By airplane liquor bottles, you mean pee-pee specimen jars, don't you?

YES!

(seriously though, when my parents worked for Delta, our liquor cabinet consisted of your standard issue one bottle each of gin, vodka, scotch, bourbon, rum and tequila plus at least 200 airplane bottles a number that started declining sometime around my 12th birthday. also, my brother and I would ask the stews to give us empties on flights, presumably so we could drink urine out of them and collect volcanic dust.)

#31 - definitely hipsters

Dude, when my dad flew all the time for his job, he made it SOP to steal as many airplane/hotel "babies" (as they call em sometimes) as he could possibly get his grubby little hands on.

I remember realizing he wasn't ever coming home and getting hammered on Bailey's and Grand Marnier with a bunch of folks at my house.

Also, a dude who STILL primarily uses towels pilfered from Hampton Inns across America at his house.

This made me chuckle.

I'm in a Hamton Inn right now. Ask him if he needs a new set.

Did anybody else hear about the remake of the old John Wayne classic True Grit that they're currently filming (didn't find any mention of it on here)? The more I read about it the more I'm intrigued. As of now it's due in theaters this Christmas and is going to star Jeff Bridges as Wayne's Rooster Cogburn, Matt Damon as Glen Campbell's LaBouef, Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney, and Barry Pepper as 'Lucky' Ned Pepper. And its being directed by the Coen Brothers...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_%282010_film%29

Well I'm intrigued.

They've done some shooting here in Austin in the last couple weeks. There were sightings of Bridges and a couple other cast members all over Twitter and such.

'Tis all I got.

But the REAL burning question: Who is going to play Kim Darby's Mattie Ross?

they couldn't decide between Jen Anniston and a Serta Queen Mattress, so they wrote her out of the script.


(sounds pretty awesome)

This is one of the better Onion articles I've seen lately:

New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It

I feel like I posted about this awhile ago. This version is based more on the novel--which is supposed to be a great read, btw. Bridges as Cogburn is a masterful turn. That entire cast is great, though. I dig Barry Pepper. Guy is underrated.

Great use of "Hocus Pocus".

what sort of % salary increase would it take to get you to take a job very similar to what you currently do at a different company? both good companies...but obviously the new one is more of an unknown.

Everything else pretty much equal? Commutes? Hours? Opportunities for advancement? Amount of Support? Quality of Company? Ability to work at home some? Fuh'abilty of secretary?

I'd probably need at least 25% just for the unknown factor plus the knowledge that I'd have to spend 6 months trying to impress the new boss unless I just wasn't happy and the idea of change was a positive. I guess it's also important to consider what you're leaving in terms of stock options too and their vesting and whether you want to take a new job that's not a lawyer job or just wait.

if i were you, it would have to be a pretty big number: unless something has changed recently, you've got a pretty nice situation at your current shop with flexible hours, time off and good money to boot; it would be a shame to potentially give up some of the other perks for A. a little more money and B. simply because you are a little bored

good thoughts bros. wouldn't even consider but its around 32% bump.

Yeah I agree that's borderline unless you're unhappy if all else is roughly equal which it probably still isn't given the things bloor mentioned. I was shooting for a number that you'd at least feel as a minimum. I think anything less than that just kind of gets absorbed in your spending without you even noticing.

debbie downer but probably correct.

Be straight up with your current boss and tell him you got this offer and it's so much more money, it is hard to turn it down.
I'd want to take that kind of cash, but my current job is very stable, they treat the employees pretty well, benefits are better than anywhere else, and bonuses haven't been bad for the 4 years I have been here. I guess I would need to be unhappy, or be fairly certain the new job would be secure for a long time before making the jump.

Looking for a counter is a fool's gambit. Rod, if you decide to go, go.

my company basically never does them unless you are some technical guru who we simply can't afford to lose. we let people walk.