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| The Lounge | The after hours, keep language clean, leave JJ alone, talk about anything CHAT.... | May 24 2013 05:04 (UTC) |
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| *groans loudly and pulls pillow over head* | |||
| The Lounge | Disgruntled employee | May 23 2013 22:32 (UTC) |
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| Give her a written instruction with a deadline to produce the draft and a description of the required content. Then if she blows the deadline, at least you've got the situation documented if you decide to fire her. I wouldn't fire her just based on this outburst. And then I would get that employee handbook finished pronto so the standards for behavior are crystal clear. :) | |||
| The Lounge | A Lesson Learned | May 23 2013 21:57 (UTC) |
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| Paris in June should be getting close to prime armpit season. You'd have more luck further south, but find some parks on a sunny day and you should be good to go. Happy hunting! | |||
| The Lounge | Can being pretty be a bad thing? | May 22 2013 21:06 (UTC) |
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| Uh ... I definitely want my accountant to like and be interested in her work! | |||
| The Lounge | Please Don?t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry | May 22 2013 12:27 (UTC) |
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Sure, I agree with that. The point I was meaning to make was the natural vs sexual selection distinction. Natural selection is mostly about being minimally adapted to survive and breed. It isn't really about who is "fittest," it's more of a minimum standard of fitness. Sexual selection, on the other hand, involves competition between the most fit to reproduce the most often. *edited b/c LMAO* |
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| The Lounge | Please Don?t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry | May 22 2013 12:03 (UTC) |
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| Now I want to reread Vonnegut's Galapagos. | |||
| The Lounge | Biggest natural risk ... | May 22 2013 03:23 (UTC) |
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Dbacker, that is a really good point. All you great plains and great basin people are likely facing serious aquifer shortages by the end of the century. It probably won't end any lives but could definitely cause a lot of people to move, or rely on some extraordinary measures to supply adequate water. |
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| The Lounge | The Fort Hood Shooter travesty | May 21 2013 23:44 (UTC) |
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Yes, the prosecutor has stated that he'll seek the death penalty. |
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| The Lounge | Please Don?t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry | May 21 2013 18:22 (UTC) |
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| Evolution isn't really about survival of the fit, it's about the death of the unfit. At least in Darwin's terms. In that sense, yes, I think that culture could be viewed as an evolutionary strategy that has enabled a lot more "unfit" people survive. But because it's a cultural adaptation and not a physical one, it's dependent on the continuation of that culture. | |||
| The Lounge | Biggest natural risk ... | May 21 2013 18:12 (UTC) |
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| Oh yeah, I forgot about avalanches and falling into crevasses. Seems like a few people die every season on Mt. Hood and Mt. Rainier. | |||
| The Lounge | I just can't with this! | May 21 2013 17:53 (UTC) |
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| Unexpected bad weather. Hate that ****! | |||
| The Lounge | Biggest natural risk ... | May 21 2013 17:51 (UTC) |
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| Eastern Washington, the main ones are probably wildfire, earthquakes (which could have radioactive implications that are not natural), and volcano eruption. Flooding is possible but most of our waterways are pretty engineered so losses would be minimal. | |||
| The Lounge | doggie trouble :/ | May 21 2013 04:26 (UTC) |
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They will totally work it out. Give the older dog lots of extra love. She's worrying that a new dog around means she's lost status. The more confident she is in her position, the better she'll tolerate the new whippersnapper. Pretty soon that puppy will be jumping on her and she'll just roll her eyes. :) |
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| The Lounge | doggie trouble :/ | May 20 2013 18:18 (UTC) |
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The dogs don't share your view of appropriate dog interactions - they have their own opinions on the subject. Dogs do not engage with each other by lying quietly side by side. They engage through play, through physical interaction, and through vocalization. Expecting them not to do those things is expecting them to be people, not dogs. Your dogs will be far more likely to be good pals if you allow them to interact with each other the way they know how, rather than trying to insert yourself into their "getting to know you" activities. You interfering is more likely to cause them confusion and anxiety, as they understand it as "Wow, you brought this friend home. Why don't I get to be friends with it?" |
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| The Lounge | Uhhh.... Thanks? | May 20 2013 18:14 (UTC) |
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From a friend last Friday night: "Wow, I would be so intimidated by you if I had to be your opponent." Umm ... damn right? |
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| The Lounge | doggie trouble :/ | May 20 2013 16:34 (UTC) |
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The pup's behavior is perfectly normal and is to be expected. She is playing. As I see it, your options for dealing with your unhappiness with the situation are:
Good luck. |
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| Fitness | race reports, training plans | May 18 2013 17:50 (UTC) |
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Ran a 10k somewhat spontaneously this morning. I haven't run that distance in about three months, since the half I had to pull out of. Well, I finished, 1:07, nothing spectacular but happy just to get the miles done. PFPS flared up big time on the back of the course so I had to walk a bunch of downhills but it worked itself out enough to let me finish. The course was actually my regular training run - some paved, some dirt trail, beautiful scenery. It was a beautiful sunny day but super windy! I'm kinda bummed that the knee is still giving me trouble after all this time resting. Think I'm going to try OGR's method and work on strengthening the vastus medialis and see if that helps resolve it. |
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| The Lounge | Run away IRS or party politics in action? | May 17 2013 23:43 (UTC) |
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| The Lounge | Run away IRS or party politics in action? | May 17 2013 23:42 (UTC) |
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"Please detail the content of the members of your organization's prayers." God, it would be funny if it weren't so obviously abusive. |
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| The Lounge | Make my way back home and learn to chat | May 17 2013 22:41 (UTC) |
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Heh. Yes I do. :) |
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