Ugh, Atropa. Good luck!
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
sj - Aug 15, 2023 12:43:31 pm PDT #23972 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JenP - Aug 15, 2023 12:57:45 pm PDT #23973 of 30000
That's hard, Atropa. Best of... managing it, honestly. Congratulations on the team, though!
Laura - Aug 15, 2023 1:02:22 pm PDT #23974 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That sucks, Atropa. I think I've been fired 3 times. (I had a lot of jobs back when we moved a lot.) The first time the company was imploding, they "promoted" one of the people and had her fire 3 people the same day. I saw it coming a mile away and expected it. Since she had always been a bitch I purposely cried to make her feel bad. Yes, I am a terrible person. (and yet the memory makes me smile)
smonster - Aug 15, 2023 2:29:51 pm PDT #23975 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hello, Zmayhem. Yay for mail. I bought a card but, uh, have not mailed it yet. Which is fairly typical.
Epic, that sounds like quite the ordeal. Fingers crossed on good results soon.
Hurray for Tim’s clear ultrasound! May the edema pass quickly.
meara, bummer about the tour. Autocorrect wants your name to be “meats,” which is just no.
Like, "Since it's the fourth indictment, you can have a mugshot as a treat."
I cannot WAIT for the memes (I don’t watch tv news, so that’s probably how I will see it).
beekaytee - Aug 15, 2023 2:55:02 pm PDT #23976 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Tomorrow I get to learn a manager lesson I'd rather not deal with: I have to fire an employee.Atropa, this is going to sound like a weird flex, but I have fired dozens of people and, nearly all have thanked me at the end. You don't need to do anything different, but if you ever need some fearless support on this front, ping me. I'd be happy to help.
javachik - Aug 15, 2023 3:09:22 pm PDT #23977 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Are you talking about firing or laying off, Atropa? (So many people use them interchangeably these days, I am curious.)
askye - Aug 15, 2023 3:37:40 pm PDT #23978 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Yeah I would think that would be a lesson you'd never have to deal with.
YAY for JZ getting mail. David, I put a couple of cards in the mail but with my crappy handwriting they might not get there....I don't know.
I had Craft Day and Crafty Friend is the Queen of sidebars and over explaining. At one point she was debating with herself about what year back in the 90s something happened to her brother and none of that was needed for what she was trying to tell me. I was sitting there thinking "is that what I'm like?" I was also there when she got the call she got the job at ReCraft. She's been really nervous and really worried and kept checking her email expecting an email rejection. They finally called around 4:30 and it was cool to be there with her.
P.M. Marc - Aug 15, 2023 3:55:04 pm PDT #23979 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
I sent a letter. On nice paper! With nice ink! Using a lovely pen!
...peeps, I used the absolute ugliest bog-standard security envelope because THAT WAS ALL I COULD FINE. Like, I know I have Nice Envelopes designed for when you write things on Nice Paper.
Do I know where I have put them? No, no I do not, nor did I have the time (or, with my knee angry, the ability) to tear my house apart looking for them, so poor JZ got sent a letter in something that looks like your junk mail or EOB comes in it.
JenP - Aug 15, 2023 4:14:36 pm PDT #23980 of 30000
Plei (or anyone), I did not go this year, but I went the two years prior -- so, er, next year, I guess, if you ever want me to grab you anything from the ginormous fountain pen show here in NoVa ("the world's largest!") I'd be happy to. I'm sure you can get what you need as you need it, but, you know... always happy to wander amongst the enthusiasts to find something for you.
Sheryl - Aug 15, 2023 4:25:26 pm PDT #23981 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The latest about the house: The floors on the main level and lower levels will have to come up. There was supposed to be someone coming here this morning to start packing up all the stuff on the bookshelves, among other things, and I agreed to stay home to let them know what stuff belongs to who before it all goes in storage. They didn't show up until 5:30, and they were still waiting on the large claims adjuster to get back to them. Supposedly there will be someone here tomorrow morning to do the packing. I'll be waiting for them.
Meanwhile, it is extremely hot in the house because of all the fans/dehumidifiers running. I'm looking to board Luna because she hasn't been eating, and is stressed from all the noise. What a fucking mess.