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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)	17
groans loudly and pulls pillow over head
The Lounge	Disgruntled employee	May 23 2013 22:32 (UTC)	24
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)	3
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)	26
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)	31
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
The Lounge	Please Don?t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry	May 22 2013 12:03 (UTC)	35
Now I want to reread Vonnegut's Galapagos.
The Lounge	Biggest natural risk ...	May 22 2013 03:23 (UTC)	5
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.
The Lounge	The Fort Hood Shooter travesty	May 21 2013 23:44 (UTC)	8
Yes, the prosecutor has stated that he'll seek the death penalty.
The Lounge	Please Don?t Start Eating Healthfully. Sincerely, the Food Industry	May 21 2013 18:22 (UTC)	46
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)	25
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)	29
Unexpected bad weather. Hate that ****!
The Lounge	Biggest natural risk ...	May 21 2013 17:51 (UTC)	33
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)	4
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. :)
The Lounge	doggie trouble :/	May 20 2013 18:18 (UTC)	12
Original Post by 07esiuol: Get rid of the puppy, why would I do that?? That's a bit horrible to say. Playing with the older dog is all good and well but barking at her and trying to scratch her isn't, I just wanted to know how to get them to gel. I've had dogs since I was a baby and always 2 or more at a time, however I'm from the country so our dogs run free and don't sleep in the house, my dogs at home are and have always been great pals, so I just wanted to know how to achieve the same here with my dogs in china. I saved the puppy's life, fighting or not il not be turning my back on her. I'll see how it goes trying to train her and to the other posters I agree when they are together the whole time I too believe there relationship will get better. 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?"
The Lounge	Uhhh.... Thanks?	May 20 2013 18:14 (UTC)	38
From a friend last Friday night: "Wow, I would be so intimidated by you if I had to be your opponent." Umm ... damn right?
The Lounge	doggie trouble :/	May 20 2013 16:34 (UTC)	17
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: Keep them separated. The puppy will do what is rewarding to the puppy, and playing with the old dog is rewarding to the puppy. You can control the environment to keep the puppy from seeking (and getting) the reward. Try to train the puppy in appropriate play activity. This is going to be time-consuming, frustrating, and has a good chance of ending in failure since - again - the puppy is engaging in normal dog behavior and you will essentially be trying to train the puppy to not act like a puppy. This will also necessitate a lot of separation (see above) because your training will be undone the second the puppy is not under your immediate control. Honestly, the only training methods I think would have the slightest chance at working would be aversive conditioning methods - i.e. punishment - and not only do I think you would not like what that approach would do to your puppy's demeanor and personality, there is no way in a million years I would recommend that somebody punish a puppy for acting like a puppy. Get rid of the puppy. Seriously. If playing with the older dog is too much, then a multi-dog family is not for you. Good luck.
Fitness	race reports, training plans	May 18 2013 17:50 (UTC)	4
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.
The Lounge	Run away IRS or party politics in action?	May 17 2013 23:43 (UTC)	1
Original Post by kathygator: I don't think it is something that ascended to even the level of the IRS Commissioner's office at the time, and I think the acting commissioner bungled the hearing on the matter and nothing more, but I do think that regardless of that, it is suspect. The high ups have known for the last year.
The Lounge	Run away IRS or party politics in action?	May 17 2013 23:42 (UTC)	2
Original Post by crazineko: Original Post by nomoreexcuses: Original Post by crazineko: They wanted to know there facebook posts, Tweets, résumés of top officers and descriptions of interviews with the media. One group was asked to provide “minutes of all board meetings since your creation.” And, of course a list of all of their donors. Just crazy, but it’s definitely political. A group I was in had to provide all that stuff when we were setting up a 501c3 to benefit homeless people. Not the facebook or tweets because I don't think that existed in 2003. But everything else. Should I take that to mean that we were being politically targeted? omg! I am now fully outraged! :) "Minutes of all board meetings since your creation"? Really? And the donor lists? How about newsletters, any stories written about the group, and transcripts of radio shows where they mentioned any political candidates by name? That too? One tea party group was asked if they had any affiliation with Justin Binik-Thomas, who I guess was some tea party chair person somewhere else in another state. Another group was asked to provide the names of everyone his group had ever taught. There's no way that's a normal and expected procedure. "Please detail the content of the members of your organization's prayers." God, it would be funny if it weren't so obviously abusive.
The Lounge	Make my way back home and learn to chat	May 17 2013 22:41 (UTC)	2
Original Post by washywishywasfulness: Original Post by lysistrata: Original Post by jarredwayne: ROGUE CHAT...EXCELLENT...SHAKE YA JYNAS & DINGDONGS!!! works it Hehehe, you haz all the gifs now. I love it. Heh. Yes I do. :)

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