ION, I am a terrible person. My brother's supposed to fly out this morning for a visit and his flight's been canceled and they can't rebook him earlier than tomorrow. And I'm so swamped today that I am feeling 100% relief.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
brenda m - Jun 15, 2017 4:22:12 am PDT #12694 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
-t - Jun 15, 2017 4:33:51 am PDT #12695 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not terrible at all.
This going to work five days in a row thing, I don't like it.
brenda m - Jun 15, 2017 4:35:01 am PDT #12696 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
IOON, work email is fun this morning.
Apparently our IT group is sending out fake phishing emails so they know *exactly* who needs more lectures on not clicking random links. Hah! I passed - reported as phishing.
Also this:
We are pleased to announce that your submission to JLL's first-ever Productivity Prize competition has been selected as a Finalist! We received over 250 entries and yours is one of the Final Six that will present virtually via WebEx on Tuesday, July 11th to Christie Kelly, our CFO, and the Productivity Prize Review Board.
This is the project I've been on for the past 18 months. The Productivity Prize is a BFD - $100,000. There are 7 of us, so not exactly retire young money, but it would sure would be something to celebrate. Plus it's a lot of exposure and shit. Fingers crossed!
Jesse - Jun 15, 2017 4:40:42 am PDT #12697 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's awesome, brenda -- good luck!
This going to work five days in a row thing, I don't like it.
Right?
We got an email about Casual Fridays all summer, but tomorrow we have an internal conference, and apparently the dress code for that is business casual. So we'll see who reads their email thoroughly...
Katerina Bee - Jun 15, 2017 4:42:52 am PDT #12698 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
Scaring off the Mormons: one shameless young lady of my acquaintance saw them coming. Stripped naked, grabbed a bottle of booze, opened the door and said, come right on in boys. Let's party!
They ran off before she could tell them her infernal master didn't like their stupid cult.
Probably not very nice of her.
-t - Jun 15, 2017 4:46:38 am PDT #12699 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Neat, brenda! Good luck!
Jessica - Jun 15, 2017 5:10:58 am PDT #12700 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Way to go brenda!
Dana - Jun 15, 2017 5:13:53 am PDT #12701 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Wow, tommy.
Thanks to Prague, and the apparently rampant corruption among taxis, I'm using Uber for the first time. There's a lot I don't like about the company, but that's my option here.
I wish they weren't assholes, because this is super convenient.
WindSparrow - Jun 15, 2017 5:20:10 am PDT #12702 of 30002
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.
Excellent news, brenda. Congratulations!
At 6:30 when it felt like my body was finally ready to sleep, I gave myself permission to come in to work a couple hours late. ION Welbutrin ain't quite the thing this time around.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2017 5:38:22 am PDT #12703 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thank goodness for people who are proactive -- I was just trying to figure out how to ask my team member who's been out sick kind of a lot what's up, in an appropriate way, when she told me that she's just been diagnosed with some weird thing and is working on it! I told her to talk to HR about FMLA to make sure everything is covered, and in general feel better about the whole thing. Phew.