Speaking of which, on the Whoppie Goldberg show this morning I found out that the Weinermobile recently got a parking ticket in Chicago.
Ah, this must be what I heard about then.
Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?
Buffy ,'Touched'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Daisy Jane - Aug 10, 2007 6:34:56 am PDT #3797 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Laura - Aug 10, 2007 6:36:15 am PDT #3798 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Weather! It is 63°F now with a forecast high of 72°. I am going to die when I get back home.
Emily - Aug 10, 2007 6:37:17 am PDT #3799 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
God, I'm missing San Francisco weather.
Callaluna - Aug 10, 2007 6:38:26 am PDT #3800 of 10001
Not getting enough sleep seems to be a key component.
That's true for me, too, Gud! When I am overtired, I am more zombie like, and way more productive as a result. It's like I don't get distracted as easily or something. It's so wierd.
msbelle - Aug 10, 2007 6:38:34 am PDT #3801 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Basically, the admins have a half clerical/half customer service job. They have to learn how to use several databases, they have to keep things organized and make sure that information gets disseminated to the correct people, and they also have to deal directly with clients.
god that sounds hellish. Also, not dissimilar to my office where the one admin is office manager/CEO asst/part of another department.
Right now the other department is project management, so the person has to do
1) phones, mailings, office supply ordering, handling visitors (not really all that much in my office - except when we are hiring and then the visitor thing is a lot)
2) CEO expenses, travel and any needs (can be nothing one day and then a million urgent things the next)
3) Manange a project including weekly meetings with client, making and updating schedules, giving and tracking jobs into the creative studio, learning a content application, testing a project and getting issues fixed.
It's too much. I've been here just over 2 years and every person who has had that job has left the company, some had even moved out of the position full-time, but they still leave. I think they all start looking while they have that position and it just takes some of them longer to find something.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2007 6:39:57 am PDT #3802 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
SuziQ - Aug 10, 2007 6:40:19 am PDT #3803 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Emily - the weather here misses you too.
Update on the kids/movies - CJ fell asleep under the desk. Unsurprising considering we got here at 6am.
Tom Scola - Aug 10, 2007 6:43:56 am PDT #3804 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Which has root beer schnapps as one of its ingredients. I didn't know such a thing existed!
Fred Pete - Aug 10, 2007 6:46:16 am PDT #3805 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, Clara!
Callaluna - Aug 10, 2007 6:46:28 am PDT #3806 of 10001
Well, I promise, I'm always super nice to the admins, because I figured out a long time ago that they make our little world go round. I think its a little ridiculous how LITTLE time they give the newbies to acclimate, learning to juggle takes time, you know. But the reason they are so quick to fire is that we had a little incident awhile back, with an admin who was crazy (not in a good way) and they had an extremely difficult time getting rid of her because of all the rules and regulations around such firings. So they now hire people with a pre-determined probationary period, and the understanding that they can fire them for any reason during that probationary period.