Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[DemonGeminiX]

Today's a crappy day. My joints feel like rubber and I've had that lingering disconnected feeling you get when you're taking cold medicine and it wears off, only I haven't taken any cold medicine.

[RBP]

threesome?

[KevinD]

Today's edition of conversations with my wife...

Me: Can you believe 10 people are going to the musical for your birthday? People love every event we plan apparently!!
Her: You think so?
Me: They all came to our last event! Every single one!
Her: That was our wedding.
Me: I don't think that's it. They just love our event planning.
Her:

My conversations with my wife NEVER go that way, never have. Sounds cool and great though. Rock on.

[KevinD]

Okaaaaayyyy...I just saw and advert for a TV show. I'm guessing a talk show format. It was called Wendy iirc. At any rate, the hostess is a blackish woman(trans?) with absolutely monsterish boobs. Smdh...

[Muddy]

Okaaaaayyyy...I just saw and advert for a TV show. I'm guess8its a talk show format. It was called Wendy iirc. At any rate, the history is a blackish woman(trans?) With absolutely monsterish boobs. Smdh...

Thats probably Wendy Williams and she definitly has some mannish qualities about her..

[DemonGeminiX]

Happy birthday, Pop. I miss you.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

All of a sudden I'm very, very tired.

[DemonGeminiX]

I was reading the local paper that was delivered today and noticed in the obituaries that a guy I graduated high school with passed away a few days ago.

He and I were bitter enemies back in the day. He was a bully back then, and even though he was close to a full foot bigger than me and probably weighed 100 lbs more (he was a big dude, played football for the high school team), I stood up to him and fought back the best I could. We never came to actual blows, but damn if we didn't try. He would have made me a stain on the sidewalk.

We never patched things up, and I never really had a good thing to say about him... in fact, nobody I went to high school with did. Still, it's very sad, as he was my age and he left behind a wife and several teen-aged kids. It's also scary. It hits close to home.

David, regardless of our past, I hope you have found peace. I'll say a prayer for you and your family.

[Godfather]

That's sad, leaving behind a family like that. It's an odd feeling when someone you really didn't like, even a total asshole from your past, dies young isn't it...

[Godfather]

Second wild day of the last few weeks at the office for me. They shitcanned the big boss of our branch. We're about 35 people in Vancouver, with a much larger head office in Ontario. The highest ranking person of the branch was this Director of Marketing guy who our underwriting managers (including my boss) didn't directly report to but he was still sort of considered everyone's boss if that makes sense. Young-ish guy for his seniority, maybe 45, tall strapping dude that our broker clients all liked. Wasn't a good leader for office though, never really showed up, didn't seem to care about us even though he was the most senior person and the de-facto office runner. More of an old-school, Mad Men type guy who spent his time taking clients for lunch and golfing on the road. Guess head office had enough, VP's flew in and made the surprise announcement today at 10am. It was a weird vibe, some of the staff were holding back smiles because they didn't like how little he did to advocate for us back to head office, whereas others were in tears. Not a great looking firing two staff in the course of a month either after going 7+ years without any drama - but the bottom line is neither were pulling weight so it's a wake-up call for anyone mailing it in.

Interesting for me though... fired guy's boss is Chief of Marketing and probably our next CEO. Pulled me aside for a meeting, asked if I'm ready for more, asked how well I get a long with my current boss (who I really like) and if I thought we could work together and run our entire department. I'm not holding my breath, this guy is a mysterious british dude, very smart and proper, pretty scary but blows smoke often too... anyways it felt promising I think. I'm feeling a tad stagnant in my career at the moment so change is welcome.

[DemonGeminiX]

Gotta love office politics [/sarcasm]

[RBP]

Second wild day of the last few weeks at the office for me. They shitcanned the big boss of our branch. We're about 35 people in Vancouver, with a much larger head office in Ontario. The highest ranking person of the branch was this Director of Marketing guy who our underwriting managers (including my boss) didn't directly report to but he was still sort of considered everyone's boss if that makes sense. Young-ish guy for his seniority, maybe 45, tall strapping dude that our broker clients all liked. Wasn't a good leader for office though, never really showed up, didn't seem to care about us even though he was the most senior person and the de-facto office runner. More of an old-school, Mad Men type guy who spent his time taking clients for lunch and golfing on the road. Guess head office had enough, VP's flew in and made the surprise announcement today at 10am. It was a weird vibe, some of the staff were holding back smiles because they didn't like how little he did to advocate for us back to head office, whereas others were in tears. Not a great looking firing two staff in the course of a month either after going 7+ years without any drama - but the bottom line is neither were pulling weight so it's a wake-up call for anyone mailing it in.

Interesting for me though... fired guy's boss is Chief of Marketing and probably our next CEO. Pulled me aside for a meeting, asked if I'm ready for more, asked how well I get a long with my current boss (who I really like) and if I thought we could work together and run our entire department. I'm not holding my breath, this guy is a mysterious british dude, very smart and proper, pretty scary but blows smoke often too... anyways it felt promising I think. I'm feeling a tad stagnant in my career at the moment so change is welcome.

My gut reaction is he was assessing if he could trust you.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Second wild day of the last few weeks at the office for me. They shitcanned the big boss of our branch. We're about 35 people in Vancouver, with a much larger head office in Ontario. The highest ranking person of the branch was this Director of Marketing guy who our underwriting managers (including my boss) didn't directly report to but he was still sort of considered everyone's boss if that makes sense. Young-ish guy for his seniority, maybe 45, tall strapping dude that our broker clients all liked. Wasn't a good leader for office though, never really showed up, didn't seem to care about us even though he was the most senior person and the de-facto office runner. More of an old-school, Mad Men type guy who spent his time taking clients for lunch and golfing on the road. Guess head office had enough, VP's flew in and made the surprise announcement today at 10am. It was a weird vibe, some of the staff were holding back smiles because they didn't like how little he did to advocate for us back to head office, whereas others were in tears. Not a great looking firing two staff in the course of a month either after going 7+ years without any drama - but the bottom line is neither were pulling weight so it's a wake-up call for anyone mailing it in.

Interesting for me though... fired guy's boss is Chief of Marketing and probably our next CEO. Pulled me aside for a meeting, asked if I'm ready for more, asked how well I get a long with my current boss (who I really like) and if I thought we could work together and run our entire department. I'm not holding my breath, this guy is a mysterious british dude, very smart and proper, pretty scary but blows smoke often too... anyways it felt promising I think. I'm feeling a tad stagnant in my career at the moment so change is welcome.

Maybe he's MI6 and you're going to be the next 007

[DemonGeminiX]

Ok, two cards from Amazon, one a birthday card for my sister and another a mother's day card. They both cost the same amount. One has prime shipping, and the other is an add-on item? And if I don't get $25 in my cart, then I won't get the "add-on" card until after the day I actually need it?

Wow.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Ok, two cards from Amazon, one a birthday card for my sister and another a mother's day card. They both cost the same amount. One has prime shipping, and the other is an add-on item? And if I don't get $25 in my cart, then I won't get the "add-on" card until after the day I actually need it?

Wow.

The whole 'add on' thing at Amazon is bizarre. There are things we buy for our dogs from Amazon and one item is regular Prime eligible and then something else nearly identical from the same brand/company is an 'add on' item. It makes no sense how they determine that stuff.