Passports aren't for leaving countries. Passports are for entering countries.
So far I've done about a morning's worth of work plus gotten my sink snaked. That was nasty. Bleach bleaching right now.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
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.
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 8:15:41 am PDT #5117 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2011 8:17:02 am PDT #5118 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One annoying thing about the proposed passport changes is so far they haven't said who would get the new form. I wonder if it'd be like the "do not fly" list, where they won't say why people are on the list. So if for some reason they decide you get the new, complex form, you might be SOL because they might not tell you why.
Typo Boy - Apr 25, 2011 8:17:35 am PDT #5119 of 30001
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.
Related to Erin's question. I'm going to get booktitle.com if still available. Do I need to buy and park .net and .org .
I'm trying to imagine worst case scenario for not doing it. Some buys booktitle.net and makes a satirical website? Or uses to push really offensive porn? I mean satire and porn if someone wants to link to book title could still be on any of hundreds of extrension - .info and country extentions like .tv . So is it really worth the money to buy and park (or buy and redirect) the .net and .org extenstions?
msbelle - Apr 25, 2011 8:20:51 am PDT #5120 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am at new job!!!
I am learning both SalesForce and Quickbooks! and it looks like I am going to be working 25 hours a week! WHEE!
tommyrot - Apr 25, 2011 8:22:46 am PDT #5121 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay!
Consuela - Apr 25, 2011 8:24:00 am PDT #5122 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Tommyrot, I saw that too, but I also saw some commentary that indicates that the form is:
(1) only being considered: the public comment period isn't the end of the review process; (2) only intended for use by people who have no other way of proving citizenship.
The original source of the story appears to be here: [link]
Oh, and here's a link to a comment by someone who spoke to the point of contact in the Fed Reg notice: [link]
So, still burdensome, but only for those who don't have any other evidence of citizenship.
Lee - Apr 25, 2011 8:24:53 am PDT #5123 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
YAY msbelle!
My boss is going to let me go home before my doctor's appointment, to attempt to start the day over. And to get my wallet, which I hope is at home, since it's not with me.
Amy - Apr 25, 2011 8:33:50 am PDT #5124 of 30001
Because books.
Yay for plumbing snakes and recovering dads and business plans and 25 hours a week!
Less yay for Suzi's ick and Perkins's bad Monday, though.
It's almost 80 degrees here, and I'm in a sleeveless top with all the windows open. It's really hard to concentrate on writing when I want to go lie in the sun.
SuziQ - Apr 25, 2011 8:35:25 am PDT #5125 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have put in 4 hours of work. I think it is nap time and then I'll do another 4.
Consuela - Apr 25, 2011 8:38:42 am PDT #5126 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
ION, I'm all pissed off at work and don't know what to do.
One of the projects I was hired to accomplish has been stalled out for 18 years. The other parties to the project are understandably peeved, so they've been bringing political pressure to bear on my organization to make the project happen. As I was hired to accomplish this project (among others), I've been using that political pressure to encourage us to spend the money to get it done.
As part of the reorganization, I'm going to be assigned a new supervisor, who I shall call Eeyore. I've worked with Eeyore since I got here, but it's always been a trial, because he has other priorities, and doesn't want to spend staff or financial resources on my projects. And now he's going to be my boss in a couple of months.
In an email I sent on Thursday, I noted that we are in part responsible for the long delay on this project, and it would benefit everyone were we to agree to commit to doing the work, so the politics don't blow up in our face. I sent the email to the Big Boss and a bunch of other people, including Eeyore.
Eeyore replied to everyone, and in the middle of his email, called me out for blaming him for all the delays. By name. Twice.
My future boss.
Which, you know, he is in part to blame: he makes a lot of the decisions about how money and staff get prioritized. But I would never say that to the Big Boss. It's tacky, and it's hella complicated getting funding and support for this shit. I know it's not entirely his fault.
ARGH. I don't want to make a big thing of this, but I'm getting really anxious about when I am rehired and the reorg is complete. I don't actually look forward to having to advocate for my own projects with my direct supervisor thinking that my doing so is undercutting his position.
This is too much Monday for me.