January 2009
31 posts
Negotiations and discrimination
oliviaisferosch:
I am obviously very excited about the Ledbetter bill. Great news! I was thinking about pay at offices today, though, and I thought of an interesting situation related to equal pay. I would posit most women don’t negotiate, and if they do negotiate, they don’t ask for nearly enough. I was talking to a friend recently, and she never negotiates (which I hear from many female...
Health Care and Banking
oliviaisferosch:
jeffmiller:
This article argues that “health care reformers should look to the banking collapse as a cautionary tale,” but it gets the analogy all wrong. Here’s the right analogy:
Our government was upset that banks wouldn’t lend money to people who were bad credit risks, so it established policies and institutions that incentivized banks to lend to people that they couldn’t...
Bomb Threat Monday
me: do you think you have time to call in a bomb threat to my job?
I really need to not be here anymore
Jess: hahahaha
careful, man
i'm sick
i totally thought you were serious for a second
More from the MenuPages user reviews
elsam:
O, Fridays! So much to love/so much to loathe.
On the one hand, brink of the weekend! On the other, brink of the weekend, which means the day seems to decelerate with each passing minute. Then, specific to my life is the fact that Fridays are my day to go through the reviews at work. Here are today’s winners:
Delicious sandwiches! While $10 can be expensive for a sandwich, it’s worth it...
“[Obama is] just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith. There’s no Will Smith jokes. There’s no Brad Pitt jokes. You know, what are you going to say? “Ooh, you used to have sex with Jennifer Anniston. Now you have sex with Angelina Jolie. You’re such a loser.” What do you say? “Ooh, your movies are big. You make $20 million.” There’s...
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
-Langston...
crazyonyou:
“It amazes me, when I looked at California and saw churches that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were being [relegated] into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to stop consenting adults from...
in search of men on Tumblr
It just occurred to me that not only are all but one of the blogs I follow written/managed by women, but I do not have a single follower who is male. I’m just curious if this is an anomaly or if other tumblrers are having the same experience.
seriously?
So Krispy Kreme has decided to hop onto the Obamania bandwagon with a free donut giveaway on the 20th:
“Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty...
At the risk of TMI
oliviaisferosch:
I had a several meetings this morning and after finishing up some other work, I had to run downtown. I ended up going to, Intimacy, the only lingerie store you should be going to (well, aside from Agent Provactaeur). I realize this might be TMI or something, but I am so in love with that store, their mission and approach, and consider it my duty to ensure every woman in Chicago...
Happy 30th Birthday
This is why I love my kickball team. These are birthday wishes from the students of one of my teammates to a teammate for his 30th birthday.
Dear David,
You are 30. You might need a cane to breakdance. So i’m telling you some tips and stuff so you don’t break some bones and your teeth might fall out and you might go to the hospital. So tip #1: Don’t be fancy. Tip # 2:...
Hack your brain: How to hallucinate with ping-pong... →
elsam:
This totally reminds me of a Klutz Press book. As I write this, it’s dawning on me that I talk about Klutz Press a lot — probably more than is suitable for someone teetering at the brink* of the quarter-century mark. Whatever! It’s only because these kinds of experiments are the neatest.
*This is no lie: when I think of turning 25 in March, I often picture a bird’s eye view of me,...
Wow. One week left.
Best Proposal Ever
Wow, La. Really subtle.
leilacohan:
emilyposts:
IMDB’s How I Met Your Mother Trivia:
During one episode, Robin freaks out in a restaurant when she mistakenly thinks Ted is proposing to her after she receives a champagne glass with an engagement ring at the bottom. When Ted tells her “That’s not mine”, another gentlemen at the table behind them says “It’s mine”, then proceeds to propose to...
Aaaaaaaand we're back
Sorry for the HUGE gap in posting, I don’t even really have a great excuse. I guess mostly I’ve been reading too many good posts from so many people that I got a little intimidated, and even felt that there was nothing original I could add to the conversation.
So, in that vein, here is an excellent idea from Jeffrey Goldberg, who is a blogger at the Atlantic. He is one of the more...
