Comment Re:Why force her to do something she doesn't want (Score 4, Funny) 250
Gaa, your post was a PTSD trigger for me... make it stop! Oh wait, kids are grown. Ah, nevermind.
Anyway, mods, mod parent informative!
About 3 beers.
That would literally be quite a stretch. Actually, it's more like 16 oz. or so for a healthy adult. But it's hard to blow things up with a pint of pee.
Counter example: Tycho Brahe
Be good at 2 of the following 3 things:
1. Be reliable and work hard. Be on-time to work and meet deadlines. 2. Be nice to everyone (i.e. be likeable). Treat everyone the way you want to be treated (presumably with kindness and respect). 3. Be competent at what you do - possibly even the best in the office (the "go-to" guy with the big problems.)
Examples:
1 + 2 = The incompetent but "he tries hard", punctual guy that everyone likes. 2 + 3 = The cool guy that's perpetually tardy, misses deadlines, etc. but gets the tough things done and is a go-to guy. 1 + 3 = The talented office ahole that everyone needs. To the extreme: Steve Jobs.
If you don't do two of those three things, you'll be out of a job sooner rather than later.
Also, aspire to all 3. My (current) motto is: "focus on customer service". As a developer, I have a set of tasks on my plate and need to shift priorities around on my own initiative. Whenever I can, if someone needs something from me ASAP, I drop my current task and focus on what will make them successful. (assuming my current task is longer term).
Find the least complex solution to whatever task is at hand.
More to the point, it's impossible to independently (& personally) verify the data and claims of everything that you would like verified. There's not enough time in the world.
But I saw it on facebook!
That's good enough for me!
Then, something amazing happened...
You sound upset, maybe you need to get in your BMW and go visit your supermodel girlfriend for some comfort.
Dude, don't tell him THAT! (quickly putting clothes on and scramming out the back door...)
I still laugh at this... am I an idiot? Don't answer that.
I have a 97' Miata with no CD or tape deck. It does radio, line in, and has a USB port for whatever mass storage device you want to play music from. What more could you want?
Duh! (flying car)
He also did things like stay out at night and dance tango. He's the cool pope that is needed by the catholic church!
Never thought I would be jealous of Catholics...
I think they accidentally picked a good one.
The United States has to go to the developing world(*) to find other countries they are similar to on many important progressive issues. It is embarrassing.
* -- So, for example, Alabama and Mississippi?
The future -- deal with it.
One way to make your old car run better is to look up the price of a new model.
