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windsor wrote:the mantra is "i don't lose, I don't take prisoners, and I do not leave survivors"!

DukePA wrote:You're making excellent karma, AD!

Man, I hope so. I'm tiptoeing the line of diplomacy on this one and am hoping I can stay on the right side. It's a tricky skate.

windsor wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:I have a WWWD apprentice: the person that I refer to as Brilliant Graduate Student (BGS). She's having loads of fun dealing with BarMinion (BM). Their boss is out of town for a couple of weeks, so BM is making BGS' life difficult. Basically, BM is trying to provoke an argument so she can rat BGS out to the boss. I've been advising BGS on appropriate, diplomatic ways of dealing with the fun. I have advised BGS to start keeping a journal that documents the crap that BM is doing. Hopefully she'll take my advice; biyotch is out of control.

I really need to replenish the emergency chocolate stash in my office.

I have always wanted a Padawan learner.



document. then document. then document some more. all while repeating the WWWD mantra 'who is the asshole who is the asshole' (actual the mantra is "i don't lose, I don't take prisoners, and I do not leave survivors" - but who is the asshole works better here!)

BGS actually asked me why she should document; all she has is "he said, she said." The best I could come up with was "you never know when you may need a record of what has happened."

I had a lengthier response that got eaten by a computer reboot for Windows updates. I realized while the machine was rebooting that I need to start keeping a diary of BarMinion's exploits as well. BGS is not the only person being manipulated. I seriously need to start tracking the lies that I know about - including the stuff that she's pulling on BGS. I was not a direct witness to the conversation, but I was involved enough in the process to see BGS' reaction upon discovering that BM had set up a 12 hr run.

Can someone please explain to me how bosses seem to be oblivious to dishonest/manipulative underlings who are sycophants?

I know I've already said "Good night" in the "Good Night" thread. However, I just remembered something very important.

I "sang" the Happy Birthday song to Christian Laettner this morning on FB.

Tonight, Christian Laettner posted back to me, "Cathy - Thank you for the birthday song!"

How cool is that?

I think I'll name my child after him. Oops! I already did!

CathyCA wrote:I know I've already said "Good night" in the "Good Night" thread. However, I just remembered something very important.

I "sang" the Happy Birthday song to Christian Laettner this morning on FB.

Tonight, Christian Laettner posted back to me, "Cathy - Thank you for the birthday song!"

How cool is that?

I think I'll name my child after him. Oops! I already did!

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Ruthie must have been at your keyboard.

I have come up with an idea for a quick publication. All I need is time on my colleague's instrument to run some samples. My colleague gets back from vacation later this week, and BarMinion leaves a day or so later. I will have the conversation with her after BM is out of the country. I do not want BM to claim the idea, and I do not want her to have anything to do with this work.

The project involves a statistical analysis of the effect of certain instrument parameters on experimental results - something I noticed a while back that most people in my field don't pay attention to. If the experiment works well and is published, it could be cited a lot. The beauty is, the experiment I'm proposing would ultimately benefit my colleage. If she's not interested, it would also be beneficial to PHB. I suspect he recognizes that fact enough that he'd be willing to participate. I'd rather not go that route, but I will if I need to.

Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

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devildeac wrote:Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

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CathyCA wrote:

devildeac wrote:Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

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devildeac wrote:

CathyCA wrote:

devildeac wrote:Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

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For you. Yeah.
As for me, attempted grass mowage and raindrop dodging results in a bursted transmission on the lawn tractor.

devildeac wrote:Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

I was planning to do that today. I woke up to rain. Hopefully it will clear out by this afternoon.

My new choir does a dinner theatre every year to raise funds. The theme for this season's show (coming in January) is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I need to pick a song; I'm hoping that "You'll Never Walk Alone" hasn't already been claimed. Any other suggestions?

ArkieDukie wrote:My new choir does a dinner theatre every year to raise funds. The theme for this season's show (coming in January) is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I need to pick a song; I'm hoping that "You'll Never Walk Alone" hasn't already been claimed. Any other suggestions?

Joy and I are partial to anything from this show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

devildeac wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:My new choir does a dinner theatre every year to raise funds. The theme for this season's show (coming in January) is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I need to pick a song; I'm hoping that "You'll Never Walk Alone" hasn't already been claimed. Any other suggestions?

Joy and I are partial to anything from this show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

Great (and demented) minds think alike.

I tried to mention Oklahoma! while ago but my droid wouldn't let me.

lawgrad91 wrote:

devildeac wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:My new choir does a dinner theatre every year to raise funds. The theme for this season's show (coming in January) is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I need to pick a song; I'm hoping that "You'll Never Walk Alone" hasn't already been claimed. Any other suggestions?

Joy and I are partial to anything from this show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma!

Great (and demented) minds think alike.

I tried to mention Oklahoma! while ago but my droid wouldn't let me.

"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'". Hmmm

I'm also thinking about "In My Own Little Corner" from Cinderella.

devildeac wrote:

CathyCA wrote:

devildeac wrote:Enjoying a weekend of sea water and sand pedicures .

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I was jealous, and then I realized I could easily do the same thing this afternoon. So I did. I drove way out to the end of the island and walked along the beach, camera in tow. Took lots of pictures.

ArkieDukie wrote: I was jealous, and then I realized I could easily do the same thing this afternoon. So I did. I drove way out to the end of the island and walked along the beach, camera in tow. Took lots of pictures.

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ArkieDukie wrote:My new choir does a dinner theatre every year to raise funds. The theme for this season's show (coming in January) is the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. I need to pick a song; I'm hoping that "You'll Never Walk Alone" hasn't already been claimed. Any other suggestions?

Oh, so many options. My first thought went to South Pacific, and maybe, "You've got to be carefully taught," (if you wanted to convey a message) or "cockeyed optimist" for an upbeat spin. But then I see they did "Sound of Music," and "Climb Every Mountain" would seem almost mandatory.