As my work situation was explained to me by the now-retired company pres (who is a relentlessly organized morning person), we must be in the office by no later than 9 a.m. and work 8 hours before leaving, barring the use of PTO or unofficial comp time from earlier in the two-week pay period. (Originally salaried employees were supposed to work things out so we only worked a total of 80 hours in any two weeks. A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...)

At any rate, this generally results in me being paid for the first 90 minutes or so at work where answering email and brewing coffee are the most productive things I can manage, and going home in the late afternoon/early evening when I still have a couple hours of clear-headed high speed work left in me. Flex time actually maximized my productivity, but apparently made the company look too loosey-goosey and unprofessional to the executives and clients that almost never actually show up at this location anyway.

I suspect that many hourly 9 to 5 workers are held to that schedule to prevent them from working a 40 hour week and being full-time.

I rather appreciate my line of work where due to the 24-7ish nature of it, it is difficult to come up with a schedule wherein most people have exactly 40 hours. Here, if you are regularly scheduled for 30 per week, you are considered full-time and given benefits as such. Part-timers get full benefits when they have worked 1000 hours.

Jilli, you know a number of good tattoo artists, don't you?

Yes. All in Seattle, but yes. And I can get recommendations for tattoo artist in other cities, if you need.

I just signed up for that science and cooking class! Fun!

Jilli, I need one in the Pasadena area. I need to clean up my tattoo and add something to it.

Give him a sock.

You do realise this has retroactive nude visuals, right?

Give him a sock.

You do realise this has retroactive nude visuals, right?

I realized it as soon as I typed it. But then I left it because I thought it was apropos.

entire folder of monster resumes and applications from 2008!!! Jesusita.

A FB friend of mine just learned what Bronies are for the first time. Via running into BronyCon in Baltimore. So watch out, Sara and Lisa!

One of mac's friends has a Brony shirt and has gotten mac into occasionally watching MLP. But isn't Bronies like mostly gay guys in their late teens/20s? That was my impression.