As somebody who does some hiring from time to time, I am assuming that if you're applying for a job at my company and are currently employed, you will be leaving the other job should I hire you. I don't think you need to say anything about it at all to prospective employers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 1:36 PM on August 31, 2009

Thank you for all of your responses so far.

To fill in some additional details...

I no longer consider this person a friend. I just wasn't sure how else to refer to her for the sake of this discussion. "Enemy" or "Foe" sound a little too "90120" to me and 'Frenemy' too "Sex in The City."

I don't really want to get into the particulars of the banning, but, in my biased opinion, it... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:44 PM on August 24, 2009

Also, Balls: dead-to-me behavior.

Wow, that's really exactly what I've been saying about her for the last three months. Again, just to make it clear how I feel here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:48 PM on August 24, 2009

"You say the particulars aren't important but something isn't lining up here."

While I think my wife and I are entirely in the right and I can't see how any reasonable person would think otherwise, the bottom line is that former friend thinks the ban was justified and I do not. Going into the details about this would be silly, since the actual act of banning from the house is what has me pissed off. Furthermore, you'd only be hearing my... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:17 PM on August 24, 2009

Dagobert: She's been my friend for years. She's just recently become a nun.

Pineapplicious: Heh. You know, she's a big fan of 80's alternative rock. We saw the Replacements together in the late 80's. I'm glad you asked this, though, because its made me think that somehow becoming a nun made her forget all of the stuff that she used to like. However, last year, we just took her out for a big dinner and a bunch of us chipped in. Speaking of which, as of last year,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:43 PM on June 16, 2009

Thanks to everyone for your feedback. I ended up getting her Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica and she loves it. I needed this reminder that she's still the same person she was before. Thank you again!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 1:33 PM on July 17, 2009

Let me go lowbrow here and propose that the funniest scene in Shakespeare may, in fact, be the scene in Comedy of Errors where Dromio of Syracuse relates his encounter with his twins' wife, Nell, to his master, Antipholus of Syracuse. He spends a good deal of time comparing her to a glove, specifically detailing which part of her body is which country and why. The description of Nell is so vividly awful that every time I've seen it performed, the audience has screamed with... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 11:29 AM on May 20, 2009

Thank you both - enormously helpful information and a great link from Oriole.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 2:58 PM on May 6, 2009

I can't help but think that the little old lady who can barely be seen above the steering wheel is committing some sort of moving violation involving driving with an obstructed view.

Also, did anyone mention Rooney's home invasion crime? He does, after all, enter the house illegally.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:01 AM on April 27, 2009

At my bachelor party (held at an ice cream parlor, so even more tame than yours) somebody brought a pack of men's cotton briefs and a bunch of markers. Every bizarre or ribald thing you can imagine ended up drawn on them. When they brought me home, the two friends who drove me around wouldn't leave until I showed each pair to my wife to be.

It was hilarious for her and them and even mostly to me. We still have a couple of especially funny pairs sitting around.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:02 PM on April 22, 2009

Thank you all! Wonderful answers and some great ideas for my wife and I!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 2:32 AM on June 15, 2008

I find that I try to go through the text three times on book and then put it down and try to play the scene, returning to the text afterwards to look for errors and work on accuracy.

I find that if I can identify the reasons why the character is saying the things he is saying and play the general gist of the scene, it is much easier for me to remember the lines.

I also like to get rid of the script as soon as I can in rehearsal so I can play more... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 3:39 AM on March 6, 2008

I called my wife the day after our first date to tell her how amazing I thought she was. Apparently, that worked.

Seriously, though, in my opinion, this is a "do unto others as you'd have done unto you" scenario. If you would like to receive an email the next day from your date, then you should send an email the next day. Know what I mean?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 3:32 AM on March 6, 2008

Thank you for your responses so far.

Further information (left out because I was afraid I was approaching tl;dr length):

I did notify my supervisor immediately and he is the one who advised me to wait until Monday to talk with her. Furthermore, while he was very supportive about it, he did make it clear that this is my problem, as it were.

I've also written up an informal report about this (I pulled some of the events... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:07 PM on February 8, 2008

Updates:

1) HR person was the second person I called (after the principal) and suggested I simply encourage her to see a grief counselor. I asked her if I had the authority to remove the teacher from the position (my job description has never actually been shared with me). After she made a few phone calls, she told me that only the principal had the authority to remove her.

2) I've been documenting like mad.

3) Part... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 8:23 PM on February 9, 2008

One last thing, I did say more or less exactly what headspace suggested I say to the students immediately after they spoke to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 8:25 PM on February 9, 2008

Thank you all for your feedback.

I came back to work on Monday determined to get to the bottom of this whole situation.

First, I wanted to confirm the dog medicine story. That was the most serious of the issues and I didn't want to approach her on it without at least trying to talk to some other students in that class.

I have a fairly good rapport with our students, so I approached a pair from that class before school... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:15 PM on February 14, 2008

The best views of Diamondhead, in my opinion, can be found driving up Tantalus in Makiki. Its also a lush, lovely area. Let me ponder. I bet I can come up with a bunch.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 2:39 AM on December 20, 2007

After some thought, here are some ideas. Mostly food related.

Leonard's Bakery on Kapahulu is the place for Malasadas. They can get a box and should eat them while they're hot. There is no shame in standing outside of Leonard's and eating the whole box.

Green Door Cafe, now by Kahala Mall, is this fantastic Malaysian food place. Seriously, if they've never had Malaysian food before, it is something they must do.

As... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:03 PM on December 20, 2007

My wife of five months and I were determined to write our own vows.

However, we had other wedding priorities (our reception was a major production and we had a ton of stuff to coordinate and plan). Thus, two nights before the wedding, we looked at some more generic wedding vows that the judge that was going to perform our wedding had shown us.

We made some small decisions and she made some notes.

On the day of the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 2:22 PM on December 19, 2007

Thank you all for your input. Based largely on what I've read here, I sent this out to my colleagues today:At yesterday’s meeting, I asked for input into a 3-5 year plan.

I realize now that that was something of an insulting request and for that I apologize. Many of you have immediate, legitimate concerns that need to be addressed before we can work together to plan for years down the line.

To this end, I would like to meet with each of you... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:32 PM on August 23, 2007

I agree with nobodyyouknow. It looks like the California tree frog, Hyla Californiae. Hard to tell, though. Do you have any other pictures?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:54 PM on June 11, 2007

First of all, thank you to everyone for your responses. There was a lot of stuff I needed to hear in this from everybody. Here is what happened.

I called her a few moments ago and we had a very level headed and rationale discussion about this whole situation.

We agreed that it was in the best interest of the cats for them to stay in my apartment for all of the health related issues mentioned. When she has moved to a cat friendly apartment, we... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 12:15 PM on December 7, 2006

That would be a rational conversation, not a rationale conversation. I realize that is just one of many spelling issues.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 12:44 PM on December 7, 2006

I first heard it as "Remember: no matter where you go, there you are" from 1985's "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome," which makes me tragically unhip. However, the Quotations page cites Earl Max Rauch as the originator. Mr. Rauch, of course was the screenwriter for "Buckaroo Banzai."

Of course, at Brainyquotes , you can find the quote "And remember, no matter where you go, there you are" attributed to Confucius.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:52 PM on July 13, 2006

(my "here" being the same as blind.wombat's "faq," just FYI)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:58 PM on July 13, 2006

blind.wombat: I see your Buddha Amazon link and google search link and raise you one Confucius google search link and one one local newspaper story. I concede that the source may well be Buddha, but it seems like it may well be Confucius, too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:06 PM on July 13, 2006

It could also be Yogi Berra, though I think both Buddha and Confucius are older than he is.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:14 PM on July 13, 2006

I confess, after reading through a few more links, I am leaning towards Buddha as the source. While the quote is not outside the scope of what Confucius might have said, it seems to be more consistent with Buddhist philosophy. However, I think I would need to see a definitive non-Internet, pre "Buckaroo Banzai" citation to really be 100% certain of this.

Anyhow, the circumstantial evidence is, in my non-expert opinion, in favor of Buddha.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:27 PM on July 13, 2006

I am going to send Dr. Kabat-Zinn an email to ask him for some clarification about the phrase's origin. I'll report back when I here from him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:45 PM on July 13, 2006

Specifically, I sent:

Dr. Kabat-Zinn,

Forgive me for bothering you with a trivial question, but I was wondering if you could help answer a question regarding the phrase "Wherever You Go, There You Are."

This stems from a discussion at the website AskMetafilter:

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/42132

Circumstantial evidence seems to point to both Confucius and to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 7:54 PM on July 13, 2006

To the best of my knowledge, the Tigers never had a real tiger as a mascot. On preview, I see Mr. Grimes has already mentioned the Bulls incident, which I also figured you might be thinking of.

I can't recall a film where the Tigers were a featured team, but it is possible something like this happened in a movie once.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:51 PM on July 12, 2006

I can't find a link to support this, but I swear I read this was a behavior common among pugs and is tied in to what several folks have mentioned - the inherent desire to hide the toy.

It is entirely possible that your pug doesn't even know that hiding the toy is an option (especially if he never saw an older dog doing it). He does, however, instinctually know that there is something he is supposed to do with the toy but can't figure out what that might be.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:46 PM on July 12, 2006

It sucks, but it is in the terms and conditionsof most credit cards somewhere. I wouldn't have known to ask for the pay-off amount when I did a similar thing recently if it weren't for the fact that my girlfriend the economics major hadn't told me.

In her words, this is how the credit card companies "keep you sucking at the teat."
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:12 PM on June 30, 2006

There is no law that says you need to date multiple people in high school or really ever.

If you are happy and she is happy, stay together. In my opinion, breaking up with somebody you really, really like because there might be other people that you would also like is silly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:12 PM on June 29, 2006

It is also worth mentioning that his choice of major is not necessarily dictating a life path. He could major in one thing and end up doing something completely unrelated. A major just provides a focus to your college years. It usually doesn't lock you into that particular focus.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:51 PM on June 27, 2006

Thanks all for your responses. I'll let you know if I get the job or not back in this question in a day or two.

I am relieved to know my employers are not totally insane. Knowing that other companies do this makes it much more acceptable to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 2:41 AM on March 9, 2006

Got the job, FYI. Apparently, they were trying to make the hiring process as rigorous as possible so that they wouldn't be just "handing" me the job.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 8:18 PM on March 15, 2006

Definately anonymous note. If you want to make it more anonymous, take pains to make it seem as if the letter came from "across the way" or down the block.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:49 PM on March 12, 2006

Scrapper with Spines and a defensive set of your choice - I like Super Reflexes, though my friend swears by (I think it is called) enhanced healing (regeneration? I don't know).

Spines, especially when you six slot them, are among the best AOE attacks for power leveling solo.

The larger issue is that you need to pick your hunting grounds carefully. Avoid missions if at all possible and hunt exclusively in the restricted areas. In my... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:36 PM on March 7, 2006

Also, I have not felt this geeky at MeFi ever.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:37 PM on March 7, 2006

I have a couple of low level characters on Protector. Send me an email with your character name.

As we say in game, ":D"
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 3:47 AM on March 8, 2006

Coming from a theatre/improv background, my take is that the one almost surefire thing that people will almost always find funny on stage is something that they recognize to be true. Whether that thing is true or not is sort of not relevant - if they believe it is true, they will react to it.

That being said, you can have the greatest comedy script in the world and it will suck if the actors lack the "it" factor. What it is? Timing? Innate ability?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 3:56 PM on November 23, 2005

Photocopy machine! Genius!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 1:28 PM on October 12, 2005

As it turns out, I wore my shirt and he hung his to dry. Now, several hours later, I am wearing a dry shirt and his is still wet. Of course, I am concerned that I have messed with important things going on inside me.

Thanks for all the responses. I think, perhaps, the answer to this question might be at least partially dependent on weather.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 3:34 PM on October 12, 2005

Go to tell you, this sounds like a con to me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:53 PM on April 19, 2005

I have three cats and am having to feed the two fit ones in a different way than the fatty. He doesn't get to eat with them. I've also eliminated the human food that I used to share with them, much to their annoyance.

The excercise thing is the main thing. I try to make sure the fatty gets about 15 minutes of excercise at least twice a day. His weight hasn't changed an awful lot, but he seems much more active and, frankly, much more happy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 6:16 PM on March 11, 2005

I would give them a Christmas bullet wound to the shoudler. Next June.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:03 PM on December 6, 2004

In the spirit of Dada, that is not a wise ass answer. Oh, and I would give it to some stranger.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 5:04 PM on December 6, 2004

Thanks, iconomy!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Joey Michaels at 4:58 PM on August 29, 2004