"Many times companies put in clauses that cut the separation bonus if the individual's performance doesn't meet a certain set of objectives. Some of t...e smarter companies refuse to set these ridiculous bonuses. But, some, on the other hand, seem to get suckered into committing to really stupid things like guaranteeing pay for five years at a set rate whether the person is there or not. Other companies agree to things even more stupid than that." Like what?" Bill asked."Oh, let's see. One I. If at any point during this program, one of your children wishes to be baptized, you should turn off this program and simply find the closest Michaelist church for the purpose of baptism. All are open for specifically that reason, and while most of the congregation in each is likely viewing this TV special, there are special services being held at every Michaelist church for this function. Each is officiated by ordained ministers of the Michaelist faith.”“All true, of course. Incidentally, you. You want me to stay at home and wait for you to decide to spend some time with me. When you aren't being Peter Parker, boy photographer, you are out web swinging and wall crawling while I sit here at home and stare at the walls and wait to hear that Spider-Man has finally been whacked by some super criminal or other. I'm not going to do it any more Peter. I will have a career and you can sit home waiting from now on," and then she flounced of to the bathroom and he heard the shower start. ”“That's not enough temples,” Sophia said.“We orcs revere Pater, Slata, Gewin, Vedr, Krab, Dauthaz, Rithi, Biaute, and Luben.”“Then that's where we'll concentrate,” I said, dismounting from Midnight. “Let's set our camp then head out. We'll have a few hours to start our search.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ThrakI smiled as we ate our meal of dried trail rations. The sun set. Our first full day of searching hadn't found the sword. But we had cleared half the temples. If it was hidden in one,.