Browncoat

I fully expect to take a pay cut with my next job. But I also fully expect to have fewer responsibilities. I'm at a point in my life that I'm willing to make that trade, assuming interviewers will give me the time of day. I hate interviewing, regardless of which side of the table I'm on. I'm trying to hire someone now, and I'm constantly astonished by the amount of bullshit I have to listen to in interviews. I probably shouldn't be by now, but it's just amazing what people try to get away with. You really shouldn't try to convince your interviewers that you know something like a specific software program or manufacturing technique unless you actually do. Chances are your interviewers are quite well-versed in those things and can smell your bullshit a hundred miles away. It's best just to be honest. If you tell me you don't have experience in that particular thing but are willing to learn, I can work with that. I can't teach you if you think you already know it all (especially when you so clearly do not).

Wow. That really is a good question. I think I'd start with Out of Gas, where Mal reminisces about how he got everyone together. I love Shindig, too, if only for Kaylee's dress. Jaynestown is great, but I agree. I think it's better if you at least kind of know the characters before you see that one. War Stories is another favorite. Zoe is so badass in that one. I also really liked The Message, but it is a later episode, and probably works better if you know the characters somewhat. Of course, you could start with Serenity Part 1 & 2, which were meant to be the original first episodes to introduce the show, although the episode used as a pilot, The Train Job, certainly hooked me.

I saw it this afternoon, and it gave me all the feels. It didn't help that my own mother died this year -- I was crying along with all the Wakandans for both T'Challa and Ramonda. I thought it was an excellent tribute to Chadwick Boseman. Talokan was gorgeous, and Namor himself wasn't too bad, either. Will his one foot wing grow back? I did appreciate that Shuri didn't kill him in the end. And I also get why Killmonger was in her vision. And the mid-credits scene had me weeping again.

Another sad 1/5 this week.

So glad Sam won one! After such a shaky start, too -- I kept yelling at him to stop ringing in and guessing like that. I can't believe I didn't get FJ. I've been there! But it just would not come to my brain in time. I did, however, get the missed clues of roll top desk, baker, trompe l'oeil, and brick. I would not have gotten trompe l'oeil if I'd had to spell it. Here's hoping for Sam to win the next two games!

I went to Westerns for FJ tonight and said Louis L'Amour. Oh well! The only TS I got was serval cat. I really wanted Sam to win tonight, but if not him, then Amy for sure. I don't have anything against Andrew, I just would rather one of the others win the whole thing.

I just disagree with selling yourself short. If she was making 50% more at Wellman, then that guy is seriously lowballing her, and she absolutely should negotiate. Part of the reason women are paid less than men is because they don't negotiate. (Not the whole reason, of course, but it does play a part.)

DEREK! It's a RACE!

She could, but then the next job would look at her current salary and base their offer on that low-ball amount. She'd cheat herself in the short run, and never catch back up in the long run.

I think I'd do fish fry, too. I've never used a SUP and I think it's harder than it looks.

Oh, no! They have to ride bikes next. I don't know if Emily can do that.

Man, I feel for Emily and her knee, heading down that hill.

I guess Megaleg is the new non-elimination.

Good for Darlene for not accepting a low-ball salary. Too many women sell themselves short like that and never catch up.

Damn, Sam! I was rooting for you! I also said Romans for FJ. The only TS I got were LL Cool J, Better Off Dead, and sleepwalking. Better Off Dead is absurdly hilarious. I love that movie. It's a bit dated, and a little problematic (there are two minor characters, one of whom speaks no English, and the other of whom learned English from watching the Wide World of Sports, so speaks like Howard Cosell), but I laugh so much when I watch it.

I had no idea for FJ tonight, and have no idea who Gridley was. Or Hardy the captain, either, for that matter. The only TS I got was Fort Myers. I feel like some of the DD have been easier than they should be for a ToC, like the one yesterday about the Keats ode. Some of the regular clues are plenty challenging, but I think the DDs should be harder than the regular clues.

Autocorrect really did not like those words!

Astonishingly, I got FJ! Mind you, it was a total guess, but it counts! And I got the missed clues of in flagrante delicto, and London. That was a really great game! I was sad that Sam couldn't quite come up with in flagrante delicato. Turns out I am rooting for him, I guess.

I had that same problem. Like I said, it made sense after the correct response was revealed, but I had a hard time figuring out what they were looking for.

Instaget FJ for me -- and hooray for Wil! The more he played, the more I wanted him to win. Wil and Joel both played so well! I wonder if Michael had buzzer issues, or maybe just timing issues -- as in Wil and Joel were just a little faster. LOL at Michael's interview during the credits!

I like them all!

I inferred that as well.

I'm kind of digging Mayim's purple pantsuit.

I bought a computer in grad school, in about 1988 or so. It was pretty much a fancy word processor for me -- no internet or e-mail, and since it was a Mac, no internal hard drive. Word came on one floppy disc, and I had to get an external floppy drive to save my thesis to a second disc (the Word disc had to be inserted in the computer to be used). It was 1993-4 before I got internet -- it was AOL, and I had dial-up. I spent a lot of time in chat rooms, since there wasn't much else going on that I knew about anyway.

BJ filling Frank's foxhole with water and having Sidney yell, "Air Raid!" was funny. I thought it was pretty funny! But, Had me in stitches. Just the way she calmly returned Charles' rifle after she destroyed the footlocker.