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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.


Jesse - May 10, 2012 7:35:36 am PDT #4418 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

DOMA is still in effect, isn't it?


msbelle - May 10, 2012 7:43:26 am PDT #4419 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I hate bigots.

also? lefty people need to get off their asses and vote.

also also? 2 20 minute visits with co-worker friends is messing up my tracking sheet. Maybe I work thru lunch and shift when those happened to fit the document?


Fred Pete - May 10, 2012 7:52:38 am PDT #4420 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Oh, great. Once again, my family and I are going to be targets in an election.


Stephanie - May 10, 2012 7:57:12 am PDT #4421 of 30001
Trust my rage

msbelle, when I worked for the law firm two years ago, we didn't bill hourly, but I still tracked my time in 6 minute increments. It actually made me so stressed out that I just switched to a end of day "estimate". Which maybe you can't do, but I find tracking my time to induce huge amounts of non-productive stressed-out delays.

Actually, when I worked for DHS, I had to do the same thing, but since it wasn't assigned to a client, it was easier to just estimate.


Stephanie - May 10, 2012 8:02:43 am PDT #4422 of 30001
Trust my rage

cereal:

I mostly a skimmer these days, but I am feeling seriously down about this country today. The anti-SSM hatred in this country just depresses me. I supposed even more so because I am a Christian and I don't find the two to be at all in opposition with each other.

And I just got two different emails from two different organizations. Apparently the House is voting on a bill, likely to pass, that strips a lot of protections and benefits from immigrant victims of domestic violence. With all that is wrong in this country, why are we protecting abusers and stripping benefits from victimized women and children (and a few men)? It's just depressing.

Oh, and I heard on NPR this morning that Republicans in Congress want to fix the Pentagon budget issues by cutting medicaid and food stamps. Seriously, again, crushing hungry women and children without health insurance for the benefit of the powerful. Seriously, so depressing.


Consuela - May 10, 2012 8:03:00 am PDT #4423 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Stephanie, I did the same when I was in consulting. It's a waste of staff time & energy to be so anal, and it punishes people for doing "non-productive work" like coordinating with coworkers, or reviewing literature.


Gudanov - May 10, 2012 8:05:09 am PDT #4424 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah, that's why I said "voters."

Ooops, sorry. I only read the last post before responding.


Gudanov - May 10, 2012 8:09:22 am PDT #4425 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I don't see how they would have support for a Constitutional amendment...

It won't happen.


Lee - May 10, 2012 8:11:33 am PDT #4426 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

It won't happen.

I really really hope you are right, but I'm afraid of what will happen if people just assume that instead of fighting to make sure it doesn't.


msbelle - May 10, 2012 8:11:36 am PDT #4427 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I just keep the spreadsheet open on my second screen and write down a task when I start it. If I get interrupted then I write down the interruption when it is finished. I've had to do this as an exercise for a few weeks at various jobs. I find it good for managers to see all the different things that get covered in the job. If I had to do it daily for ever - crazy-making.