The only thing I have a fondness for because of Hemingway is Faulkner.
Gunn ,'Underneath'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I want to get rid of "onboarding". Oooh, and "leverage" as in "We can leverage the other team's work".
I want to do away with "task" as a verb, as in, "Susan has been tasked with updating the handbook," only I'm afraid it's a battle I'm fighting alone.
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
"Call me IT."
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database
See also Wrath of Khan (which is quoting Mellville, of course, but a good use of "task" as a verb).
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Yes, please. I'm on an orientation committee, and there's entirely too much talk of onboarding.
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
Yeah, I can live with old-school Melvillian tasking.
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Ooh, yes please.
ION - I've been catching up online and now I can't remember where people were discussing lost / found cell phones. Anyway, there was a document at the hospital that recommended putting a contact in your cell phone as I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) with the phone number of whomever you want contacted.
I'm not sure how much it has caught on with the general public, but at least the ER staff will know who to call if you're ever in an accident.
Anyway, there was a document at the hospital that recommended putting a contact in your cell phone as I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) with the phone number of whomever you want contacted.
My cell phone actually had that contact pre-programmed in, and it's on top of all of my other contacts (obviously, I had to input the actual numbers, but the entry is already there).
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
I was JUST going to say that!