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For Green Leader, Aedan and my husband
http://fatpita.net/?i=831
Upon making several false alarm trips to the bathroom, he decided the latest episode was another and stayed put. He suddenly filled his bed with diarrhea and was embarrassed beyond his ability to remain rational.
In a complete loss of composure he jumped out of bed, gathered up the bed sheets, and threw them out the hospital window.
A drunk was walking by the hospital when the sheets landed on him. He started yelling, cursing, and swinging his arms violently trying to get the unknown things off, and ended up with the soiled sheets in a tangled pile at his feet.
As the drunk stood there, unsteady on his feet, staring down at the sheets, a hospital security guard, (barely containing his (laughter), and who had watched the whole incident, walked up and asked, "What the heck is going on here?"
The drunk, still staring down replied: "I think I just beat the crap out of a ghost."
- Mood:
amused
I am completely unmotivated today but I promised Gracie.
Who knews the bows were functional as well as decorative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Mood: amused
- Mood:
annoyed
http://sales.ana.users.btopenworld.com/e
I love love love the last set of handmade ones!!! they are girlie and they have decorations!!!! cute cute cute!
It is 11AM on a Wednesday, I figure the call has to be about the SCA - cause only SCA people call me in the middle of the morning.
I answer, having not programmed everyone of my seneschal's numbers into my phone, I figure it could be Astrid.
The caller asks for Felix Batton. Now, 1) I am clearly not a Felix but 2) Felix Batton is, for those you who might not know, Sir William the Stout.
I ask the caller if this is something about the SCA. A) It is after all the only way I know William and B) the middle of the morning and only SCA people call me in the middle of the morning.
He says no and repeats my number back to me to verify he dialed correctly. He says he must have written the number down wrong, says 'thank you' and hangs up.
Wrong number call ~ no big deal. But I got a wrong number call for someone I know and haven't spoken to in like 5 years. Weird, right?
This makes me wonder, does William, who I know stills lives and works in this area, have a phone number similar to mine? A quick google search does in fact show that his number is very similar to mine. Really weird, right?
So what are the odds do you think of getting a wrong number call looking for someone you, only know by another name and haven't seen in like 5 years, to than only find out that said person has a phone number very close to your own?
Try that one on for weird.
- Mood:
weird
Quote for the day:
'Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.'
So - if you give her crap -
you will receive more shit than any one human being can handle.
- lots of heavy polical lifting, coming out on the right end of it all (at least in the short term)
- working late but completing lots of things
- impressing senior management with the awesomeness that is me
- getting major problems solved or at least given a plan or process to
- finish watching a hour long demo on an app we are going to sunset but have to get the data out of
- 1200 emails to be filed and some responded to
- complete detailed design document for Monday 10 AM meeting
- update & send the presentation for Monday 9 AM meeting
- get ready for the all day kick off meetings Tues and Wed
This leads me to 2:30 on Friday and the next 3 hours empty on my calendar, which means...................................
I am getting the heck out of Dodge at 2:31!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- where is she:the office
- Mood: amused
- Music:Billy Joel on Pandora
This is the current favorite toy
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemanco
Now mind you it took a month for him (Guinness) to get the squeaker out and he only accomplished that because he finally worked the outside tag free and got in that way. The last toy we bought him from PetsMart didn't even make it home before it was a carcass.
So Dino probably needs to be replace and JoJo needs a toy that is just his.
I am thinking this one for Guinness:
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemanco
And this one for JoJo
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemanco
And if I can find a Pelican with double re-enforced webbing to prevent evisceration I am buying it. :)
Okay can we talk about the bonuses rationally just a minute?
- I completely agree that the executives for the division of a company that lost money shouldn't be given bonuses, whether it be the company or the division.
- I will also concede a bonus should not only on be based on a person's performance but on the company's performance as well.
- I will also agree that it could be argued that any company that took TARP money didn't make money last year. However, please remember, so companies didn't need TARP money at the time and were told they had to take it.
- I will concede that some of those companies did have to go back and ask for money but that was because some executives who worked of the other company lied or hid how much debt the acquired company had from the acquiring company.
- So we have companies that HAD to have TARP money and some companies that have TARP money that may not have needed at the time, regardless the US gov't holds select stocks in all of these companies.
- All of these companies consist of both executives and little people.
- The Financial services industry has traditionally paid low but compensated high. In other words, you work for a really low salary and work little a dog (60 to 80 hrs average) but once a year your company gives you a big check. Sometimes these bonus can be the same amount of as a person's yearly salary, some of them can be more, but many - most- are less.
Do I think the execs at Merrill Lynch or AIG should have gotten their million dollar bonuses?
No.
Do I think the programmer who built the accounting program and delivered it early and within acceptable failure rates?
Yes.
Do I think that bonus for the programmer should be lower than years past when his company made lots more money?
Yes
Do I think that the bonus received by an employee of a company that has TARP money should be taxed at a higher rate than the 45% that a bonus is already taxed at?
NO!!!!!!
Yes, I received a bonus this year.
Yes, I have received a bonus every year for the last 5 years.
ALL of them have been less than 4 figures.
ALL of them have been taxed at 45%.
If you tax my bonus at 70%, how does that penalize my company?
Only in the mind of a democrat does this make sense.
Wouldn't you want companies who took TARP money be able to attract and retain the best associates so they can pay the TARP money back faster?
Yes
I could be making 15 to 30% more than I am now with my experience and skill set, if I left the financial industry. I don't want to leave the financial industry but I shouldn't be taxed for staying and should be rewarded for working hard.
If the Congress successfully changes the tax rate for bonuses for companies that took TARP money, the talent in the financial industry will flee in droves. Don't do it. We should not be penalized for doing good work or made to leave our choosen industry in order to be well paid.
- where is she:the couch
- Mood: annoyed
- Music:Good Eats
Okay so we went to Columbia, SC this weekend and I am now the holder of all of the Kingdom Seneschal crap. Want to see the Curia notes from 1994? I got 'em.
So quick daily recap and than on the fun stuff - spreading money.
- Spent Friday and Saturday with Thomas and Judith. Damn I miss them.
- Went to William's and did Seneschal 101 Saturday morning.
- Thomas cooked all weekend and we ate some awesome food. I need to get Judith's wilted lettuce recipe - yumm. You have got to love good traditional German food.
- Came back early ET and Judith were off to Church.
- Went to Target and bought furniture, moved a shelf, finished rearranging the dinning room, did some laundry and vegged out watching the last 4 parts of Band of Brothers on the History Channel (it is still surprisingly bloody on cable) while rearranging books on the bookshelf.
Well the stuff from Target is here: http://www.target.com/Avington-TV-Stand/d
We got the desk, the console table, and the TV stand which is being used as a side desk for the printer and other computer stuff.
The real furniture won't get here until Saturday. (I hope it all fits in the living room.)
http://www.la-z-boy.com/furniture/produc
We got the couch, the loveseat, 2 chairs, and the ottoman. Yes, we did get the red but no ugly black with circles accent chair. It is going to be interesting. I think the living room is going to jump up in painting priority with the sage green accent wall that Bob already hates.
Basically in the last week we have completely rearranged the downstairs. The sunroom where the TV and couches were is now the dining room and is actually prettier then I expected. The dining room is now the office/library which I really like. And the living room, which was more office/library like than living room like is now an official living room. Hoot!.
Now I just need to paint - maybe I will get the downstairs done over the next 8 months or so. I could do each room in about two days a piece but the odds of me being able to take two days off in a row, let alone the 8 to 10 it would take to do the entire downstairs is highly unlikely until the summer. Oh than comes framing of artwork and new curtains. It least I have plenty of fabric in my slash to do those.
A few more and I am done:
I didn't see the last epi of BSG, consider my hands over my ears until I get to see it sometime this week.
If you haven't checked out Pandora yet, DO IT NOW! www.pandora.com Free music on the internet. It is part of the music genome project so you get to say which things you like better than others. They make up a radio station based on information you give them. We used it for the Marti Gras party and just type in Zydeco. Had music all night. It is awesome.
- where is she:the new living room
- Mood:
accomplished - Music:My Nickelback station on Pandora
Apparently Bardoulf has the 'gangland' version of this photo.
- where is she:hiding from Anne and Arielle
- Mood: amused
Well the pics from WOW are up, our new tats, and Bob's 50th bday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26190503@N0
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26884523/
F@cking morons.
Okay I get that we shouldn't pay for CEOs who are profit for the sake of profit idiots but this is the Fed buying up all of the mortages (some of which should have never been made - yes, but we are well past that point) and working with people to help them keep their houses with reasonable payments.
There is a reason Goldman was trading at over 100$ per share until just a month ago and it is Paulson, listen to him.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/2
I am telling you if they vote against this and things go bad (which they will) regardless of whether this is a good plan or not, they won't get reelected. Their opponents will bet them with this No vote. Humm, maybe I will quit and run for Congress, no Sue Myrick isn't that stupid to have voted NO.
- Mood: annoyed
I drove home from VA and my boss bought Merrill Lynch! Holy $hit batman!
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/14/news/com
- Mood:
hyper
- Mood: hyper
Does anyone know anything about this (other then whats on the site)? I have done some research on him, he is your basic venture captialist.
- Mood:
curious
If you have lost your sewing mojo; I believe I have it.........................if you would like it back,.........................can we neogotiate? I would be interested in a long term rental agreement.
Seriously, I just finished (all but the sleeve lining, hem, and final Jessamyn blessing) the first piece of garb I have ever made by myself that doesn't make me feel like I am wearing a sack and it was done with minimal amounts of cussing and seam riping.
- Mood:
rejuvenated
