Maybe next time Jesus overturns some tables, He will pick them up and use them as clue-by-fours and beat some sense into people.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
WindSparrow - Sep 20, 2013 6:56:54 am PDT #5841 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Zenkitty - Sep 20, 2013 6:59:38 am PDT #5842 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Maybe next time Jesus overturns some tables, He will pick them up and use them as clue-by-fours and beat some sense into people.
I was just about to say, he's probably be okay with throwing some tables and yelling at them.
Theodosia - Sep 20, 2013 7:01:19 am PDT #5843 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My unemployment benefits needed to be extended (yes, it's been that long...), so the sequester cut came online. The letter came with a form for me to ask for a hardship reason they shouldn't, but I'm having a hard time justifying asking.
(Like "I have two needy cats to support!" But more like "I'm maxed out on my credit card, and the cut amount means that my benefits barely cover my mortgage and health insurance!")
msbelle - Sep 20, 2013 7:01:47 am PDT #5844 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I don't really expect action anger from the working poor, I expect it from the middle, from my over-estimation of decent people.
ION - I am doing invoices most of the day because all of a sudden I have like 80 in my queue. I have done 12 thus far. Each invoice requires referencing spreadsheets for WO #s and equipment verification and often times, looking through another area of the financial software for PO#s, because old ones close and new ones open on a regular. 12 invoices in almost 3 hours. kill me. My stack of - cannot find the PO, no more money in the PO, or cannot match up equipment is also 12, so those are issues that will take even longer to resolve and involve me calling other people. WAH.
ok, back to it.
Steph L. - Sep 20, 2013 7:05:14 am PDT #5845 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My unemployment benefits needed to be extended (yes, it's been that long...), so the sequester cut came online.
That makes sense. Since your benefits started pre-sequester, they didn't get cut at the time the sequester happened; they got cut when you needed to extend them. Did I get that right?
"I'm maxed out on my credit card, and the cut amount means that my benefits barely cover my mortgage and health insurance!"
God, tell me about it. I am so glad we refinanced the house right before I lost my job. Every little bit helps.
meara - Sep 20, 2013 7:06:46 am PDT #5846 of 30000
Absolutely. I'm still kind of traumatized by the picture of the baby elephant crying after his mother abandoned him (he got adopted by caretakers, but still).
Oh god, yes, that thing made me cry.
And I love the image of Jesus throwing tables at Congress. Sigh.
Amy - Sep 20, 2013 7:14:30 am PDT #5847 of 30000
Because books.
That makes sense. Since your benefits started pre-sequester, they didn't get cut at the time the sequester happened; they got cut when you needed to extend them.
S. is going back on unemployment because of the big fuckup at his new job (long story, not his fault), and as far as we can tell he'll be getting the same benefit he was receiving from the layoff with the paper before he got this job, because he didn't use all of it. Or something.
I'm not sure I trust this information. But for now anything will probably be better than the pittance he's been making without any chance to add commissions to it.
erikaj - Sep 20, 2013 7:14:31 am PDT #5848 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
They'd think Occupy started up again.
Zenkitty - Sep 20, 2013 7:19:04 am PDT #5849 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Theo, isn't "the cut amount means that my benefits barely cover my mortgage and health insurance" exactly what you should say? That's not trivial.
They'd think Occupy started up again.
"Who's that hippie throwing tables? Call Security!"
msbelle - Sep 20, 2013 7:23:21 am PDT #5850 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
god Amy, I really hope he can find something stable soon.