Found this gem in an old post re: my previous job: "But at least the new job has never laid anyone off, or reduced their hours."

Well. We all know how that turned out, don't we? I look back over posts from that timeframe and I'm just amazed I was ever happy about getting that job, considering how it turned out. (All those mentions of booze in the ( Read more... )

Is this back? No? Yes?

When LiveJournal won't work how are you supposed to complain about LiveJournal not working? :P

Look, it's the 21st century. Has been for a nice chunk of time now.

Can you please address generic questions about purchases to both of us when you have them, instead of to just my husband? Especially when I'm standing in front of you, and he's three feet to the side. Doing something else.

JFC. >:(

A Conservative majority government. What the hell were people thinking? I need a stronger curse word than fuck.

Canada, did we just reward a party that was held in contempt of Parliament with a majority?! What the hell is this? OK, the final tally isn't in (the polls in BC close 30 min from now) and the numbers are from CBC not Elections Canada, but it isn't looking too good. Argh!

End of an Era? Another Crunch Berries Case Dismissed - Lowering the Bar

Eight of these damned cases? EIGHT? Are...are we in the midst of some kind of cereal-related stupidity-storm, or are these people just thinking "well, it didn't work for THEM but surely it'll work for ME!" Actually, that's probably true. Now, sometime this has merit: for ( Read more... )

A Farewell to Pants - Lowering the Bar

Unsurprisingly, Pants Guy has lost his appeal.

I'll wait for you all to recover your shocked faces. No, really. Go ahead.

Okay.

Best line in the article (though sadly I do not think it was in whatever official documentation the courts put out, even though it should have been):

"...the D.C. Circuit said earlier ( Read more... )

...that person you could never really get away from but felt sorry for, so you let them hang out with you. In this case, the sane are letting Roy Pearson walk among us.

Judge Who Lost Pants Forced to Rely on Briefs - Lowering the Bar

Seriously dude. Give it up already.

"Gay Dog" Defense Fails in Discrimination Case - Lowering the Bar

Long story short, a man was turned away from a restaurant because workers believed his guide dog to be gay.

Reread that. Your eyes have not gone insane.

If anyone needs me, I'll be over here, quietly weeping for the species.

Yet Another Lawsuit About the Lack of Fruit in "Froot Loops" - Lowering the Bar

Kevin Underhill of Lowering the Bar estimates that this is the eighth such lawsuit regarding "some sort of deception stemming from fictional fruit."

I have a tag for Pants Guy, I think I may need a tag for this nonsense, too. Froot Loopiness? Vote and/or leave ( Read more... )