throw them in; a sploosh of olive oil; a generous sploosh or two of balsamic vinegar; perhaps a dash of salt -- and you got yourself some good eating, right there.

OMG. Seriously, people. It KICKS ASS. And the thing is, the proportions of the main ingredients don't really matter. Not a bean fan? Leave them out! Love tomatoes, not crazy about corn? Go for it! Want to try other veggies? Maybe some feta on top? Have at it!

And the olive oil and balsamic vinegar are really just according to your preferences (I happen to like a good strong balsamic vinegar, and lots of it).

God, YUM. I'm full and happy.

The only problem? He missed being vested in the year he was hired, by something like one week. I think it was then a year or 18 months until he was vested.

Ack, that's annoying.

Ooh, one bright spot, though! I discovered that for 2007, they reduced the number of stock options given to new hires because they found out that they were giving too many per the market average. But I got in before that. Woo!

I'm still trying to figure out how all this stock and vesting stuff works. It sounds like it's all good and full of lots of money when I need to make large expenses. But taxes are confusing.

Nah, I just remember stuff that you had written either for grad school, or between grad school and this job -- and it was technical, scientific writing. And damned good. I wish all my authors wrote like you do.

Ooh, my articles. Yeah, that's nothing like what I write now. But thank you.

Suggest to me a long-ish (for a pixie) pixie that would work with my face and hair. Please!

Uh, didn't you use to HAVE a pixie? I know Hec has to have a picture (or many) of that cut.

Uh, didn't you use to HAVE a pixie? I know Hec has to have a picture (or many) of that cut.

I've had a few, but it's been years, and my face is a whole different shape now!

ETA: That chick who was, what, the daughter? on 24 has a kickin' one.

Oh, dear. What sports are on right now? There's certainly something, 'cause the boys upstairs are hootin' and hollerin' and stompin'.

Edit: Ah...must be baseball.

Hec--my mom is here and we are going out to eat or I'd call you. Can I prevail upon you to give me a precis by email?