You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.

Giles ,'Touched'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - May 21, 2015 1:36:50 pm PDT #26874 of 30000

I have also been curious about the maple water. Anyone?

I hate interviewing, Shrift. So much.


Una - May 21, 2015 2:10:17 pm PDT #26875 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

I'm on a search committee right now, and interviewing also sucks from this end.


Laura - May 21, 2015 2:35:44 pm PDT #26876 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

So true, Una. I hate it from both sides.


-t - May 21, 2015 2:43:04 pm PDT #26877 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Is one who rolls their eyes and oculogyre?

So, turns out I would have been giving the presentation after all (I found out at one when the thing started and the coworker who put our presentation together hadn't me her copy of the powerpoint slides and some scribbled notes) if everyone else hadn't run long. That was kind of interesting, but probably not worth three hours of me not getting my real work done. Oh well.


P.M. Marc - May 21, 2015 2:52:35 pm PDT #26878 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Also, it would save them money if, for example, the lab person entered X test and the computer said, "X test is monthly, and this patient had X test a week ago. Are you sure you want to run X test?" This does not strike me as rocket science.

Rocket science, sadly, is probably actually easier. There's not a universal system or platform (would be nice, yet probably not possible with medicine being private not public), so you've got that hurdle, plus HIPAA issues...


-t - May 21, 2015 3:22:23 pm PDT #26879 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

There really shouldn't be HIPAA issues if everything is within Kaiser. Or cross platform issues, one would think, but who knows what kind of standards they have for that.


Connie Neil - May 21, 2015 3:28:10 pm PDT #26880 of 30000
brillig

There really shouldn't be HIPAA issues if everything is within Kaiser

This. If we're within the facilities for my health insurance organization, why aren't they talking to each other? Several years ago, a clinic was trying to charge a per-page fee for medical records to be transferred to the hospital in the same system. I called up the insurance company, and the rep on the phone said, "We told them to stop doing--um, we're sorry, we'll speak to them about this, there is no charge for records transfer inside the system."


shrift - May 21, 2015 3:30:15 pm PDT #26881 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm on a search committee right now, and interviewing also sucks from this end.

Oh, absolutely. I didn't enjoy it when I've had to interview people for open positions.

I got just in time to start watching hockey, so now I need to wait for a period break to make dinner. I may make pho ga again.


sarameg - May 21, 2015 4:55:02 pm PDT #26882 of 30000

Oh christ, fb has updated something so the ap no longer does a true most recent news feed. They really hate choice, don't they? Gotta be a popularity contest.

Just give me a damn default I can set.


msbelle - May 21, 2015 5:09:36 pm PDT #26883 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I don't think it has been a true most recent for years.

I want to flirt with people on fb. it's a really bad idea.