I would love it if my company did PTO and/or allowed donations. Because I have 300+ hours of sick leave, and that's just silly.
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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.
Strega - Dec 04, 2007 1:34:58 pm PST #5567 of 10001
Sheryl - Dec 04, 2007 1:52:30 pm PST #5568 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Hannukkah!
It's supposed to snow tomorrow.(It actually was flurrying when I left for work this morning)They're talking about maybe an inch. Ah, time for this Connecticut-born-and-raised girl to laugh at the people panicking.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2007 1:53:07 pm PST #5569 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You better get pregnant ASAP, Strega.
Walking around New York this week, I was thinking, they couldn't have held off on all the big Christmas decorations until next week? Let Hannukah have this week all by itself? Or, possibly, put up the Hannukah decorations three weeks ago. Either way.
flea - Dec 04, 2007 1:56:20 pm PST #5570 of 10001
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My company does PTO donations, but only for vacation leave, not sick (that is, you can donate vacation, but you can't donate your 6 billion hours of sick leave if you never get sick). We see requests for donations fairly often, though (I can think of 3 or 4 in my 5 years), and since 200 people work in my immediate part of the organization, it can add up.
flea - Dec 04, 2007 1:59:34 pm PST #5571 of 10001
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In celebration of Hannukah I bring you this from the Casper archives:
mr. flea: Who comes at Christmas?
Casper: Santa and his little elves!
mr. flea: What do they bring?
Casper: Um, presents?
mr. flea: For who?
Casper: For the children!
me: There are other things we celebrate about Christmas. Like, the birth of the baby Jesus...
Casper: And some people celebrate a harmonica!! [makes shy face, because she knows something about that is wrong]
mr. flea: I was telling her about Chanukah the other night.
aurelia - Dec 04, 2007 2:01:08 pm PST #5572 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
There should totally be a day to celebrate a harmonica!
juliana - Dec 04, 2007 2:12:41 pm PST #5573 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
See, I was thinking Casper had learned Adam Sandler's "The Hanukkah Song":
Tell your friend Veronica, it's time to celebrate Hanukkah
I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely Hanukkah.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2007 2:16:42 pm PST #5574 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My dad has the Hanukkah song in the middle of one of his Christmas mix tapes that he pulls out every year, and it's always hilarious.
Me, I put "Three is a Magic Number" from Schoolhouse Rock on my Christmas mix I made a couple of years ago, but that's because I'm more religious. Than my minister father.
Also, thanks to you people, I'm having a beer. Brooklyner Weisse.
erin_obscure - Dec 04, 2007 2:22:35 pm PST #5575 of 10001
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(For men it's called a Hardy Boy)
For me it's a Nancy Drew!
I only have ever purchased from *$ s because the parents of kids i work with keep giving me gift certificates. They do come in handy when travelling, as the company has a zillion stalls in every airport, and many have reasonable tasty grilled vegetable sandwiches which can be easily carried onboard for an in-flight meal. And the cookies aren't bad.
Liese S. - Dec 04, 2007 2:32:07 pm PST #5576 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My Christian Celtic punk band did a cover of "Three" years ago and it's a classic in my house.