Get Manny(man nanny) instead.

In America you are legally entitled to 12 weeks unpaid leave. But if you take it, your boss will probably find a way to either demote or fire you.

I’ve been at MS for over 7 years and have yet to see anyone penalized for taking maternity or paternity leave. MS is a good place for women, as long as you don't mind being the only woman in a meeting room full of men. (I previously worked at IBM, which has considerably better gender diversity.)

‘eh, friend of a friend worked for Microsoft and had nothing but fantastic things to say about them when she had some family crises come up and had to take time off. I think in companies as large as MS it really tends to boil down to the specific management/team leader.

Great point.

Interesting reply from a woman last night who works at one of the companies that has done this. She said in actuality the policy doesn’t work the way it’s written. Punitive atmosphere due to corporte culture that frowns upon actually using any of your personal life benefits. I’ll wait and see how this policy plays…

Guns are magical like that, you know

Yeah you know the average good guy with a gun turns into a night vision capable sharpshooter when theyre within 50 feet of a bad guy with a gun.

Started reading this, “Oh for godsakes, another shooting in movie theater/school/church” and then was actually shocked when I read

So this is the latest dumbass murderer meme: The movie theater.

That cat doesn’t much look like Jamie Lee Curtis, but Jamie Lee Curtis does kind of look like a cat.

Anal is blowing through ALL of George’s money.

Yes you are correct. No money changes hands. Many science -y health related research is done.....but festuses!!

No, they are not sold. The GOP and their Bible-humping allies are just a pack of ignorant liars presching to an even more ignorant group of followers.

My driver’s license clearly states I’m an organ donor (once I’m brain dead, take everything!) So clearly I am trafficking in human body parts. That is the logic.

The fetal tissue isn’t sold; the $$ PP gets for the service only covers the expense of harvesting them.

This whole fetal parts sales thing has got me really confused. The women have to agree to their use, right? And it all goes towards medical advances, right? And the alternative is the medical waste bin, right?

Just making sure I didn’t miss anything, but, “[...] the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs.” is absolutely false, right? That they are donated to medical research facilities for working on important, scienc-y things that may one day save other peoples’ lives? That was my understanding but it keeps being…

Same here, less and less kids running around trick or treating. I miss the way Halloween was too. I have a huge plastic bin full of Halloween decorations and our house is the only one ever decorated on our street. Every year less and less houses are giving out candy. This past year we ditched our neighborhood and went…

The term “asparagus water” makes me think about how asparagus pee smells.