A former employer started demanding I work unpaid overtime. It started after a round of layoffs that left me as the only hourly employee in the company that didn't work in the call center. I'd leave after putting in my 8 hours. The VP I was two levels under started getting cranky at my "banker hours," and demanded…

Have you asked for one?

Look at the checker. A young, energetic checker with a smile will move people through a lot faster then the old technophobe that can't read the display through their bifocals.

Don't drink the water. Fish have sex in it.

Reading this reminds me of a curmudgeonry old man I used to work with. Our dept. worked swing shifts every day of the year, but he pulled Title VII and claimed that making him work religious holidays violated his rights, so he got Christmas off every year. The problem was he claimed his wife was a devout Jew, so he…

Speaking of Calvin and Hobbies: Did anyone notice the similarities to The Snowmen in the Doctor Who Christmas special?

Perhaps you need Wheelmate's Laptop Steering Wheel desk to layout a plan of attack on the way to the party. http://www.amazon.com/Wheelmate-Laptop-Steering-Wheel-Desk/dp/B000IZGIA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356364861&sr=8-2&keywords=steering+wheel+laptop+desk

The only reason I bought a gift card this year is because my Mom was finally converted to the Cult of Apple after playing with my sisters iPad at Thanksgiving. She's getting one from Dad for christmas, so the $50 iTunes card I picked up (for $40 from Wal-mart.com) will go a long way in helping make her new toy hers.

Looks like all that are left are BuckyCubes - not BuckyBalls.

I really like my current work, but when another position I am qualified for opened in this company, I leveraged the opportunity to get a 5k raise.

Paintball markers don't have much recoil. There just isn't much mass behind them. That looks like a kingman tracer which fires smaller rounds than typical paintball markers, so the recoil is even less.

Mom is getting an iPad from Dad so I'm buying her an AppleTV so she can watch the shows she misses from her canceled cable on the big screen.

I worked in a warehouse for a while. She may have picked up some extra iPads, but I guarantee a warehouse picker lost a job for this kind of screwup.

Where do all the men in China work? Every factory picture I see seems to be dominated by women, yet its always reported that there is around 10% more men due to the selective breeding culture.

Vote: Dell ST2321L

Digitally, I have roughly 30k going back about 13 years.

My first thought was it could only be Khan. There really aren't many legendary villains in the Star Trek cannon.

My annual reviews have always been a joke.

Atoms of "element A" combine with "element B" to form specific shapes. Those shapes have been observed in less complex molecular structures, so the patterns they form can be extrapolated into more complex molecules.

So what you're saying is there might be some truth to the legend of Pheidippides?