In what I hope is fortunate benefit news for us, the guy I deal with at the company I've been working for on contract told me that the VP is requesting funding for a W2 position for me next year. That doesn't make it a sure thing, and I don't know what the salary would be like, but there's at least the possibility of benefits on the horizon.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Dana - Nov 07, 2019 2:01:53 pm PST #13234 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sj - Nov 07, 2019 2:26:06 pm PST #13235 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Awww. She is the cutest little teacup, even if she is a pill sometimes.
She is. She's sweet and kind and oh so ridiculously smart and independent. Sorry if you guys only get my frustrated posts here.
sj - Nov 07, 2019 3:03:43 pm PST #13236 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does it count if you hear LDB on a TV show in the first week of November?
Dana - Nov 07, 2019 3:06:58 pm PST #13237 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nope, officially doesn't start until after Thanksgiving.
-t - Nov 07, 2019 3:08:58 pm PST #13238 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Whamaggeddon is going to be intense this year with that movie coming out
sj - Nov 07, 2019 3:11:56 pm PST #13239 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah, there was some extra obnoxious update of Whamaggeddon last year that ltc was obsessed with.
sj - Nov 07, 2019 3:20:51 pm PST #13240 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nope, officially doesn't start until after Thanksgiving.
Oh, good!
NoiseDesign - Nov 07, 2019 3:25:00 pm PST #13241 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
Healthcare is pretty infuriating from the employer side as well. I hate being in the position where I have to be the middleman on things. Every year it's a list of new plans, and increases in cost that far outpace cost of living, then the horrible game of can the business absorb this cost again this year? I currently pay 100% of healthcare for my employees, and work like hell to be able to keep doing it, but the costs just go up and up at a rate that I can't always keep pace with on increasing billing rates to my clients.
I dream of single payer where I'm not doing it. It's is total insanity that it's part of what an employer needs to do.
quester - Nov 07, 2019 4:01:12 pm PST #13242 of 30019
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Wow! Wow! Wow! {{{{{{{my beloved Buffistas! }}}}}} The universe needs to fuck right off.
and if this news from Amyth and TopicCindy! doesn't convince people how important getting the health care problems straightened out, I don't know what does!
meara - Nov 07, 2019 4:41:20 pm PST #13243 of 30019
On a much much lighter note: should I go dancing tonight?
Pro: it's dancing; it's a convention so there will be lots of people there from out of town
Con: it's down near the airport and I'd have to pay $20 to get in plus parking; I might end up sitting watching more than dancing; it doesn't start until 9pm.