Posts made by Ganymede

@Atomic said in A Lack of Imagination:

I read that "as dirty as possible".

Mostly I hear a female version of Alan Rickman reading my words back to me as drily as possible.

Or us.

Ark and I would also like to see those PMs.

If you feel comfortable.

Ah, Vera.

Ripley and Vera were exemplars in creepiness.

Not to nag or rehash this shit, but —

— there is less than an inch of snow on the ground and a two-hour delay has been called.

The most important mediation of the year is happening today.

Fuck you, Thursday.

@Macha

To be fair, I don’t feel as if I need an excuse to get drunk, sing loudly, or flash people.

That’s every Saturday for me.

I may be wrong, but it think City of Hope is currently the only oWoD game in town. Modern Nights shut down fairly recently.

There may be others.

Why are people asking me on Facebook if I ship? Do I look like Amazon or EBay, bitches?

No, I don’t, I won’t, and if you are stupid enough to offer card numbers to a stranger you will get what you fucking deserve.

@Derp

@Macha

It always is.

@silverfox said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

They can be washed!

Yeah ... white-washed.

@Auspice

What is it about white folks wanting to give away blankets swimming with disease?

@Derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

That movie is absolutely glorious, and it's a crime that it doesn't get more love.

In second place: Zombeavers.

Seriously, it's an awesome movie.

Just to add to the weirdness, my partner started applying for new jobs. She got an email for an interview, but the employer apparently already decided to hire her. So it became a visit to meet the staff.

@TNP

To be blunt, it’s just bad optics. Last thing a politician should want is a headline that reads:

“City attempts to deny death benefits to widow of 30-year veteran of fire department who got brain cancer as a result of the hazards of work.”

I mean, seriously.

@Derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I mean, if there's no appearance for you, and apparently isn't going to be an appearance for you -- is this even your problem?

It sure is when the client who wanted our firm to handle the matter is a long-standing one with a lot of money and influence.

@Derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

So like... what do you even do? I thought you worked in IP? O_o

This is a Bureau of Workers' Compensation claim, not a personal injury tort claim.

Car accidents I can do. Attempting to defend a claim for workers' compensation related to cancer that developed in firefighters is not so much my bag. I've watched two of my partner's relatives die from (pancreatic and brain) cancer and watched her go through four operations to deal with hers (skin, kidney, ovarian, thyroid).

This is me now.

@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Your job is to defend against this claim filed by a firefighter for workers' compensation related to a brain-and-lung cancer diagnosis. Although the State of Ohio by law conclusively establishes such cancers as caused by the firefighter's work, we still want you to defend against the claim based on the fact that such firefighter was diagnosed with leukemia fifteen years ago, which could have been a cause of the current cancer, rather than his occupation. You have 24 hours to prepare your defense. Godspeed.

Addendum received an hour before hearing:

We apologize for not telling you earlier, but that claim is now a death claim. The brain cancer killed the firefighter two weeks ago. By the way, the widow is going to show up and we forgot to actually file a notice of appearance for you so you cannot raise any legal arguments in defense of the appeal we filed or inquire of any witnesses. Godspeed.

I fucking hate my job some days.

Your job is to defend against this claim filed by a firefighter for workers' compensation related to a brain-and-lung cancer diagnosis. Although the State of Ohio by law conclusively establishes such cancers as caused by the firefighter's work, we still want you to defend against the claim based on the fact that such firefighter was diagnosed with leukemia fifteen years ago, which could have been a cause of the current cancer, rather than his occupation. You have 24 hours to prepare your defense. Godspeed.

JFC, I hate what I have to do sometimes.