Congrats, Vortex!
Wash: I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey. Mal: Listen... She swore to obey? Wash: Well, no, not...
'War Stories'
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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 - Apr 02, 2013 3:02:12 am PDT #16915 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Apr 02, 2013 4:25:36 am PDT #16916 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But the two episodes of Lucky Louis I saw were easily laugh out loud
Really? I tried to watch it back when it aired and found it not amusing at all, nigh on unwatchable. But I love his current FX show.
tommyrot - Apr 02, 2013 5:06:58 am PDT #16917 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Congrats, Vortex!!
sj - Apr 02, 2013 5:08:37 am PDT #16918 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congratulations, Vortex!
Trudy Booth - Apr 02, 2013 5:32:42 am PDT #16919 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Congratulations, Vortex!
We need to figure out a way to do the wave in here.
lisah - Apr 02, 2013 5:34:42 am PDT #16920 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Yay, Vortex!!!
Nora Deirdre - Apr 02, 2013 5:37:10 am PDT #16921 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Great news, Vortex!
I am in a small nonprofit, and I'm paid OK (not great, but whatevs), and get health insurance paid for. We also only have 2 weeks of vacation (plus 5 days sick) but we get 2 weeks off at Christmas as well as a nice Mardi Gras and Thanksgiving break. Tom gets paid well, but has three weeks general PTO that is used for vacation, sick, bereavement, etc. I think it's awful, but the worst part is, that he negotiated that when accepting the job, and everyone else in the company has only TWO WEEKS PTO total per year. (except, I imagine, the executives)
Burrell - Apr 02, 2013 5:39:22 am PDT #16922 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congrats, Vortex!
Can I ask for a few crossed fingers today? My conference is today, and I just want it to go well.
Jesse - Apr 02, 2013 5:53:19 am PDT #16923 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, Burrell! I'm sure it will be great.
everyone else in the company has only TWO WEEKS PTO total per year.
Holy shitsnacks, that's terrible.
I work for a big nonprofit with decent pay and OK benefits. I have three weeks of vacation and I think two of sick? I pay a medium amount for mediocre health coverage (apparently the family plans are super expensive.).
flea - Apr 02, 2013 5:57:48 am PDT #16924 of 30001
information libertarian
One thing I have found fascinating about insurance is that, at least when it was an issue for us, me + kids was much cheaper to insure than me + spouse (and of course me + family was the most). Which makes sense when you think about it, since a spouse could be any age and potentially getting sick, whereas kids are obviously young and as a rule pretty healthy. So for some time I am the kids were on my insurance at work, while mr. flea was on his grad student insurance. (And to put me and the kids on his grad student insurance would have been RIDIC. Of course, if I hadn't been working we'd probably have qualified for Medicaid.)