Deadlines are mere suggestions. I have authors regularly tell me they won't be able to make the deadline. All righty then. Our software has a menu that allows us to select the reason an article was behind schedule, and "Late Author Response" gets used a LOT.

Vet~ma for you and Salsa, Sparky. It's important to trust and have a good relationship with your vet.

Ooh. Haaaaaate those people, Teppy.

One of the big metrics on my performance that is easily measured is "did the reports get sent to our client on time". Which occasionally is a PiTA, if the person submitting it to me is busy or slow or late or needs lots of revisions. But yesterday the project manager sent the monthly overview to the client and I saw there were FOUR reports listed as late, and was dismayed...and it turns out it was totes my fault, and three reports from MAY never got sent in because they were outside the usual process and it didn't occur to me. Ugh. So easy! All I had to do was forward an email to our admin saying "hey, post this" but I didn't. Argh.

Well heck - just had another surprise nap. It has been a while since I've dropped into sleep out of the blue like that. Now I have a nap hangover.

House cleaners come tomorrow and I still don't have the house picked up as much as I'd like. Ok, it mainly isn't my spaces but still. Grrrrrr.

We apologize to the investigators who have made significant contributions to this field whose work should not be left out because of space limitations.

That is hilariously petty.

Deadlines are mere suggestions. I have authors regularly tell me they won't be able to make the deadline.

To be fair, I think our turnaround time is ridiculously tight, but I'm not in charge; I didn't decide to make it that tight. (I also don't think authors are told how tight the turnaround time is when their articles are accepted, but, again, that's not my decision. I occasionally let my coordinator know when an author is angry at the tight turnaround time, so she can pass that information up the ladder, if TPTB even care.)

That's kind of hysterical, Steph. One for the files, for sure.

Oh, meara, that totally sucks.

Fuck NPR and PBS for talking over Corey Booker.

MSNBC too. That's when I switched over to CSPAN which is so much better.

A friend just had a guy in for an interview and told me the dude was literally checking his phone about 20 times. Granted it was apparently while he was on the phone with the higher ups and waiting for things to be translated to/from them, but my friend was still in the room and also..wtf. Seriously. Put the phone away.

Have I told you guys about the dude with the suit? We had a guy interview a few years back. His current job was in the same building. He wasn't really right for the position, which we kind of knew going in but he was a referral, so.

Anyway, a month or two after his unsuccessful interview, the head receptionist asked my boss about him, because he seemed a little strange. It turned out that he was stashing his interview suit in the closet in our reception area and coming up to our floor an using the guest bathroom to change in and out of it as he went off to apparently a whole lot of interviews other places.

How old was Truman? Kato will be 15 in about 2 months,

Best wishes for Sammie, Salsa, Truman and Kato. Darby's like Truman - she could be anywhere from 9-12 so it's tough to know what slow downs for example are weather, personality, age or potentially something to check out.

Man, Michelle Obama's speech last night was good.

Man, Michelle Obama's speech last night was good.

Seriously moving. She made Booker and Warren pale in comparison and they are no lightweights. Just WoW!

Eeep! Tonight I am supposed to go to a neighbor's house for a viewing party. With strangers. Mostly I am cool with that and really social by nature, but I want to actually listen to the speakers and not chit chat.

Anyway, a month or two after his unsuccessful interview, the head receptionist asked my boss about him, because he seemed a little strange. It turned out that he was stashing his interview suit in the closet in our reception area and coming up to our floor an using the guest bathroom to change in and out of it as he went off to apparently a whole lot of interviews other places

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