Quote of the Day

[telerib]

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 of this order."

- President George W. Bush

WOOOOOO! Merry Freakin' Christmas, govvies!

Comments

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Yay for long weekends!

Would you believe ... I have two "LJ mutual friends" on my f-list from Massachusetts, and BOTH of them were born on December 26. Is that wild or what?

[cmccurry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I probably still have to work. Yay for being a contractor!

[telerib.livejournal.com]

I heard someone call herself "contractor scum" the other day, I guess because of stuff like that.

[cmccurry.livejournal.com]

General impression of days like this.

Government: "You all have the day off!"
Everyone: "YAY!"
Employer: "Except for contractors."
Contractors: "boo!"

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Off topic, but I *adore* your catnip/vodka icon!!!

[cmccurry.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Can't remember who I stole it from, but this (http://twolumps.net/d/20040526.html) is the strip if you aren't familiar with it.

And good observation on your icon.

Bah Humbug

[orlacarey.livejournal.com]

The email that we got last year - I'm expecting to get a similar one this year:

Flower Company is aware that President Bush has issued an Executive Order closing Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24th. As a result, you will be unable to report to work on December 24th and have the following options:

* make up the 8 hours during the period December 17th-31st after
receiving written approval from your government point of contact
and program manager
* use 8 hours of accrued annual
* use 8 hours of leave without pay