Oh, I didn't know there's difference between laid off and being fired. I thought those were different words for the same thing.
And yes, Israel has unemployment benefits.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
Shir - Dec 29, 2008 9:28:57 pm PST #8503 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
javachik - Dec 29, 2008 9:46:18 pm PST #8504 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Nope, being fired is usually for cause and being laid-off is usually a business need (e.g."downsizing").
Shir - Dec 29, 2008 9:51:49 pm PST #8505 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Good to know. Thanks.
Shir - Dec 29, 2008 9:55:18 pm PST #8506 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
On the news: remember the Chabad people who were murdered in Mumbai recently? One of their children passed away tonight.
Shir - Dec 29, 2008 10:48:36 pm PST #8507 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Pictures from the current conflict: link
(Contains pictures of dead and wounded, but nothing pornodeathographic)
Hil R. - Dec 30, 2008 1:18:59 am PST #8508 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Umm, not Barak. Sisra.
Oh, right. I knew that.
Lots of peace~ma, though I really wish I had something more constructive.
Barb - Dec 30, 2008 3:30:16 am PST #8509 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Right? With the hanging with and healing the downtrodden, and busting the Pharisees, and putting up with the apostles' being generally annoying and bickering among themselves about which one of them was the greatest (srsly? I'm not surprised Jesus went up on the Mount of Olives to get a break from them).
Catechism class would've been so much more fun with Steph in it. I used to get in trouble with the nuns questioning stuff like this.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2008 3:38:01 am PST #8510 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I love that Chuck Mangione is on KOTH. I wonder why they picked him.
Because saving money feeeeels soooo goooood.
I used to get in trouble with the nuns questioning stuff like this.
Oh, me too. Actually, a lot of my interpretation of the bible comes from the Freak-Ass Church. They're a very odd lot -- heavily bible-based, with a very strong emphasis on studying the nuances of the original languages the books were written in, as well as the historical/social/cultural context, and yet *rigidly* literal in their interpretation -- and with a sense of humor about the things that are, frankly, funny.
Like the prophet Elisha calling bears to maul the shit out of 2 kids who mocked him for -- IIRC -- having a big bushy beard. Because, WTF is that?
Calli - Dec 30, 2008 3:47:11 am PST #8511 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Like the prophet Elisha calling bears to maul the shit out of 2 kids who mocked him for -- IIRC -- having a big bushy beard.
I think they were mocking his bald head. Which makes the bears totally justifiable, of course.
ETA: It occurs to me that if Elisha had called in the bears, killed one with his bare (sorry) hands, and turned its fur into a cunning head piece, it would have made a pretty cool story. And the kids would probably have stopped with the mockage, because Elisha still = hardcore.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2008 3:52:28 am PST #8512 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, that's right -- his bald head!
Why was I thinking beard? Possibly Jeff Bridges in Iron Man.