It's going to be down for at least four hours, Trudy-- they're migrating servers.
I'm going through WITHDRAWLS!!!!
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Trudy Booth - Nov 18, 2008 7:39:51 am PST #2077 of 10002
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
Lee - Nov 18, 2008 7:40:59 am PST #2078 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Puppies are being adorable though.
juliana - Nov 18, 2008 7:41:36 am PST #2079 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Twitter down, too? AUGH. They should know better!
Connie Neil - Nov 18, 2008 7:42:36 am PST #2080 of 10002
brillig
Candied bacon
God bless the pig, that tastiest of critters.
lisah - Nov 18, 2008 7:43:41 am PST #2081 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Oh my friend got the bacon salt and baconaise (like a BLT exploded in your mouth...in a good way) and with her package she got bacon lip balm! It's her new pickup line "my lips taste like bacon."
Amy - Nov 18, 2008 7:46:26 am PST #2082 of 10002
Because books.
Puppycam needs a cleanup in aisle two, though.
brenda m - Nov 18, 2008 7:50:00 am PST #2083 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Huh. My firm just sent out a communication to managers around new policies on pay increases given the current economic state. Never a good thing, but I really like how they've done it:
The new process was designed to be fair and equitable, protect employees who are most vulnerable to the current downturn and reward our top performers.
Employees below $X base salary will be eligible for merit increases (to both base salary and target bonus) providing performance is at an acceptable level (manager discretion)
Employees between $X - $200,000 base salary who are “top performers” will be eligible for a merit increase to both base salary and target bonus (top performers will be determined using evaluative data, such as IPMP scores, talent review data and calibration of contributions relative to one's peer set)
Employees over $200,000 base salary will not be eligible for merit increases in 2009 to either base salary or target bonus
They've also bumped the effective date to March 1 instead of Jan 1, which sucks - no retroactive bump as in past years.
But still - it's really nice to see an actual progressive approach to this kind of thing so that it hits hardest where people have most capacity to absorb it, rather than holding the line on the lowest end of the food chain while people at the top keep raking in big bonuses.
tommyrot - Nov 18, 2008 7:50:03 am PST #2084 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Aims - Nov 18, 2008 7:52:22 am PST #2085 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The puppies are going apeshit.
Theodosia - Nov 18, 2008 7:53:42 am PST #2086 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Infinity bookcase -- neat looking idea... but practically, how do you get at the books in the middle?!