Typo, not Jilli, but [link]

Just got out of a meeting with my new bosses. We're still working the kinks out with all the new stuff for me and reshuffling of cross training and everyone who survived the layoffs taking on new stuff. My boss did tell me that the reason they decided to keep me instead of the rest of my group was my "persistance and concentration on customer service," the second of which is something that I know I do damn well and it was nice to see it acknowledged.

I do have to improve my communication within the group, specifically to my boss(es), which is something I have let slip in the past. Slippage will not be tolerated under my new boss, so I have got to work on that!

what do you call the bowl-like thingies under the burners

Reflector pans [link]

Besides, I suspect that aluminum foil with greasy food bits on it might be flammable, and I don't want to be the cause of a spectacular fire.

It is. I now just buy new drip pans periodically.

I bet your drip pans aren't as bad as the period when Hubby was melting lead and annealing metal in the kitchen. Oh, and burning paint off. It may have been a crappy little apartment, but there was no call to turn a blameless stove into a home forge.

Wow. I was just in the middle of an impromptu meeting, and my earring effectively leapt out of my ear, and the dragonfly pendant leapt off the hook. A two-fer of jewellry destruction. Huh.

I returned my rental before I went back to Jamaica, and rented one under my own steam when I got back, assuming that it would be my penny now, because I was the delay in getting the reimbursement cheque back in my hands.

Turns out, no. So, thankfully, the car I chose was under the $30/day limit, and it's Geico's penny again, not mine. However, that means I'm not all that close to getting the cheque, since I have some shit to mail off and they have to process and yadda and yadda. WANT CAR NAO. Fuck.

Also, when I tried to enter "sleep" in my agenda using my tablet, Swype chose the word "fellatio" instead. What have I been teaching that thing?

Jesse - thanks for the link! I've gotten about 5 emails about that today, but it was your link that prompted me to set the Tivo.

Yay! You could also watch it (tomorrow?) right at the link....

Also, when I tried to enter "sleep" in my agenda using my tablet, Swype chose the word "fellatio" instead. What have I been teaching that thing?

HAHAHAHA.

Tattoo: [link]

I was surprised to discover the most painful part was near the bend of my arm, not my wrist. But even that wasn't too bad.

Tattoo: [link]

Nice! I like the font, especially the detail on the "O"s.

Ooh, that's gorgeous.

When you were a kid, did you ever do the thing where you close your eyes and your friend walks their fingers up your forearm? You always think they are at the inside of your elbow before they actually get there -- it's weirdly sensitive.