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A boxum woman, preferably wearing a corset and saucy skirt with a preference for cuddling on cold winter's nights and a weakness for fine beer and for having a face buried betwixt their breasts.*sits quietly in europe*
Naked of course, because, its europe.
I gotta visit you.
You guys have milkmaids, right?
What's with the milk maids by the way, what do you like about them?
Also, what is a milk maid?
>_>
<_<
I don't know what you are talking about.
You, of course, saw Polands 'song' for Eurovision in 2014?
Edit: It might have been less rude if they were all naked. ;)
I'm from the netherlands. We practically invented milkmaids.*sits quietly in europe*
Naked of course, because, its europe.
I gotta visit you.
You guys have milkmaids, right?
okay.
I am in.
Hopefully.
Will crash at your place.
A boxum woman, preferably wearing a corset and saucy skirt with a preference for cuddling on cold winter's nights and a weakness for fine beer and for having a face buried betwixt their breasts.*sits quietly in europe*
Naked of course, because, its europe.
I gotta visit you.
You guys have milkmaids, right?
What's with the milk maids by the way, what do you like about them?
Also, what is a milk maid?
>_>
<_<
I don't know what you are talking about.
You, of course, saw Polands 'song' for Eurovision in 2014?
Edit: It might have been less rude if they were all naked. ;)
that song was a tease.
They pretended fo churn butter, but did not pretend to milk a cow.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Have I mentioned how much I love Impus Major?
The senior trip was supposed to be a bus ride down to Santa Cruz, but the bus company suddenly raised their rates to the point that the seniors weren't willing to pay for it any more, so they had a quick meeting and...
decided to rent a bounce house in Memorial Park instead!!Now, not only is the entire senior class going to share a bounce house in the middle of the park, but Impus Major is complaining that he can't sign his own waiver about the possibility of being injured in the bounce house, and that he can't have me there as a chaperone.
Because h*** yes I'd take the day off work to chaperone a bouncy house in the park!
Sounds like what I keep trying to goad my juniors to do next year.
Whatever funds they have left over from prom get to be used for their senior trip and whatever gift they want to leave for the school. I joked about them just going to the city park for free and blowing it all on Nerf and water balloons for one epic day at said park.
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Didn't doctor strange (comic I don't think he's said it in a movie) used to say "by the hoary hosts of Hoggoth" or something like that? Where they hoary I wonder because they were like ghost like?
Hoary = frosty, or resembling something covered in frost, i.e. white-haired & old.
Owlbears don't whoop. They may occasionally woo, or even whoo. But never whoop.
But they do whoo while they poop.
Whoo + poop = whoop.
Now, not only is the entire senior class going to share a bounce house in the middle of the park, but Impus Major is complaining that he can't sign his own waiver about the possibility of being injured in the bounce house,
Why can't he?
A boxum woman, preferably wearing a corset and saucy skirt with a preference for cuddling on cold winter's nights and a weakness for fine beer and for having a face buried betwixt their breasts.*sits quietly in europe*
Naked of course, because, its europe.
I gotta visit you.
You guys have milkmaids, right?
What's with the milk maids by the way, what do you like about them?
Also, what is a milk maid?
>_>
<_<
I don't know what you are talking about.
You, of course, saw Polands 'song' for Eurovision in 2014?
Edit: It might have been less rude if they were all naked. ;)
Regretfully, yes...
And the Polish co-worker in England loved and kept turning it on when supervisors weren't around...
*groan*
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Why can't he?Now, not only is the entire senior class going to share a bounce house in the middle of the park, but Impus Major is complaining that he can't sign his own waiver about the possibility of being injured in the bounce house,
That's OUR question. He's legally an adult able to do everything except drink; he's the inheritor of our trust and executor of our estate, etc., etc., but the school district somehow still feels they have to get MY signature so HE can play in a bounce house.
I doubt it's even legally enforceable, but they demand my signature anyway.
A boxum woman, preferably wearing a corset and saucy skirt with a preference for cuddling on cold winter's nights and a weakness for fine beer and for having a face buried betwixt their breasts.*sits quietly in europe*
Naked of course, because, its europe.
I gotta visit you.
You guys have milkmaids, right?
What's with the milk maids by the way, what do you like about them?
Also, what is a milk maid?
>_>
<_<
I don't know what you are talking about.
You, of course, saw Polands 'song' for Eurovision in 2014?
Edit: It might have been less rude if they were all naked. ;)
Regretfully, yes...
And the Polish co-worker in England loved and kept turning it on when supervisors weren't around...
*groan*
that was a terrible video! BOOOOOOOOO
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G!+!#+n f!@!ing rain.
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Woo! Free long weekend!
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"Not right now Crookshanks, I'm in the moment here!" - Tiny T-Rex, playing with action figures.
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"Not right now Crookshanks, I'm in the moment here!" - Tiny T-Rex, playing with action figures.
ah, childhood.
I remember one day I was so into my soap opera with transformers(one of my mini-cons[or what would one day be called mini-cons] was having an affair with a full sized transformer!), I forgot to eat dinner. Mom was worried.
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Speaking of action figures, I just found a set of original 1977 Star Wars action figures.
They're not in great shape, as they were actually played with and on display in the living room for years, but I set them aside in case the kids want to try to eBay them...
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I favorited this solely due to the use of "betwixt".
It's simply not a word that gets much use outside of Mark Twain.
And inside of Mark Twain, it'd be too dark to read 'betwixt' or any other words.
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Nice to sometimes get reminders that your judgement of someone's character was spot-on:
- Back in 2008 or so, my manager and I tried to get a member of our department fired with cause. Global Megacorporation won't do that. Sure, they'll lay people off, and if there's a legal basis for the firing (e.g. sexual harassment) they'll be all over it. But, "This guy is grossly incompetent and needs to go," is not "just cause" to them. So they transferred him out of my department
- Two years later, he and I ended up working on the same project. I commuted to Pleasanton every day to attend the training sessions live. He refused and demanded that they set up a personal conference call and web conference so that he could attend without having to commute. Surprise, surprise, the sales guys all loved me and refused to even acknowledge his existence. As one sales guy put it, "If he can't even be bothered to drive up here one week a year, how much effort is he going to put in to presenting our product in its best light?"
- Today, I just got an email from him asking me to share proprietary, internal-only material with him. And an immediate follow-up from the owner of that material that re-emphasized that he was not allowed to distribute the material to customers.
In other words, he'd tried to use me to do an end run around the developers of the material to screw them over.
Wooooow.... WHY haven't we fired you yet?
Oh yeah. You didn't LET US!
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Renter at the house we were working at: Can I get my Jeep past your truck in a few minutes?
Captain Yesterday: I'll pull out right now!
Coworker (who has never seen Archer): Are we not doing "phrasing" anymore?.
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I'm burned out, not from work, but from everything else.
Also from working in the cold and mud.
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Can you forward that e-mail to your manager as a proof of him aksing you to breach the company policy?
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"Come on! Lets get together and perform a cleansing ritual to remove my accursed affliction!"
"Nah, we have time, we will do that later!"
"..."
So now I have lost a duel after—in Air affliction induced delusions—insulted the Lion commanding our escort. It was a messy fight turning into a series of incoherent slashes after we both got overwhelmed by our anger... He successfully incited my anger two times so I got lost to my emotions first, earning me a slash through the face. I continued to fight, though, and he got one of my companions to subdue me, not wishing to kill me (despite the initial brags).
Speaking of action figures, I just found a set of original 1977 Star Wars action figures.
They're not in great shape, as they were actually played with and on display in the living room for years, but I set them aside in case the kids want to try to eBay them...
...do you have Dutch?
...do you have Dutch?Speaking of action figures, I just found a set of original 1977 Star Wars action figures.
They're not in great shape, as they were actually played with and on display in the living room for years, but I set them aside in case the kids want to try to eBay them...
Er... this was the original 1977 set: Here's a link I found.
We *had* all of 'em except the Imperial. I think some of the capes went by the wayside...
EDIT: Yep. Capes, weapons, and all. Just missing the Imperial and have the "alternate R2" unit (the red boxy one) instead.
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Can you forward that e-mail to your manager as a proof of him aksing you to breach the company policy?
Er... my manager and I tried to fire him YEARS ago. He's beyond our reach; everyone knows we want him fired.
The best part is, the manager he works for now wants him fired, too, but she's unwilling to deal with the paperwork, which is why she's stuck with him. She just sticks him on unimportant tasks where it doesn't matter how badly he screws them up.
It's just an embarrassment to have an employee like that around, but the only two of us who were willing to do all the work to fire him were cut off so we couldn't pursue it.
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...In other words, he'd tried to use me to do an end run around the developers of the material to screw them over.
Always. Be. Closing Covering (Your Ass).
The first thing I learned when I had to start interacting with various people at [MEGACORP] divisions in Teaneck/San Diego/San Jose/Tokyo/Fukushima/etc. was to document everything. Always be ready to prove I/our team delivered the projects/materials on or before goalposts/deadlines, and fully document any and all changes (both merely proposed and those actually agreed upon). Oh, you called me on the phone to sneak in something without a paper trail? You, your project leader, and any of my necessary bosses are getting an email confirmation. Oh, you tried it in a conference call? Email confirmation. Oh, you're another department in this building trying to sneak in something off the record by doing a walk-up to my cubical? Email confirmation. Oh, the final immovable project deadline set by Microsoft is two days away and you think you can just drop off your overdue stuff in my/our lap now and expect us to work around the clock to hit the target? Expect emails with receipts, a!!holes, and my boss is going to have your boss take a bite out of your butt. Oh, you didn't save your email copy(s) and are trying to push back/blame me/us? That's your problem. I am (was) The Khaleesi of Documentation, the Unburnt.
Always. Be. Covering (Your Ass). There ain't no winning a Cadillac Eldorado or set of steak knives, and I'm sure as hell not winning third prize.
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...In other words, he'd tried to use me to do an end run around the developers of the material to screw them over.Always. Be.
ClosingCovering (Your Ass).The first thing I learned when I had to start interacting with various people at [MEGACORP] divisions in Teaneck/San Diego/San Jose/Tokyo/Fukushima/etc. was to document everything. Always be ready to prove I/our team delivered the projects/materials on or before goalposts/deadlines, and fully document any and all changes (both merely proposed and those actually agreed upon). Oh, you called me on the phone to sneak in something without a paper trail? You, your project leader, and any of my necessary bosses are getting an email confirmation. Oh, you tried it in a conference call? Email confirmation. Oh, you're another department in this building trying to sneak in something off the record by doing a walk-up to my cubical? Email confirmation. Oh, the final immovable project deadline set by Microsoft is two days away and you think you can just drop off your overdue stuff in my/our lap now and expect us to work around the clock to hit the target? Expect emails with receipts, a!!holes, and my boss is going to have your boss take a bite out of your butt. Oh, you didn't save your email copy(s) and are trying to push back/blame me/us? That's your problem. I am (was) The Khaleesi of Documentation, the Unburnt.
Always. Be. Covering (Your Ass). There ain't no winning a Cadillac Eldorado or set of steak knives, and I'm sure as hell not winning third prize.
You're talking to a man who got a letter of apology from the IRS after they tried to audit him.
I know documentation, Lily.
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<.<
>.>
Wait, isn't Cali an hire-at-will state (or what is it called) where they can hire and fire at will without giving explanation (as long as the fired one can't prove in court that it was discrimination against a protected group)?
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Wait, isn't Cali an hire-at-will state (or what is it called) where they can hire and fire at will without giving explanation (as long as the fired one can't prove in court that it was discrimination against a protected group)?
Oh, don't even get me started. At my previous not-quite-so-global megacorporation if you ticked off the director on a day he was in a bad mood you'd be out on your butt that day.
I have no idea why the hiring and firing processes here are so insanely glacial, but when you can't fire employees for gross incompetence you end up with products like ours: They work well in many areas, and then you find areas that are just so stupidly-designed you want to strangle everyone involved.
And you know exactly where those areas came from...
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I'm on the train, journeying to the Great Semi-Welsh Book Bacchanal. Meeting ALL (DE) in Manchester, after which we'll get loaded up and drive down.
...In other words, he'd tried to use me to do an end run around the developers of the material to screw them over.Always. Be.
ClosingCovering (Your Ass).The first thing I learned when I had to start interacting with various people at [MEGACORP] divisions in Teaneck/San Diego/San Jose/Tokyo/Fukushima/etc. was to document everything. Always be ready to prove I/our team delivered the projects/materials on or before goalposts/deadlines, and fully document any and all changes (both merely proposed and those actually agreed upon). Oh, you called me on the phone to sneak in something without a paper trail? You, your project leader, and any of my necessary bosses are getting an email confirmation. Oh, you tried it in a conference call? Email confirmation. Oh, you're another department in this building trying to sneak in something off the record by doing a walk-up to my cubical? Email confirmation. Oh, the final immovable project deadline set by Microsoft is two days away and you think you can just drop off your overdue stuff in my/our lap now and expect us to work around the clock to hit the target? Expect emails with receipts, a!!holes, and my boss is going to have your boss take a bite out of your butt. Oh, you didn't save your email copy(s) and are trying to push back/blame me/us? That's your problem. I am (was) The Khaleesi of Documentation, the Unburnt.
Always. Be. Covering (Your Ass). There ain't no winning a Cadillac Eldorado or set of steak knives, and I'm sure as hell not winning third prize.
Damn.
...In other words, he'd tried to use me to do an end run around the developers of the material to screw them over.Always. Be.
ClosingCovering (Your Ass).The first thing I learned when I had to start interacting with various people at [MEGACORP] divisions in Teaneck/San Diego/San Jose/Tokyo/Fukushima/etc. was to document everything. Always be ready to prove I/our team delivered the projects/materials on or before goalposts/deadlines, and fully document any and all changes (both merely proposed and those actually agreed upon). Oh, you called me on the phone to sneak in something without a paper trail? You, your project leader, and any of my necessary bosses are getting an email confirmation. Oh, you tried it in a conference call? Email confirmation. Oh, you're another department in this building trying to sneak in something off the record by doing a walk-up to my cubical? Email confirmation. Oh, the final immovable project deadline set by Microsoft is two days away and you think you can just drop off your overdue stuff in my/our lap now and expect us to work around the clock to hit the target? Expect emails with receipts, a!!holes, and my boss is going to have your boss take a bite out of your butt. Oh, you didn't save your email copy(s) and are trying to push back/blame me/us? That's your problem. I am (was) The Khaleesi of Documentation, the Unburnt.
Always. Be. Covering (Your Ass). There ain't no winning a Cadillac Eldorado or set of steak knives, and I'm sure as hell not winning third prize.
You're talking to a man who got a letter of apology from the IRS after they tried to audit him.
I know documentation, Lily.
Double damn.
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I managed to get my hands on all of Azlant, including the pawns, in pdf. That part was awesome.
But since we're still in teacher inservice for the next week, at the end of which is Hermione's birthday, and the only thing she ever asks for on her birthday any more are new cosplay outfits and I haven't even started laying out or cutting the pieces, yeah, I'm a bit tense.
(Oh, this year is LOTR. She's asked me to sew Arwen's blue-and-silver dress from the film (it's referred to as the "requiem dress") for her present, and I'm making a one ring cake, but she wants a little marzipan sculpted Frodo sitting on it, no pressure. I found cheap latex elf ears on ebay and my sister and mom are giving her the necklace. Yes, she's spoiled.)
So, actually reading and prepping for the game is going to take a while.
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I managed to get my hands on all of Azlant, including the pawns, in pdf. That part was awesome.
But since we're still in teacher inservice for the next week, at the end of which is Hermione's birthday, and the only thing she ever asks for on her birthday any more are new cosplay outfits and I haven't even started laying out or cutting the pieces, yeah, I'm a bit tense.
(Oh, this year is LOTR. She's asked me to sew Arwen's blue-and-silver dress from the film (it's referred to as the "requiem dress") for her present, and I'm making a one ring cake, but she wants a little marzipan sculpted Frodo sitting on it, no pressure. I found cheap latex elf ears on ebay and my sister and mom are giving her the necklace. Yes, she's spoiled.)
So, actually reading and prepping for the game is going to take a while.
I am torn between absconding with you and getting you to unwittingly sign adoption papers so that you can be my mom and make me awesome stuff with little to no complaint. I have seen your work before and it is amazing.
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"You can't fool all the people all the time, but if you fool the right ones the rest will fall behind" - Propaganda, by Dead Prez.
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I was out of the office the last couple days with another migraine and some stomach issues.
So while I was out, someone asked for a status update on one of my projects. I gave the update. It's not ready. Ran into a couple roadblocks and I need to talk to the manufacturer's support team to figure out where things have gone wrong.
I'm back today, and I still haven't called the manufacturer's support team. That's because my immediate boss said "Oh, I'll step in and help Vany out and get this thing sorted so it can move on to the next stage!" Which means that I had to uninstall everything and start over from square one to clear up everything he "fixed" and "helped" with.
Thanks for the assist, boss.
*sigh*
He meant well. Now stop touching my stuff.
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Wait, isn't Cali an hire-at-will state (or what is it called) where they can hire and fire at will without giving explanation (as long as the fired one can't prove in court that it was discrimination against a protected group)?Oh, don't even get me started. At my previous not-quite-so-global megacorporation if you ticked off the director on a day he was in a bad mood you'd be out on your butt that day.
I once got fired because a server crashed.
I once quit a job because I wouldn't clean up a burned out house with scraps of dead dog fur everywhere.
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I worked at a restaurant with cameras all over the place and if you so much as flipped burgers counterclockwise this big guy in an expensive suit walks out of his room to remind the proper way to flip the burgers.
I once got fired because a server crashed.Wait, isn't Cali an hire-at-will state (or what is it called) where they can hire and fire at will without giving explanation (as long as the fired one can't prove in court that it was discrimination against a protected group)?Oh, don't even get me started. At my previous not-quite-so-global megacorporation if you ticked off the director on a day he was in a bad mood you'd be out on your butt that day.
You gotta be s&$$ting me. That would be like firing me at the second job because the study didnt get the necessary grant money.
I was out of the office the last couple days with another migraine and some stomach issues.
** spoiler omitted **So while I was out, someone asked for a status update on one of my projects. I gave the update. It's not ready. Ran into a couple roadblocks and I need to talk to the manufacturer's support team to figure out where things have gone wrong.
I'm back today, and I still haven't called the manufacturer's support team. That's because my immediate boss said "Oh, I'll step in and help Vany out and get this thing sorted so it can move on to the next stage!" Which means that I had to uninstall everything and start over from square one to clear up everything he "fixed" and "helped" with.
Thanks for the assist, boss.
*sigh*
He meant well. Now stop touching my stuff.
why didnt you tell me? I would have lined up your enemies in front of you so you could literally hurt vitriol at them!
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I worked at a restaurant with cameras all over the place and if you so much as flipped burgers counterclockwise this big guy in an expensive suit walks out of his room to remind the proper way to flip the burgers.
that sounds like a combination of awful and hilarious.
I see people in expensive suits doing all sorts of things due to the second job and the idea of a legbreaker in this years Armani coming over to flip burgers "appropriately" cracks me up.
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Yay, tomorrow I get to tear out a swimming pool.
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"Send help. They're learning to 'Old Town Road' line dance."
"So they're horsing around?"
"...I no longer need help."
"Send help. They're learning to 'Old Town Road' line dance."
"So they're horsing around?"
"...I no longer need help."
I remember square dancing in school, not line dancing.