Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:21:14 am PST #5489 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

My house is being professionally cleaned right now AIFG!!!!!


lisah - Jan 25, 2008 10:23:08 am PST #5490 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

It's sunny and not too terribly cold here! (Not to brag.) I was just talking about how depressed I got the first year we had real SF winter when I lived out there and not drought winter. It rained every freaking day. That was way worse then Mid-Atlantic winter where at least we have some bright, if cold, days mixed in.

I ated too much lunch I think. Or maybe it was the green tea chai. Delicious but too filling. blergh.


Gudanov - Jan 25, 2008 10:23:34 am PST #5491 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Ours haven't been done yet. It's a pool of a set percentage for a small number of people, so to give someone a bit extra you have to take away from somebody else. I expect the pool to be about 3% though.


Pix - Jan 25, 2008 10:26:16 am PST #5492 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

BUT IT IS SO COLD AND RAINY. And I am so small and wimpy.
Allyson is me.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 25, 2008 10:27:06 am PST #5493 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

We do 1 - 3 in university land. 2 % is the norm and 3% is extra special. Mostly, you need to move to a new position to get an increase that is larger than that.


lisah - Jan 25, 2008 10:30:59 am PST #5494 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

ooh one of my bosses just walked over to say he was going to happy hour around the corner. to invite us I mean, not to brag. sweet!


aurelia - Jan 25, 2008 10:33:42 am PST #5495 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Something near 30% of my income comes bi-weekly but the rest of it varies wildly. I didn't get anything else for the first half of Jan but I should have 3-4 additional checks in the next couple of weeks. My budgeting is like my bowling approach. If I overanalyze it I get all screwed up.

ION, Tommy Tune is in the building today. I haven't seen him yet though.


Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:37:23 am PST #5496 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Do you tip a cleaning service?


Trudy Booth - Jan 25, 2008 10:38:26 am PST #5497 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Do you tip a cleaning service?

I would, but I'm a little tip-happy and I've never actually had one.


Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 10:40:36 am PST #5498 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

They are doing a really good job. Is it cool to just add it to the check total do you think? I don't have cash on me.