Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.

'The Message'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Connie Neil - Jan 26, 2010 7:05:31 am PST #4189 of 30001
brillig

I hope I haven't sabotaged my birthday weekend with what I just arranged.

Note went around asking for volunteers for weird shifts the week of my birthday. I already have the Friday and the weekend off. There was the option of doing an overnight on the Wednesday night, and that gives me Thursday off as well. I don't bounce back on sleep weirdness as well as I used to, so I'm hoping being able to sleep in on both Thursday and Friday, as well as the nap on Wednesday will be sufficient to avoid wretchedness for the rest of the weekend.


ChiKat - Jan 26, 2010 7:12:09 am PST #4190 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I currently put jeans on a shelf, as I have insufficient drawer space

This.

insist that our teachers are paid too much.

Well, you know I only work 8 months of the year, and really, my job is just babysitting. And I never ever do any work on the weekends, on vacation days, or over the summer. Ever.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2010 7:12:17 am PST #4191 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Wildlife photographer cheats with tame wolf

Dammit, they're onto this technique, there goes my plan to dress up my beagle as a moose.


flea - Jan 26, 2010 7:18:35 am PST #4192 of 30001
information libertarian

My daughter's teacher is at school when the kids are allowed to arrive, at 7:15, and we generally run into her when we pick Casper up from afterschool, at 5:15. That's a 10 hour day, even if she weren't taking work home, which I am sure she is. And she teaches first grade.

ETA: She makes $43,700. (Thank you opengeorgia.gov. She has 6 years experience and a master's and was teacher of the year last year.) Her parapro, who is awesome, makes $16K.


Dana - Jan 26, 2010 7:33:51 am PST #4193 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Locked my keys in my car this morning, along with my computer. Fucking Tuesday.


Aims - Jan 26, 2010 7:36:18 am PST #4194 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I can not speak rationally about those what have the opinion that teachers make too much money for only working 8 months out of the year.


ChiKat - Jan 26, 2010 7:36:56 am PST #4195 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Fucking Tuesday.

All Tino's fault.

Which, I have a student by that name, so everytime we blame him here, I just giggle.


ChiKat - Jan 26, 2010 7:38:08 am PST #4196 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

only working 8 months out of the year.

Which cracks me up. Because, even if you discount any work done over the summer, I still work 9.5 months in the classroom each year.


Aims - Jan 26, 2010 7:41:24 am PST #4197 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Right, but if you look at it from an hours-per-year POV, then you are still working a shit-ton beyond the average 40 hrs/week office person.

Which, you totally know and I'm preaching to the choir, I just wish people (read: idiots) weren't so adamant about the 12 months thing.


Allyson - Jan 26, 2010 7:49:16 am PST #4198 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I'm overwhelmed and undercaffeinated. Also, I dumped a third of a cup of coffee into my laptop last week, and the screen is all fucked up. And scholastic rejected Sam.

I have come here to complain at all of you.