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07-20-2013, 02:47 PM | #1111 |
To shreds, you say?
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That there is some serious ass quel dommage, Griff.
I hope you can find relief from that.
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07-20-2013, 04:18 PM | #1112 |
still says videotape
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Thanks. It has calmed down, but I get really on edge when its like this, so the ladies are giving me my space.
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07-21-2013, 07:10 PM | #1113 |
I'm still a jerk
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I got pulled over by the police when riding my bike. He thought I stole it.
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07-21-2013, 07:43 PM | #1114 |
Esnohplad Semaj Ton
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Mulling over whether to move to SF or not. I technically accepted, but the background check is still pending, so I wouldn't feel too bad about backing out at this point.
I enjoy my quiet mountain town in some ways and am endlessly irritated by it in others (especially _winter_). I wish it were easier to make a decision and stick to it. |
07-22-2013, 11:51 AM | #1115 |
Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
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If you're truly dehydrated, you'll want to boost your electrolytes too.
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07-22-2013, 11:53 AM | #1116 |
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Will it be a big boost in salary? I hear the cost of living there is ginormous.
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07-22-2013, 05:51 PM | #1117 | |
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Though they do offer 401k matching, solid bonus plan, stock grants, breakfast, lunch and dinner, et cetera. It's like joining a commune. So the pay might be about parity if I boiled all that down to cash (ignoring that I will probably work a few more hours per week). The work however is more exciting. The prospect of living in a city is kind of meh. Cycling to work everyday, cool. Stuff to do that isn't just running stupid distances, cool. So. Fuggin'. Many people. Not cool. It's silly but I also have moral/ethical issues with the behavior of the parent company (the company I would work for is a recent acquisition and still maintaining it's culture and allowed a good degree of autonomy). Especially the company's past behavior. Now they are more or less an industry joke. (I'm sure some of you can guess/google both companies now.) I feel very privileged and like a total asshole to be offered north of 6 figures and be like "Not enough money for me to move. Thanks though." |
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07-22-2013, 06:16 PM | #1118 |
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@PW
Time to do the pro/con lists thing.
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07-22-2013, 06:59 PM | #1119 | |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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07-22-2013, 07:17 PM | #1120 | |
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Does not work on this one. The moral algebra comes out about even either way.
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The dinner doesn't seem like a work-late incentive either, as they will box up a meal for your entire family for you to take home. |
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07-23-2013, 11:41 AM | #1121 | |
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Or you can use the coin toss method. Toss a coin. Whichever side you hope it will come up is what you really want to do.
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07-24-2013, 05:57 PM | #1122 |
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So this morning, traffic was awful, backed up bumper-to-bumper all the way to my entrance to the highway, which is extremely unusual. We inch along and inch along, waiting to get past the big wreck that surely must have caused all this. Finally we get to the source: a bunch of jacknuts on the highway overpass above, holding a big banner that says "Get your [Democratic donkey clipart] out of our [White House clipart]!! There were a few other miscellaneous signs too, like "Justice for Benghazi" and "Honk if You Support Impeachment."
The traffic jam was entirely a result of people slowing down to read the signs and try to figure out what was going on, and it added 25 minutes to my commute. Of course it didn't help that I disagree with their political statements, but for Christ's sake, I don't care what side you're on, you don't fuck up the morning commute for 10,000 people just because you want to make a dramatic statement without actually participating in the political process in any meaningful way. |
07-24-2013, 07:58 PM | #1123 | |
Encroaching on your decrees
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Sent by thought transference
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07-24-2013, 07:59 PM | #1124 |
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
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But the people who will do that don't operate on office hours and don't care about 10,000 people who are trying to actually support their families and be fiscally responsible.
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07-26-2013, 01:08 PM | #1125 |
To shreds, you say?
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In other words, tea parties and republicans?
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