No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


JZ - Sep 23, 2011 4:53:21 am PDT #82 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

That's not the wtf part. So, we are in huge budgetary woes state wide, so what they do? Give a modest, system wide, 3%ish merit raise. Huh? Um. Ok. I'll happily take it, since they just raised our parking and health insurance. But paint me confused.

Dang. I think I'm ineligible (anyone who's gotten an increase for any reason since 1/1/11 is excluded, so the job change in August rules me out). But it'll be a huge relief for so many people I know. And thank God they're also excluding all upper management.


Hil R. - Sep 23, 2011 6:03:19 am PDT #83 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Hil, it's a religious holiday. If you can't find someone to cover your classes that day because of the cut, can't you just go to the head and say, everyone's overloaded, I can't find anyone to cover, and I need to observance Rosh Hoshanah. I'm cancelling my classes that day.

I would do that -- in fact I did do that last year -- but the day I'll miss is a Friday, and my students have their first midterm the following Monday, so I want them to be able to ask questions on Friday. (Well, the non-Jewish ones, anyway. Whoever scheduled this midterm didn't think too much about when the holidays were.)


ChiKat - Sep 23, 2011 6:08:16 am PDT #84 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?

Andi, all kinds of ~ma to you and Daniel.


amyth - Sep 23, 2011 6:10:09 am PDT #85 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

What ChiKat said. I hope Daniel's OK.


sj - Sep 23, 2011 6:11:28 am PDT #86 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Tons of ~ma for Daniel and for you too, Andi. Let us know if there is anything we can do.


Anne W. - Sep 23, 2011 6:12:47 am PDT #87 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Much ~ma for you and Daniel, Andi.


Hil R. - Sep 23, 2011 6:13:30 am PDT #88 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Lots of ~ma for Daniel and Andi.


JZ - Sep 23, 2011 6:30:31 am PDT #89 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Much ~ma to Daniel and Andi and Daniel's medical team up in the cities. Sure hands, wise heads, and healing.


DavidS - Sep 23, 2011 6:34:06 am PDT #90 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Poor, Daniel. What an arduous trawl through the medical system. Lots of healing-ma for him.


Amy - Sep 23, 2011 6:35:54 am PDT #91 of 30001
Because books.

Fingers crossed this does the trick, Andi. All kinds of ~ma for Daniel.