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Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


le nubian - Mar 24, 2011 3:15:53 pm PDT #154 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Juliebird,

In addition to what others have said, I have a question: is it possible for you to look for another job? I don't think that's an okay environment for you to be in if your boss is that bad. And I don't mean to be Negative Nancy here, but let's say your boss leaves, might they hire someone just as bad?

If I were in your position, I would start taking notes regarding this person's behavior, keeping a log, noting the things Scrappy has mentioned.

At this point, my justification for keeping the log would be to ward off attacks from my boss rather than going to her supervisors. Your boss sounds like a nightmare, and I'm not sure if she is capable of doing something negative to you (see Suela's anecdote). Keeping a log could be a nice defense in case something like this action would happen.

This log might also help you feel somewhat empowered in the meantime and not feeling like you have to be under this boss' thumb.


Hil R. - Mar 24, 2011 3:23:30 pm PDT #155 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Things I didn't know about Elizabeth Taylor: [link]

In 1977, JTA reported that Taylor had offered herself as a hostage for the Air France hijack victims being held captive by terrorists at Entebbe, Uganda, before Israelis rescued them. That offer, made personally to Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz, was graciously declined, but Dinitz told Taylor, “The Jewish people will always remember it.”


Theodosia - Mar 24, 2011 3:34:50 pm PDT #156 of 30001
'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"

I'm pretty damn unmoved by the death of Taylor. I mean, I'm glad she beat the odds to have a long and fruitful life, but still to me she was just another pretty face from long ago.


flea - Mar 24, 2011 3:35:24 pm PDT #157 of 30001
information libertarian

You know, I don't really have much of a sense of Elizabeth Taylor before the big hair and Larry Fortensky and AIDS activism days. The only movie I've ever seen her in was Father of the Bride, and I think I saw that on an airplane.


sarameg - Mar 24, 2011 3:44:47 pm PDT #158 of 30001

Anyone know what these flowers might be? They are basically the size of my pinky nail. Teeny, teeny. I had them last year too, so they are I guess a bulb of some sort. [link] [link]


flea - Mar 24, 2011 3:48:55 pm PDT #159 of 30001
information libertarian

Maybe ipheion (starflower)? Mine are bigger, though, more like 3/4 inch. Hm, and ipheion are one bloom per stem, and it looks like you have two on some.


Calli - Mar 24, 2011 3:53:31 pm PDT #160 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That may be a striped squill/snowdrift: [link]


flea - Mar 24, 2011 3:53:34 pm PDT #161 of 30001
information libertarian

I think it's chionodoxa. [link]


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 24, 2011 3:56:11 pm PDT #162 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Apparently the take-out cashier at the place I bought dinner really doesn't like Caesar salad dressing. When I called in my order she asked me if I wanted the dressing (who would order it without?) and despite my answering "yes" I discovered there was no dressing when I got home.


sarameg - Mar 24, 2011 3:58:09 pm PDT #163 of 30001

Yeah, mine are probably under 1/2" inch diameter, tops. And they have a little pistil vessel. Thing. Like daffodils, but not a frill, more egg shaped. Waxy petals like iris and daffodils and their ilk.