You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


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.


Vortex - Feb 02, 2024 12:03:06 pm PST #28428 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I know people have real problems, but I have to write my self-eval this afternoon. I already tried using AI and that didn't help at all.

I have two or three really good evaluations. Each year I alternate the text with accomplishments or whatever.


-t - Feb 02, 2024 12:03:53 pm PST #28429 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I'm trying to find something good to spend the points on, at least. I do want to mention how ridiculous it is to someone in leadership because they do talk a lot about employee engagement but I'm not sure who I would feel comfortable approaching


-t - Feb 02, 2024 12:04:13 pm PST #28430 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is so smart, Vortex


Atropa - Feb 02, 2024 12:10:36 pm PST #28431 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Guess who went to urgent care yesterday and got MOAR prednisone with a side of antibiotics? Ugh.


Jesse - Feb 02, 2024 12:22:08 pm PST #28432 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, Atropa.

I have two or three really good evaluations. Each year I alternate the text with accomplishments or whatever.

Genius!


Steph L. - Feb 02, 2024 1:13:22 pm PST #28433 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Guess who went to urgent care yesterday and got MOAR prednisone with a side of antibiotics? Ugh.

I wondered why you weren't prescribed antibiotics from the start. I hope your lungs start behaving!


dcp - Feb 02, 2024 1:56:10 pm PST #28434 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

Adding inconvenience and anxiety to injury, the SSA clawback means I have to paper-file my tax returns, can't e-file them.

Ugh.


-t - Feb 02, 2024 2:57:27 pm PST #28435 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ugh indeed


DavidS - Feb 02, 2024 3:42:07 pm PST #28436 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

means I have to paper-file my tax returns

Like some Fuller Brush Man from 1951!

Unacceptable.

In better news after beating my head against the bureaucracy for five months with numerous actual mailings with actual death certificates, Prudential has finally paid out the remainder of JZ's life insurance.

Which is very timely as earlier this week I sent off the biggest frickin' check I'll probably ever write in this life time to the IRS and this offsets it somewhat.

Now if I can just get JZ's pension to start making payments.


aurelia - Feb 02, 2024 6:00:42 pm PST #28437 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Shockingly, what AI produced was even more boring than what I just did, AND sounded less confident!

AI has been reading its own reviews.