I got stabbed, you know, right here.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Toddson - Apr 23, 2013 9:51:03 am PDT #20246 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I don't know if it was ever linked her, but this was another hack ... with, I think, fewer repercussions.

I sent it to Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) with the subject line, "When will you rise? In Montana, yesterday" and she responded with "This? is AWESOME"

I was, as the Brits say, chuffed.


-t - Apr 23, 2013 10:02:39 am PDT #20247 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Always geodesic dome!

Cuffed jeans are making a comeback, -t?

Nah, I'll just keep stepping on the hems.


Dana - Apr 23, 2013 10:23:01 am PDT #20248 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Waaaah, the movers finally took my chair. Now I'm sitting on the floor, talking to Comcast. Comcast still sucks, by the way.


msbelle - Apr 23, 2013 12:08:59 pm PDT #20249 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh Dana, over soon enough.

It has dropped to 40 degrees here today. Not ON, spring.


Consuela - Apr 23, 2013 12:15:19 pm PDT #20250 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So, if a job application asks if you would relocate for the job without financial assistance to do so, what's the best strategic answer?

If I say, "Yes", am I committed to that? If I say, "No", will they cut me from consideration?


brenda m - Apr 23, 2013 12:19:38 pm PDT #20251 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

If I say, "No", will they cut me from consideration?

Very possibly.

If there is room, I would say something like "for the right postion". But yes is the safe answer. I wouldn't consider myself bound by that, though it certainly suggests that asking for relo is unlikely to work.


brenda m - Apr 23, 2013 12:23:42 pm PDT #20252 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

ETA, I wish companies would be more upfront with this stuff. If there is no budget for relo, why not just say so?


Consuela - Apr 23, 2013 12:34:53 pm PDT #20253 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If there is no budget for relo, why not just say so?

Seems unlikely there's no budget. It's a senior position with a great deal of travel, for a pretty specialized international firm. I find it hard to believe they don't have the funds for a relo, although it's clearly an issue if they found it necessary to ask about it.


aurelia - Apr 23, 2013 12:35:26 pm PDT #20254 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

More drama at the theatre today! We were cleaning up and getting the stage set up for tech rehearsal when a barefoot woman wandered onto the stage and started placing water bottles with the theatre logo onto the furniture. After several exchanges of "who is that?" amongst us a stage manager engaged her in conversation while a production manager called security. Everything was calm until the security guard told her she needed to leave. At that point she raced for the upstage exit and was caught by a couple of stagehands right next to some very expensive projection equipment. It took 3-4 guys to carry her through the wings and hold her in the stairwell until the police arrived. It seems she had been wandering the building most of the morning.


Sue - Apr 23, 2013 12:37:44 pm PDT #20255 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Whoa, Aurelia, that is crazy.