I did my bicep as an easy to cover/easy to see spot and have been very happy with it.

For my one and only tattoo I used bacitracin with pain relief. I have heard pros and cons, but I had no problems and was very happy with it.

Count me in with hating performance reviews. At least as they tend to be in most places. Probably someone, somewhere, has figured out a good way to do it.

In the operetta I'm in (with lines! no solos, but lines!),

That's exciting! Good luck on the GRE!

That's exciting! Good luck on the GRE!

Thanks! The best thing is in one of my lines I get to utter the phrase, "coruscation of impromptu epigram."

Well, I've ranted to my BFF and my favorite co-worker, and I'm calmed down now. I'm not looking for another job, I like my job and my company; I just hate performance reviews, and my boss is a terrible manager/communicator. I won't get a big raise, but it has nothing to do with my performance review; I'm too close to the ceiling of my salary band already and too close to retirement. (Okay, 14 years from retirement, but still.) I wish she'd just be honest about that, instead of pretending it's because my performance has been bad.

Someone on fb just asked my sister, the bible translator, if she and her husband have ever read all the way through the bible.

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Well, gee, other than going to school to become a linguist, living in west Africa for two decades, learning a local tribal language, developing a written language, translating the bible into the language, teaching the people to read, promoting literacy, writing primers, and publishing the bible, you know, the bible isn't all that important to her, so probably no.

Wtf random fb lady?

Like, in a snooty way, Liese? That's crappy at the best of times, and really dumb, given your sister.

If your sister wants to friend me just so I can say "READ it? Bitch, she TRANSLATED it." I'm happy to oblige.

I'd even say "shoot" over "bitch" as long as you promised to know that I meant "bitch."

I get to utter the phrase, "coruscation of impromptu epigram."

Nice.

There's a different microwave in the kitchenette and it did not effectively heat my leftover pizza.

Performance reviews would be okay, maybe, if they were actually performances reviews and not another tool for squeezing more work for less money out of employees. Even so, they would probably inherently suck a fair amount.

I've had performance reviews that were obviously designed to take the place of actual leadership. I hate getting goals where it is plain that I am not the one on the team falling down on the job in that area, but suddenly I am expected to hit the goal 100% to make up for other people's slovenliness just to make it look like the supervisor has addressed the issue.

Someone on fb just asked my sister, the bible translator, if she and her husband have ever read all the way through the bible.

Hahaha! I mean, it's not like they translated the whole thing, right??