Timelies all!
Congrats, Gud!
Congrats, Shir!
We knocked 'em deader!
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Sheryl - Sep 08, 2020 12:29:27 pm PDT #25875 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
meara - Sep 08, 2020 12:50:12 pm PDT #25876 of 30019
I definitely plan to take election week off. If Biden wins I won't need the whole week, but if it stretches out or Trump wins, I totally will. The question is how to enjoy the week with friends...
Gudanov - Sep 08, 2020 12:52:10 pm PDT #25877 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
I now have a meeting with the department head tomorrow morning. Dunno if it is an exit interview or a little arm twisting or both.
Consuela - Sep 08, 2020 1:19:59 pm PDT #25878 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm not sure if taking days off after election day will help me: it'll just give me more time to obsessively watch the news. Unless the weather is good enough to go hiking, I guess?
Calli - Sep 08, 2020 1:22:07 pm PDT #25879 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Side-gig~ma, Vortex!
My university sent out a "nothing's changing " email re: withholding, which suits me fine. They've actually been really sensible regarding a number of things, including navigating COVID. I'd rather be independently wealthy, but as I'm not, there are worse places to ride out 2020.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 08, 2020 1:32:03 pm PDT #25880 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
With you on that. Luckily, everyone above me in my company is being great about the pandemic, and the only COVID denier has zero power over me and now works a 45-minute drive away.
Congrats on the job, Gud!
Congrats Shir!
Atropa - Sep 08, 2020 1:47:16 pm PDT #25881 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
My company officially gave all US employees the day off for election day. But yeah, taking a few days off around that might be a good idea, just in case.
Dunno if it is an exit interview or a little arm twisting or both.
Both! If twisting their arm doesn't get them to make a better offer, exit on out!
EpicTangent - Sep 08, 2020 1:57:16 pm PDT #25882 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh dear, Epic, that does not sound good. And after wooden sticks for lunch! (I did actually google Pick Up Stix, so I know what it actually is, but my first thought was the game...)
That would have been even more disappointing. The House Special Chicken wasn't bad. Playing with sticks would not have been as filling, I think. IT did get the software going again (server re-start, of course). Then called my desk phone to let me know...sigh. I purposely had them put my cell # on the ticket, but I guess reading the whole thing was a big ask. Thankfully, I figured out independently that it was working again (right around the time he finally emailed me, SMH).
NoiseDesign - Sep 08, 2020 5:01:01 pm PDT #25883 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
One of the issues for businesses with the payroll tax deferment is that there is little to no guidance in how to handle things like an employee changing job classifications, or changing employers, or being furloughed, or quitting, etc. etc. It is unclear if the business is on the hook, there is no current mechanism for transferring partial deferment to a new company. It's a total hot mess.
Hil R. - Sep 08, 2020 7:17:53 pm PDT #25884 of 30019
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Skipped a ton of posts. Classes started up again, and I'm teaching all online. Also, I'm sick. Allergies over the summer developed into bronchitis, as usual. Do not want.