LPT Request: Can I negotiate salary after it is stated in the offer letter? I was just offered my first full-time job as an entry-level sales engineer. The cover letter states that “The starting salary will be $5400 per month.” And explains that there is a $500, $1000, or $1500 per month bonus at the end of the year, depending on how well the company grows. I want to make $85k a year, which is only possible if the start…

A Love Letter to Video Game Music submitted by /u/Chombo-Kong

HSA with Letter of Medical Necessity My doctor is writing me a LMN related to a medical condition for treatment not otherwise covered under an HSA. With my HSA plan, I am able to transfer $$ online to my bank account without providing any documentation and I have done this several times. In my eyes, I simply just need to hold onto this letter in case I ever get audited by the IRS a…

Letters to Moms: A Letter to Kevin McCallister’s Mom In this column, Kristen Mulrooney writes letters to famous mothers from literature, TV, and film whom she finds herself relating to on a different level now that she’s a mom herself. – – – Dear Mrs. McCallister, In 1990, I was about the same age as your son Kevin, and he and I were on the same wavelength—that is to say, I judged the hell out of …

Letter adds new wrinkle to $2.8B NCAA settlement Three athletes are calling for major changes beyond those in the pending $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement, including enabling college athletes to bargain collectively.

An Open Letter from the Other Side of the World to the 50.2 Percent of Americans Who Probably Won’t Read This and the 48.1 Percent Who Might Dear Americans, During your country’s recent presidential campaign, President-elect Trump spoke about the threat of climate change: “So they talk all the time about how the ocean will rise in five hundred years, one-eighth of an inch, who the hell cares?” Now, before you decide where I’m going with that quote, please allow me to give a disclaime…

Permission letter? I’ll be taking my 15-year-old niece to Europe from the U.S. next summer. Will I need any sort of permission letter from her parents or anything? Like to take her out of the country? Or to give me medical POA while we’re there if something happens? submitted by /u/Catalinda04

Employer Made a mistake in my offer letter Hey, so throwaway account for the sake of anonymity. My employer gave me an offer letter stating verbatim, “You will be paid a bi-weekly base of 2,100 which reflects a base salary of $68,000 per annum.” The offer letter was signed and when I received my pay, it was in line with the 2,100 that does not reflect the 68,000. I then brought up this i…

One Piece Fan Letter | Official Trailer | Netflix submitted by /u/MiserableSnow

Farewell to ‘Somebody Somewhere,’ TV’s Rare Love Letter to Middle America submitted by /u/indig0sixalpha

Red Letter Media’s Season One re:View of The Acolyte submitted by /u/SappyGilmore

Do I need a letter from aunt and uncle to travel with cousins? I am traveling outside of the USA with my two cousins, both are minors (one is 16 and the other is 9) and I am an adult (23). Would I need a letter from my aunt and uncle to avoid any issues? Thanks! submitted by /u/yozorawitch

What does this letter about my 401k mean? I received this from my previous employer. I have a 401k through them and when I started at my new employer, I am not eligible for their 401k until I’ve been there for a year (December) so I was planning on just letting this sit in the meantime. Should I let it roll over into the IRA? There is much more than $7k in there. https://ibb.co/JkLGK…

An Open Letter to the University Hiring Committee Dear Members of the Search Committee: Well, here we are again. I am sitting in my sunroom, listening to the robins, crows, and jays, and I’m trying to type out a list of all my achievements so that you will like me enough to invite me for a Zoom interview and possibly a campus visit. I already have a teaching job at a small college in South Geor…

Letters to Moms: Letter to the Virgin Mary In this column, Kristen Mulrooney writes letters to famous mothers from literature, TV, and film whom she finds herself relating to on a different level now that she’s a mom herself. – – – Dear Virgin Mary, First let me just say, you may not consider yourself a pop culture icon, but we have to put your story in historical context: if you were bo…

Letters to Moms: A Letter to Alison in Knocked Up In this column, Kristen Mulrooney writes letters to famous mothers from literature, TV, and film whom she finds herself relating to on a different level now that she’s a mom herself. – – – Dear Alison, I am forever thinking about the time Katherine Heigl made some negative comments about your character, saying that you were painted as a shrew an…

An Open Letter to Wyna Liu, the New York Times’ Connections Editor Dear Wyna Liu, Editor of Connections: My morning ritual used to be a time of peace and solitude. A sacred time in which I’d gather up the energy to face the day. I’d brew my coffee and eat my smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel. And then I’d open up the New York Times Games App. I’d always start with the Spelling Bee. Personally, I like to find…

Roxane Gay on the Open Letter The open letter, as a genre, is far too limited. We speak with conviction, and then what?

This Mini PC Is a Cute, Surprisingly Powerful Love Letter to Retro Computing Blending the best of past and present.

LPT: Write a letter I’ve not had a satisfactory experience with the VA until I wrote my Congressman. His office called me back to hear more, and then leaned the Congressman’s weight onto the VA. I got satisfaction quickly after that. I have been struggling with my State to get public health insurance for my family. I wrote to my State Assemblyman. He leaned against…