In addition to being annoyed with looking for gifts none of these people need, I just had to do the annoying copy all the medical receipts for the ex-pat task. They get all their co-pays and out-of-pocket medical expenses reimbursed by their home countries, but somehow that is a business task for me to do instead of a personal one they take care of at home, like the rest of us do to file claims.
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
msbelle - Nov 01, 2012 10:21:36 am PDT #28111 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Lee - Nov 01, 2012 10:29:48 am PDT #28112 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
According to the NYT email I just got, Mayor Bloomberg has endorsed Obama, because he thinks global warming contributed to the severity of Sandy, and Obama will do more to combat climate change.
billytea - Nov 01, 2012 10:38:35 am PDT #28113 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
According to the NYT email I just got, Mayor Bloomberg has endorsed Obama, because he thinks global warming contributed to the severity of Sandy, and Obama will do more to combat climate change.
On that note, The Economist has just released its endorsement, and they too are (somewhat reluctantly) backing Obama as well. [link] The endorsement of a foreign paper is unlikely to sway anyone in particular, but I mention it for one reason. The Economist has been doing endorsements since 1980. In nine elections, this is the first time, ever, that it has endorsed the incumbent party. It even failed to endorse Reagan in 1984 (though it couldn't bring itself to endorse Mondale either). Hell, it endorsed Bob Dole. Mitt Romney is the very first challenger that The Economist has looked at and said, Nup.
Consuela - Nov 01, 2012 10:47:01 am PDT #28114 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
this is the first time, ever, that it has endorsed the incumbent party.
HAH. I do kind of love the Economist. Yeah, they're fiscally quite conservative, but they do great international journalism and they're pretty good on social issues.
Kat - Nov 01, 2012 10:50:10 am PDT #28115 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The Economist rocks my world. I felt better informed when I read them weekly than I do know, even though I have endless access to information now.
I also admit that I like the IHT better than the NYT because of its succinctness.
hippocampus - Nov 01, 2012 10:53:19 am PDT #28116 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
I'm pretty sure that the Economist endorsement will make at least one of my relatives very confused. I need more popcorn.
msbelle - Nov 01, 2012 10:57:28 am PDT #28117 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hivemind - high-end travel accessories - brands?
Tom Scola - Nov 01, 2012 10:59:53 am PDT #28118 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
high-end travel accessories - brands?
Louis Vuitton.
msbelle - Nov 01, 2012 11:04:32 am PDT #28119 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'll look. I started with Tumi.
Atropa - Nov 01, 2012 11:33:39 am PDT #28120 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
msbelle, would the folks you're shopping for appreciate fountain pens and ink? Or would that be too "weird"? (I say in quotes, because I can't fathom someone not being delighted with a nice fountain pen and ink, but I suppose those people do exist.)