Congratulations, Sophia! $2700 is not chicken scratch, for sure!
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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.
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2007 5:15:36 am PDT #6967 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2007 5:18:07 am PDT #6968 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks guys! My boss thought it would be a bigger raise, because she is appalled at how little the administrative staff makes (she is a nurse), but I didn't.
We have been getting 2% raises here, sumi, too. They actually reclassified my position as "Administrative Assistant" which is considered a salaried professional position, as opposed to Secretary IV, which is an hourly support staff position, but I have the same duties.
Also, has anyone else seen the romance novel covers, especially the first one? [link] I suggest reading the comments because they are comedy gold!
Amy - Aug 27, 2007 5:27:27 am PDT #6969 of 10001
Because books.
Yay Sophia! That's awesome news.
IembarrassingN, I actually wrote the back cover copy for the third book down in that link, Big Spankable Asses. That was an ... interesting freelance job.
Allyson - Aug 27, 2007 5:28:36 am PDT #6970 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm being interviewed by Sally Jessy Raphael at 8:30am PST.
That seems to be a listen live link for those interested!
shrift - Aug 27, 2007 5:29:10 am PDT #6971 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Congrats, Sophia!
And after this morning's transportation disaster, seeing the news about Gonzales made me do a double-take at Yahoo News and say, "Huh. Well, guess today doesn't completely suck donkey balls."
tommyrot - Aug 27, 2007 5:31:25 am PDT #6972 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.
Yesterday I had seen several political blogs with rumors of Gonzales' departure. I adopted a wait-and-see attitude, but was slightly optimistic due to the more-than-one-source-ishness....
So, yay!
Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2007 5:31:29 am PDT #6973 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
IembarrassingN, I actually wrote the back cover copy for the third book down in that link, Big Spankable Asses.
Did you get to read it?
Also, yay paperdol!
And, today, in addition and unrelated to me getting a promotion, the other Secretary IV has put in her notice AND our Dean is stepping down, and one of my personal team (a nurse educator) is scaling back her work to twenty hours per week! Big changes all around!
Dana - Aug 27, 2007 5:32:06 am PDT #6974 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm so bummed that the link doesn't include the back cover copy, AmyLiz. I wanted to see what you could possibly say.
JZ - Aug 27, 2007 5:33:54 am PDT #6975 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, fuck. I mean, YAY AND GOODBYE, GONZALES, but CNN just had John Cornyn on for a phone interview, and he went on about what a sad, sad day it is and how terrible a thing it is that someone like Al Gonzales, a good man like him, and incidentally the highest-ranking Hispanic in the federal government, should be driven from office because he had the bad luck to be appointed at a time when politics reign supreme.
There are so many things wrong with that statement that I don't even know where to begin. I do know that I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2007 5:35:03 am PDT #6976 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I posted this question before and it got lost, but I think I'll try now when the board is slow--
I am typing a contract with the following sentance about payment. Does anyone else think it is fucked up, or is it legalese. It was written by a nurse with an MBA, not a lawyer:
Payment will be a shared assumption of MY UNIVERSITY 60% and TEACHER'S INITIALS. of 40% minus expenses. Expenses will include copying required course materials chosen by instructor, refreshments, and bulk mailings.