Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
In the spirit of the end of Friday, I am sorry I have been mean to you and I take it all back. Well, I don't take it back but I will endeavor to be less mean in future, unless you irritate or annoy me in any way.

Thank you! You are so sweet.

Perfect. May we all enjoy our Friday happy hours in peace (and absence of Texas school talk).

And to NotFromHere, my new hero, a nice weekend to you.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

To our dear FB friends in NYC and others without power:

We raise our chilled Martini glasses in your honor. Stay cool, folks and have a good weekend...

[mmm3587]

I am sick of the following work-related happenings:

people going out of town without providing status reports on the stuff they're doing and expecting you to cover for them

"covering" closings for other people (Dude, it's your transaction. Do you really want me coming in at the last minute and beating the other side up about issues you already (wrongly) caved on?

secretaries who don't even try to do a good job, no matter how much I kiss their asses, praise them when they do good work, etc.

clients who don't understand that it's not my fault that Bear Sterns can't run their computers by candlelight and that we JUST CAN'T CLOSE today

the other parts of my firm which can't get their shit together but which the partnership or others in charge just let slide because "that's just how [insert shitty department here] is"

and, last, but not least, whoever stole my free Starbucks coupon off my desk. FUCK YOU! I WILL GET YOU!

[bridge of love]

me: penske bedroom music is girlfriend in a coma:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
That's the post-game flip side.

careful, that's the kind of line Kobe was cracking a few months back

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by tmdiva
Heeeeyyyyyyy . . . my grandpa was an Aggie. So don't go knockin' it.

Funny you should mention grandparental matriculation. There's a news story today about a liberal arts college in Maryland that offers financial aid enabling new students to pay the same tuition as their alumnus parent or grandparent. You coulda been an Aggie for, what, $2.50?

As for me, there's no way I would have survived my grandmother's college. It's a notorious party school, and she necessarily had a much higher alcohol tolerance, having been born on the Old Sod. I'm very glad she went, because as a result we evolved from Shanty to Lace Curtain in one generation. Sláinte, Grandma!

[Anne Elk]

orignally posted bu Leagleaze
First of all, I would never have household workers. I would never, in such a way, demean my fellow man (or woman) by making him (or her) clean my home. But, if I did have any household workers, not only would I pay their social security taxes, but I would make sure they were legal. And if they were illegal, I would work with the system to help them, because certainly, if I were to hire such people, they would be coming from terrible circumstances and need the help of our great, american society, but legally.

Originally posted by NotFromHere
So what's the call on that anyway? If you know someone who has a nanny that they're paying "cash under the table" then what is your obligation to the govt? Other taxpayers?

Do attorneys have any obligation under SOX to report such "cash under the table" payments?

I too would be uncomfortable having someone clean my house, but I also know of at least one former assistant from a previous who is now cleaning houses part-time as a way to make ends meet. She's a single Mom and the firm reduced her hours to part time. If she is willing to provide a service, and I need that service, what is so demeaning about it? It's not like she has a pimp who's forcing her to scrub the toilet bowl.

Anne
Just back from DC. Are they ever going to finish all the construction projects down there? Every time I go there are more fences and memorials, and condo projects being built.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I am sick of the following work-related happenings:

people going out of town without providing status reports on the stuff they're doing and expecting you to cover for them

"covering" closings for other people (Dude, it's your transaction. Do you really want me coming in at the last minute and beating the other side up about issues you already (wrongly) caved on?

secretaries who don't even try to do a good job, no matter how much I kiss their asses, praise them when they do good work, etc.

clients who don't understand that it's not my fault that Bear Sterns can't run their computers by candlelight and that we JUST CAN'T CLOSE today

the other parts of my firm which can't get their shit together but which the partnership or others in charge just let slide because "that's just how [insert shitty department here] is"

and, last, but not least, whoever stole my free Starbucks coupon off my desk. FUCK YOU! I WILL GET YOU!

If it will make you feel any better, you can have my Starbucks 'credit card' that a vendor sent me. I don't drink coffee (or mocha chai latte's anyways so it just sets in my wallet).

Anne
Hate to see people having bad Fridays.

[Atticus Grinch]

Not that anyone still cares, but my bedroom theme music is:

• "Rock & Roll, Part I," Gary Glitter
• "Pump It Up," Elvis Costello
• "Theme from 'Shaft'," Isaac Hayes
• "Meet the G That Killed Me," Public Enemy
• "88 Lines About 44 Women," The Nails
• "Missionary Man," Eurythmics

Originally posted by Penske_Account
the Smiths' How Soon is Now.

Originally posted by bridge of love
Suprising, I had you for Girlfriend in a Coma

Huh. I would have gone with "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" or "William, It Was Really Nothing" or "Hand in Glove" or "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" or "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me," but I won't tell you how to do your job.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by mmm3587
[rant]

Weren't you supposed to be getting your atm installed?

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch



Huh. I would have gone with "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" or "William, It Was Really Nothing" or "Hand in Glove" or "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" or "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me," but I won't tell you how to do your job.

now that is the atticus i know, fully internet empowered. thursday about 3:45 a member of my terror cell called and told me we were taking down the power grid at 4:10 so i didn't have time to look up smiths' songs. i just posted on the first that came to mind.

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Not that anyone still cares, but my bedroom theme music is:

• "Rock & Roll, Part I," Gary Glitter
• "Pump It Up," Elvis Costello
• "Theme from 'Shaft'," Isaac Hayes
• "Meet the G That Killed Me," Public Enemy
• "88 Lines About 44 Women," The Nails
• "Missionary Man," Eurythmics

Huh. I would have gone with "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" or "William, It Was Really Nothing" or "Hand in Glove" or "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" or "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me," but I won't tell you how to do your job.

if i had internet access i'd have posted "you've got everything now" or maybe "i don't owe you anything"

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Fugee

...

When you hit "quote" to reply to a post, the button on your screen doesn't know which part of the post you want to quote, so it includes all of it....

Wonky, I don't mean to pick on you alone and you are far from the worst offender, but you had the bad luck to over-quote when I was feeling cranky about it.

Fu(it always amazes me when Lester and I agree on something)gee

Bitch.

Tax(kisses, Fugee)wonk

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Do attorneys have any obligation under SOX to report such "cash under the table" payments?

That depends. Is the house a registrant? Time for a little perspective here, kids. This SOX shit has the lawyers sounding like a bunch of Final Four accountants hawking the same lame tax shelter.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
I too would be uncomfortable having someone clean my house....

Are you all crazy? Do you really want to work GA hours and then spend your free time cleaning? There is nothing like coming home to a clean house.

The only thing to feel uncomfortable about is finding someone you can trust with a key to your house. I found my cleaning lady by calling a nearby wingnut church and had her come on Saturdays a couple times until I got comfortable with the idea. She has kids in pre-school and kindergarten and cleaning houses gives her more flexibility and money than she'd earn at a lot of part-time jobs. I don't know what I'll do when her kids are both in full-day school and she goes back to her real career of speech therapy.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by Fugee
Are you all crazy? Do you really want to work GA hours and then spend your free time cleaning? There is nothing like coming home to a clean house.

Screw you. GA hours aren't that bad. Show me some associate complaining about GA hours and I'll show you an associate who doesn't know how to pad a bill.

Fucking amateurs.

review and revise draft contract: 4.2 hours
review documents re closing: 4.1
prepare for telco to V.Gina 2.5
telco to V.Gina .30
review correspondence from DOJ: 1.5
review informational matrix re closing: 1.0