Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.

'Origin'


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.


Scrappy - Sep 26, 2011 11:15:33 am PDT #28430 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Just got (kinda) demoted in a not-fun surprise. The Finance Manager and I both reported to the COO. Now HR is going to be part of Finance and I will report to the Finance Manager. No change in pay or title, but my boss is now someone who got hired the month I did and who has been a peer for the last five years. I came right out and asked the COO when he told me about this "Is this a demotion?" and he said no, just a restructuring, but it's still a bit odd. Luckily, I really like the guy I will report to and he was quick to tell me that he thinks of us as consolidating and that we are still peers. We'll see.


Kate P. - Sep 26, 2011 11:18:35 am PDT #28431 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Blech, Scrappy. I'm sorry. That is not cool.


aurelia - Sep 26, 2011 11:19:25 am PDT #28432 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

That article has links to the email exchange. I think the Police Chief should have discussed the issue with the Prof and Dept Chair and that the Prof should be less of an ass. [link]


Amy - Sep 26, 2011 11:22:36 am PDT #28433 of 30001
Because books.

Aw, Scrappy, that is uncomfortable. I'm sorry.

It really was. I mean, I went in kind of expecting to be amazed, but also not thinking we'd get to see much beyond a little blob just yet.

I love the horses' hooves sound of the heartbeat, just galloping away.


Cashmere - Sep 26, 2011 11:23:48 am PDT #28434 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Scrappy, that is an unpleasant way to start your work week. I hope the new structure isn't awful.

Yeah, Prof's immediate response is sheer asshattery.


JenP - Sep 26, 2011 11:25:04 am PDT #28435 of 30001

Ugh, Scrappy, especially if you were blindsided, that's not fun at all. I hope the new structure ends up being workable for you.


Allyson - Sep 26, 2011 11:25:39 am PDT #28436 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

How dare you act in a fascistic manner and then sign your email "respectfully!" Respect liberty and respect my first amendment rights.

That's pretty unhinged. Pump Up the Volume isn't a real life thing, and you sir, are not Christian Slater.


Kate P. - Sep 26, 2011 11:29:15 am PDT #28437 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Yeah, Prof's immediate response is sheer asshattery.

Wow, yeah.


Steph L. - Sep 26, 2011 11:30:13 am PDT #28438 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

The thing is, if the poster were left up and professor did kill someone, then there would be a mountain of outcry that he clearly demonstrated violent tendencies, which were ignored by the authorities, etc., etc. t edit It happens every time there's a student who goes on a shooting spree -- the press gets ahold of his violent Comp 101 essays, or his blog with pictures of himself posing with Uzis, and then all hell breaks loose about the "warning signs."

The prof. sounds like a pretentious douche who thinks he's a badass. In a pacifistic way, of course.


aurelia - Sep 26, 2011 11:31:55 am PDT #28439 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Yay Amy and Stephen!

Hooray for The Sproggening!

Scrappy, that seems awkward.