Via boing boing, for Miracleman: A 1944 sabotage manual (PDF) looks suspiciously like modern management techniques - [link]
(1) Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.
(2) Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of per sonal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate “patriotic” comments.
(3) When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study and consideration.” Attempt to make the committees as large as possible — never less than five.
(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.
(6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.
(7) Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and urge your fellow-conferees to be “reasonable” and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.
(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision — raise the question of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the juris diction of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some higher echelon.
my first-ever leg wax next week
Good luck! I'm contemplating going for sugaring in the next month or so. I have to do some more research on it.
Ha! I was just on my way to post the same thing.
But there is hope. Look, over there, Unicorns! [link]
of course, they can only be photographed by a virgin ....
of course, they can only be photographed by a virgin ....
Or someone with access to photoshop...
Please keep in mind that while Fairbanks Alaska has had six days of 70 degree weather in the past two weeks, we have been in the 50s. Seriously.
Sounds glorious. Overcast and an ocean. Bliss.
What's sugaring? It sounds adorable.
Last year when I went with my family to the beach, I got my first (and so far, only) bikini wax and while it did hurt (yeouch!), it was so worth it. Smooth, no shaving, no errant hair - lovely.
just a note - for those with curly body hair, waxing may not be the way to go (ingrown hairs ... ow).
DH is going through one of his occasional phases where he's looking at jobs in Tulsa. This always sends me into a sort of freakout loop because if you give me a problem, I want to find the solution right away, and Seattle vs. Tulsa is hard to quantify. Our combined income is probably $30K/year higher than it would be in Tulsa, given typical salaries and the fact there's a lot less academic/medical administration to do there, but we could get a good house there for $200K less than we'd have to pay here. And the cost of living is generally lower, so we wouldn't
need
to bring in as much per month. And since DH's skillset is more common here than there, there's the possibility that someone there might be willing to pay him the Tulsa dollar equivalent of our combined Seattle income...which would allow me to quit work and
write full time.
He'd be fully behind that. He's the one who suggested it as a possibility.
And I have to say, put me writing full time, and Tulsa looks pretty good. I like DH's family, and there's a lot to be said for letting AB grow up near her grandma, uncles, and cousin. Tulsa is small compared to the places I've lived my entire adult life, but it's big enough to have a reasonable set of amenities, and I've always liked visiting there.
OTOH, I'd miss Seattle's climate (not counting the last two weeks, ugh), the mountains, the water, our church, the friends I've finally made, living where being a liberal Democrat is normal, etc. But how do you put a dollar value on those things and decide whether or not it's worth it to set them aside for a lower cost of living?
I'm theorizing way ahead of my data here. I wouldn't need to make this decision unless DH had an offer on the table that came within $30K or so of our current combined salaries. But just having it out there has set my head spinning.
