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I posted this exact thing on FB once, and all my housewife "friends" acted like I just raped them for some reason.
not so serious but I want to rant II: Redemption
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What... what could they possibly say that defends those commercials?
Except "Charlie sent us."
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Wasabi Poptart
Maybe they didn't realize there is a difference between incompetent and "You're not doing it MY way".
The song Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros would be a lot better if there was no fucking talking in the middle of it. I find it incredibly obnoxious.
hehehe, that's my line.
"My way accomplishes the same goal. If you want it done your way, you do it."
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Basically along the lines of "Women have been treated that way for years on TV, so turnabout is fair play."
One of the parenting groups I follow on Facebook posted a link to a workshop helping mothers manage full time jobs and parenting. I commented that it's a shame that they don't offer anything like that for fathers (due to her very demanding work schedule and me being all 8-5, I tend to do most of the house stuff). I got a couple of overly responsive mothers who wished their husbands would take an interest and a link to another workshop the group offered that was basically "How to adjust to the fact that you dumb men have to help with housework now".
Fuck them with a flamethrower.
Fuck them with a flamethrower.
My parents had a pipe burst and when my mom was trying to turn it off she fell and hit her head. She seems to be doing better but there house flooded quite a bit. So I am leaving work now to go and help clean up the mess and to try and convince my mom that she would go see a doctor cause she hit her head so hard. Fun times ahead.
So look, I feel bad for the people in my city where the tornado hit. It sucks. Some houses got messed up beyond repair. 1 person died. 22 had injuries. Thousands without power for a few days.
But people are acting like it's the end of the world and that no one has ever experienced tragedy like this. Meanwhile a town in Missouri is WIPED off the map by a tornado and over 90 people and COUNTING are dead. Buck up folks. We got off lucky. REAL lucky. Stop bitching and count your blessings.
But people are acting like it's the end of the world and that no one has ever experienced tragedy like this. Meanwhile a town in Missouri is WIPED off the map by a tornado and over 90 people and COUNTING are dead. Buck up folks. We got off lucky. REAL lucky. Stop bitching and count your blessings.
This tornado season is totally unbelievable. I just can't remember a year where so many towns were hit so hard.
Part of that is the increase in population density and the sprawl of industrial and residential areas.
However, we've had some doosies as far as tornado seasons go. In 1925 there were 704 tornado deaths (One tornado killed 695 people). It's unfortunate, but a lot of what gets hit is just dumb luck. Unfortunately, this season it seems a lot of residential areas are getting hit (thus the higher than normal body count and cost estimates).
However, we've had some doosies as far as tornado seasons go. In 1925 there were 704 tornado deaths (One tornado killed 695 people). It's unfortunate, but a lot of what gets hit is just dumb luck. Unfortunately, this season it seems a lot of residential areas are getting hit (thus the higher than normal body count and cost estimates).
I understand the role that sprawl plays, but these are some pretty established towns that are getting devastated.
When that tornado touched down near my house a few weeks ago, because it is a low population density area of the county. Where most people live on 1-10 acre tracts of land. There was nothing out there 20 years ago either.
When that tornado touched down near my house a few weeks ago, because it is a low population density area of the county. Where most people live on 1-10 acre tracts of land. There was nothing out there 20 years ago either.
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That's how she came up with the idea for the flux capacitor, the device which makes time travel possible!
Just had my first real "Fire, FIRE!!! 
" moment at work. Luckily, with the help of Mr. Cigarette and Mr. Level Head, I was able to sit back and write out an intelligent, well-worded, and legally correct email to the VIPs involved, instead of running around like an idiot and getting burned. But damnit, this shit needs to happen when my boss is in the office, so I can bounce wording off of her and make sure I don't say something stupid to people that high up the corporate ladder.
" moment at work. Luckily, with the help of Mr. Cigarette and Mr. Level Head, I was able to sit back and write out an intelligent, well-worded, and legally correct email to the VIPs involved, instead of running around like an idiot and getting burned. But damnit, this shit needs to happen when my boss is in the office, so I can bounce wording off of her and make sure I don't say something stupid to people that high up the corporate ladder.
I get to work last night, the usual front desk computer is sitting on the desk in the lobby, and the lobby computer is being used to run the front desk. I was told the screen "was all blocky". I took the thing apart and finished blowing out a crapton of dust and fired it back up. Yeah, the desktop was "all blocky." That was because someone changed the wallpaper to some tiny little image that got blown up way out of proportion. Then I guess they panicked when they couldn't get it back to the way it was.
The computer did need cleaning, but otherwise that was two hours spent unnecessarily.
The computer did need cleaning, but otherwise that was two hours spent unnecessarily.
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Why didn't you boot up the computer first? I never trust the user to accurately describe any issue and the first thing I do is try to recreate the issue myself.
Just when I thought yesterday's fire from work was almost out - here comes a conference call with the Associate General Counsel, one of the paralegals, and upper management (Senior Director level) for my department so we can discuss the issue and remaining questions surrounding it. The saddest part is, this all resolves around a policy set forth by Global Compliance based upon requirements set forth by the Legal department in the first place. In this case it's not that the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, it's that the right hand doesn't know that it is the left hand. I really hope they don't try to suddenly change policy or try to force us to break policy in this instance.
Remember tis? From Minor Victory like 8 hours ago?I just got a job interview for tomorrow!
The job is only 6 weeks for a student, and the pay is a bit less than what I'm making now, but it's full time and it's valuable experience and it's a foot in the door with the City of Kitchener, which is a great employer in this area.
Not happening.
Turns out the City of Kitchener pays a subsidy for hiring students for summer positions, but since I'm no longer a student, and the facility that would have been interviewing me can't afford to hire me as a temp (at a higher wage, without the subsidy), they can no longer consider me for the position.
The manager is still holding my resume with an eye out for any future positions, but I feel very discouraged by this. It seemed like it was going to be a sure thing, even if it was only a 6 week gig, but within the 6 hours of setting up an and then canceling the interview, I really got my hopes up.
Sigh.
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That sucks, Gusto.
I can share a worse story about a sure-fire job gone to shit. A buddy of mine was driving for a final interview from LA to Santa Barbara for a job that was in that formalities stage (don't be weird and sign these papers), but on his way up (it is a two hour drive) funding got pulled and his position was cancelled.
And he got side swiped after he had found out once he got to Santa Barbara.
I can share a worse story about a sure-fire job gone to shit. A buddy of mine was driving for a final interview from LA to Santa Barbara for a job that was in that formalities stage (don't be weird and sign these papers), but on his way up (it is a two hour drive) funding got pulled and his position was cancelled.
And he got side swiped after he had found out once he got to Santa Barbara.
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Stoooooooooooodunts.
Look, when I friggin' tell you to do something, graduate students, I want you TO DO IT. Don't come back to me 3 weeks later, asking me why I haven't given you anything new to do. Then, when I ask about the last thing, you say, "oh I didn't do that yet".
Also, try actually READING the articles I give you. You know---the ones that answer the exact question you just asked me in excruciating detail. And if I write a 10 page long instruction manual for YOU PERSONALLY describing my software and exactly how you should use it, read that, too while you're at it.
Look, when I friggin' tell you to do something, graduate students, I want you TO DO IT. Don't come back to me 3 weeks later, asking me why I haven't given you anything new to do. Then, when I ask about the last thing, you say, "oh I didn't do that yet".
Also, try actually READING the articles I give you. You know---the ones that answer the exact question you just asked me in excruciating detail. And if I write a 10 page long instruction manual for YOU PERSONALLY describing my software and exactly how you should use it, read that, too while you're at it.
My pre-holiday workload is pathetic. I have one report to pull today, which should take another 2 or 3 hours to do, at most. After that I'm out of work and all of the people I would talk to about getting additional work to do are out of the office until Tuesday. Considering texting my supervisor (who's out of town for a family medical emergency) and taking tomorrow off.
Had to take the family dog to the vet today because he hurt his leg somehow. Our usual vet wasn't in, so we met with one of her partners at the practice. This new vet is kind of a bitch. She immediately begins griping about my dog's weight and telling me he needs to lose 30 pounds or more, whereas the previous doctor was fine with his weight. Then I did the math. Since when should a male German Shepard weigh around 45-55 pounds?
Just check out his leg and figure out what happened so we can fix it, fucker. No, I'm not going to spend $80 a bag on your special diet food (especially since my dog's already getting some uber-healthy premium food). I'm already shelling out almost $500 to get him checked out, stop trying to squeeze me for more. And if you tell me that "we [I presume she meant me as well] need to go to fat camp" one more time I'm going to go off.
You know what else would be a good idea? ACTUALLY ASKING ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND EXAMINING MY DOG. Don't just read the chart and find something to complain about. It was 10 minutes before she actually got to the exam part to see why he very suddenly wouldn't put weight on his back leg.
Damn, why the hell couldn't our usual vet be in today? Not only is she actually competent, but she isn't a total bitch to us when we meet.
Just check out his leg and figure out what happened so we can fix it, fucker. No, I'm not going to spend $80 a bag on your special diet food (especially since my dog's already getting some uber-healthy premium food). I'm already shelling out almost $500 to get him checked out, stop trying to squeeze me for more. And if you tell me that "we [I presume she meant me as well] need to go to fat camp" one more time I'm going to go off.
You know what else would be a good idea? ACTUALLY ASKING ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND EXAMINING MY DOG. Don't just read the chart and find something to complain about. It was 10 minutes before she actually got to the exam part to see why he very suddenly wouldn't put weight on his back leg.
Damn, why the hell couldn't our usual vet be in today? Not only is she actually competent, but she isn't a total bitch to us when we meet.
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Wasabi Poptart
Stop setting yourself on fire then!
Heck Tress, 65 pounds is small for a German Shepherd. I had one that was 110 lbs of muscle. He literally ran for all of his waking hours, and still weighed that bloody much. I think he was half pony.
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