I think that the problem was that they wanted to be Mr & Mrs. Smith, but ended up being Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
Except not as good.
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
'Safe'
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.
Ginger - May 14, 2012 3:19:38 pm PDT #5017 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
dcp - May 14, 2012 3:42:37 pm PDT #5018 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Oy. RIF at work today, and I am in the grip of survivor's guilt.
My department was decimated; three are gone. One person left voluntarily for the severance package. The other two losses were mandated by budget cuts, and with their departure the company has deprived itself of its most experienced, knowledgeable, skilled, and level-headed people. Both are older than I, and primary support for their families.
I'm not actually safe. There may well be further cuts this week. Right now I don't know if I want to stay or go, but it is too late for me leaving to save one of my friends his job.
Scrappy - May 14, 2012 3:51:39 pm PDT #5019 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh jeez, that's tough. Hard on the RIF'ed and hard on those left.
sarameg - May 14, 2012 4:18:38 pm PDT #5020 of 30001
Aw, man, dcp. Take care of yourself.
Baltimore's ACS just came out. Fascinating stuff on the changes in my neighborhood (designated the Waverlies. It's actually a rather odd boundary. If I were drawing the lines, would be a little different and some of the demographs would be ...different.) And now I can't find the link nor how I got it...
..I just was asked the backstory of Kosovo. Mental whiplash. I read and wrote so much about the whole Yugo collapse in the 90s that I wished I had a 'fmr' key on my keyboard. My brother was part of KFOR stationed in Macedonia (hey, where DID my Skopje plate go??) I have a ridiculous number of books on the subject, And yet, for a moment I was all DER.
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 5:04:52 pm PDT #5021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
dcp, I'm kinda glad you don't have to face the option of taking a hit to save someone else's job. Not a easy decision to make.
It's kinda weird having a twitch I can't see. But I can certainly feel my muscles fluttering over the scapula.
msbelle - May 14, 2012 5:08:28 pm PDT #5022 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
omg hate everything and this is with mac behaving today (not really helping much at all, but behaving). 6:30 til now, only real break was lunch and that was rushed so I could make a meeting that I was unprepared for because it got moved up 2 hours. Cat has peed on stuff the last 3 days, dog is still here, I have like 5 more things I need to get done tonight and make mac's lunch for tomorrow. I am dead tired and my parents keep asking about stuff I have not done and managing to make me feel like a complete failure for my lack of it.
msbelle - May 14, 2012 5:11:28 pm PDT #5023 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
what is that GD law forms site. I need to get some shit in order before I go on this business trip.
-t - May 14, 2012 5:16:33 pm PDT #5024 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
legalzoom, msbelle? Sorry for the bad day.
Kat - May 14, 2012 5:17:18 pm PDT #5025 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
legalzoom?
What forms do you need? I can help look.
msbelle - May 14, 2012 5:21:26 pm PDT #5026 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
medical power of attorney and I might as well get a living will and whatever else a responsible parent would have.