If we go by board names, I'd be WalNFM. Sounds like Wal-Mart's drunken cousin.

I'd be Nosilla. Which makes me think of a nasal spray.

I want to sing this out like "Ricola!" Or to the tune of BOCs "Godzilla".

Now I'm picturing Samoht walking down from the mountaintop, carrying an iPad with seven new commandments about cats.

Oh, dear. I laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more.

I'd be Nire. Too close to "mire" for me. My nickname would be Naitpac. Sounds like a government lobbyist acronym.

Maria - the $12500 decrease would be the top of their range.

I am just trying to run the numbers. My take home is 66% of my gross income - is that pretty normal? Granted, I contribute to 401(k) and I pay towards insurance and I put money into FSAs, but I would need to do those same things at a new job (except maybe insurance, I could check on that).

Ouch, that's a big difference, msbelle.

Mine is around 61%.

After reading Bitches I'm seeing Nosilla as an antidote to Bridezilla.

Bridezilla RAGE I have 12 bridemaids and you must all cut and color and style your hair THE SAME! And wear GOLD Lame dresses that will have a special print in MY COLORS and you must walk on 4" stilletos AND NOT TAKE them off at the reception!

In the distance there is a roar, and from the behind the curtain of roses, hand placed, with the thorns individually cut off by the bridesmaids comes NOSILLA!

With a mighty roar of NO! And swipe of her powerful paw she crushes sense back into the Bride and tells the bridesmaids "RUN!"

Ouch, that's a big difference, msbelle.

(I meant the one salary to the other, not the gross to net.)

I don't have the Facebook redesign yet, but I am getting new layouts at Jezebel and the Times this week, and it's stunning how obviously they are designed to be read on iPads. It makes me feel really weird to be on my netbook (which has a sort of bizarrely short screen, so the highly horizontal iPad-y layout is extra-weird.)

askye FTW!

My poor manager. Because we are part of the federal branch of our company, we have to do annual training on time charging processes. Which isn't new. Well, this year's notice went out and some of my teammates are idiots. One asked him about how to calculate OT and who she should contact for approval. Ummm...anything over 80 hours in the timeperiod (has always been this way) and your manager. Another asked what project number to charge for the training. I love the response he sent "as the training will show you, time is only to be charged to projects that take more than 30 minutes. The training, if you go super slow, might take 20 minutes. You. Must. Chill". Ok, I paraphrased. I offered my manager a virtual shot of whiskey.

Just watched the news and areas around us have more snow and major wind. The front of a nearby Harley dealership was ripped off by the wind. We just happen to live in a pocket that didn't get much of the storm.