Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Crap! I just took a glance at the news and read that some of the would-be mine rescuers in Utah died. Not the way I wanted to start my day.
I think I will go and watch Jon Stewart from last night. While he lacks the power to make current events Better, he does make them more Bearable, as does this place....
The quesion in, ah, question was about capitalising names at the start of a sentence.
I'm just going to put it out there that maybe the guy screaming has Rage Issues.
Yay for new stuff, msbelle!
I gave my feet a good exfoliation last night, then moisturized and put socks on. And I have to say, they feel pretty soft this morning.
Kristin, I'm glad you got inside with the groceries! It's always fun reading Natter in the morning and seeing the nights events in fast-forward.
Legal types - if anyone knows off the top of their head - I'm looking for a term that describes discrimination (in an employment context, for example) where independant discretionary decisions (like a promotion or something, for many people over a period of time) are made by a manager but the pattern of those discretionary decisions shows (not necessarily intentional) discrimination.
I'll look it up when I get home, but I'm curious now and it's distracting me.
Asshattery?
I like that - it certainly gets the point across.
eta: The person making the decisions has defended his actions by saying "each one of those decisions was completely discretionary. The individual circumstances showed those people didn't qualify. I can't help it if they were al Puerto Ricans." But non-Puerto Ricans in the same circumstances were consistently approved.
"disparate impact" maybe, Stephanie?
How are you feeling these days?
Disparate impact sounds right.
I third that.
Thanks, bon and Sparky (eta: and Vortex). My brain kept coming up with "differential impact".
I"m feeling pretty good, actually. Almost 15 weeks now. The nausea is gone and I have almost no appetite, but I was just looking through my LJ entries from Ellie's pregnancy and about the same thing happened at the same time, so I'm not too worried. I think I have an ultrasound next Thursday and if all goes well, I should be able to find out the baby's gender.