In one week, I had four friends who totaled their cars on deer.
In three years, my one mom totaled four deer with two cars.
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Cashmere - Feb 05, 2009 6:51:20 pm PST #5262 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Lee - Feb 05, 2009 7:17:04 pm PST #5263 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
PP is just not good.
Bones was very weird tonight.
My firm is being odd. The partners are cutting back on their profit sharing, while the associates got some bonuses this year, but not as much as usual, but they are not getting any raises, while the staff was told they would be getting raises (maybe).
shrift - Feb 05, 2009 7:21:32 pm PST #5264 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think that I spent a few hours today living an "It's Pat!" SNL sketch.
Burrell - Feb 05, 2009 7:43:19 pm PST #5265 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh dear. Somehow until I read this convo here it hadn't occurred to me I might not get my piddly little raise this year. Sigh. It ain't much, but I'd still like to have it.
Oh, and a thought about why give someone $150,000 plus $150,000 bonus instead of just paying him $300,000. Wouldn't that save the company a good chunk in payroll taxes?
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2009 8:03:50 pm PST #5266 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Grey's Anatomy: Cristina and Hunt are so HOT. Although that scene where they're walking towards each other cried out for a truck to hit someone-- I didn't expect it to turn out that kind of well. Though I'm sure it will all go wrong soon enough.
Pix - Feb 05, 2009 8:23:36 pm PST #5267 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
We found out we're getting a 2% raise and layoffs. I was braced for no raise, so I'm glad for the 2%. It's not enough, but it's better than nothing. I'm sad about the layoffs, though.
Typo Boy - Feb 05, 2009 8:35:26 pm PST #5268 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh, and a thought about why give someone $150,000 plus $150,000 bonus.
Many reasons to pay a high percent in bonuses:
1)Bonuses go down as well as up. You can reduce the size of bonus because times are bad, or because the payee did a bad job.
2)You can eliminate bonuses altogether in a really bad time.
While the financial strain is the same the, the ego blow is not as much. That is why unions like wages and managers prefer as much compensation as possible in bonuses: more control, and more employee tolerance for cuts.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2009 2:41:55 am PST #5269 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Insomnia bites. Headache-induced insomnia bites more. I've been trying to find a tolerable position for at least an hour. I think I'm going to give up and go to the ER.
Theodosia - Feb 06, 2009 2:50:19 am PST #5270 of 30000
'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"
Sorry, ita!
It's 11F here, but is supposed to go up into the 20s later... and tomorrow supposed to hit 45. Me, I'm wishing I'd held onto my leg warmers from back in the 80s, because that would be just the thing to wear over my jeans today....
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2009 3:30:42 am PST #5271 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
57 here this morning when I left the house. Joblessness aside, I'm really happy to have spent this winter in LA.