Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


DavidS - May 27, 2008 10:05:19 am PDT #680 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.


Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:07:42 am PDT #681 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

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."


Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 10:09:57 am PDT #682 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

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).


Susan W. - May 27, 2008 10:10:32 am PDT #683 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

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.


Nicole - May 27, 2008 10:21:58 am PDT #684 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!

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.


juliana - May 27, 2008 10:25:30 am PDT #685 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

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).


Ginger - May 27, 2008 10:26:35 am PDT #686 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.


Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:27:15 am PDT #687 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.

I was JUST going to say that!


Laga - May 27, 2008 10:27:18 am PDT #688 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?

I want to get rid of "onboarding"

ah crap. I hadn't noticed how obnoxious this word is until just now. And I'm the hiring manager. crap.


Atropa - May 27, 2008 10:31:59 am PDT #689 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.

It kinda was. When I went through the new hire orientation (which yes, they call NEO here), every time one of the HR munchkins chirpily said "onboarding", I would make a quiet growling noise. At the first break, the person sitting next to me asked "So, writer or editor? You've got to be one or the other, with that reaction to "onboarding"".