I call that practicing.

do you have to give a reason to call off work? most people i know just call in and say "i'm out today" and leave it at that.

fuck, i just call, say "out," hang up

done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y_ncOVlDw

Bush snubbed.....lol

No. I don't have to give a reason. I mean, I report only to one person and have no other direct coworkers for the job I do. My boss is extremely cool. However, I was just more irritated that I actually got sick. God's punishment for lying, I suppose.

Ad fail?

reminds me of one of my favorites, though it isn't quite as good.




i fucking LOVE that's she's got her head on the seat, smoking and waiting like a puppy dog, hoping her Bultaco Man will come back. Jesus h christ.

same thing happened with me over the summer, though it was my "back" that i gave as the reason for not coming in. now, it's been hurting for a couple months.

so clearly the thing to do is to call in sick to work for "surgical removal of thumb ring."

only if you have a small dick, squirrgs.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/21/nebras ... index.html

"Thirty-five children -- all but six of them older than 10 -- have been dropped off at Nebraska hospitals since the law took effect in September, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. Five came from other states, with parents traveling to Nebraska from Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Florida and Georgia."

Seriously, people are dropping off their elementary and junior high aged children? What the fuck?

i figure someone will eventually post this article for a laugh, so i might as well do it.

why mailmen don't deliver the mail

There was a huge article in the paper about this today. It's not that people are just dropping off kids they don't want, a lot of these kids suffer from severe mental health issues, and many of these parents aren't receiving help through the insurance companies to cover these illnesses. It went on to explain how some medical insurances offered to these people have bare bones coverage and mental health is excluded. Therefore some of these children are impossible to care for without proper treatment.

To illustrate this point: One 5 yr old boy was an abandoned crack baby at the age of 16 months. He's done things like try to bash the head in of the baby sister(parent's natural child) with a hammer, set curtains on fire-on purpose, overflowed sinks etc etc.

The parents have been unable to get him the help needed, they actually show them as very normal, and possibly middle class white folk. The mother actually tried to commit suicide after a couple of the major infractions because she felt she couldn't handle the demands of this child anymore.

So I think it goes beyond just leaving an unwanted baby born to the prom queen on the doorstep. These kids, many of them, have serious issues that can't be managed by the parents.

I actually set the paper down and cried after reading it. Then I stopped and Thanked God that my son gets the treatment he does, and that despite his insurance being crappy, it's a hell of a lot better then what these people have(one child was an 11 yr old boy with bipolar, so that hit home with me).

While I don't agree with what they're doing in Nebraska, I do see that there are extreme cases that need to seriously be helped. However I wish that they take this as a sign that there needs to be something implemented to help the children with these severe mental health issues, without it reverting to them being abandoned by their parents.

Stepping off my soapbox now.

I am sure there are instances like that, but I did read about some mother that dropped her teen off there to "teach him a lesson".

I'm going to point out that we haven't heard from Promethium lately...

promethium got dropped the fuck off.

I've been planning my vacation for the last week of January/first week of February. It's been no secret, I've been telling everyone. I've even delayed receiving my foster kids 'til mid-February due to this.

Today, the new boss informs me that she is planning on taking a 10 day vacation effective February 4th. "Oh and by the way, you need to manage the department while I'm gone." "Well, that will be a problem being that I'LL be on vacation during that time," says I. At which point she threw one of her fuckin' tantrums on how she doesn't know how to run my side of the department and "will need your expertise because I don't know it"...."besides, did you submit a formal request?" Oooooh, that's when I blew my stack! Whatchu mean, bitch? I sent you an email a couple of weeks ago informing you of my intent! "Ohh but there are these big clients coming onboard and you're the expert and waaaaah...waaah....waaaaah..." That's pretty much all I heard after that.

After she whined a bit more, I let her have it. Told her how disappointed I was that I have to accommodate my schedule due to her lack of experience. Not only is it unfair to me but it is unfair to the foster agency to inform them that I have to delay them another month just for her.

Yup, I made her feel bad and I don't feel one bit guilty. Upon returning from this week's vacation (she tried to deny me that one too), I'm having a little talk with a certain someone. And, nope it isn't gonna be her.

It's so hot here I just had a shower, stepped out, and was completely dry before I even picked up my towel.

don't take any shit, T. You've earned 10 vacations.

Are you there, God? It's me, Tania.

Dammit, Cory, what are you doing reading my mind?!

Actually, I'm working on trying to get her reassigned, like outta my department. I know people.

I actually did some Christmas shopping today. What is wrong with me?

This Texas Tech v Oklahoma game is quite embarassing.