I am applying for work at ADM, so I get to smell like burnt wet dog ALL DAY EVERY DAY. No, seriously, that would be the result if I worked there ( Read more... )

I got back in Illinois on Sunday evening. Life's going okay. My son is doing very well, and I'm going to start job hunting within a week and see what I can get from there. Hopefully Mutt can help out as a reference for zoo jobs ( Read more... )

So, we watched An Inconvenient Truth the other day. It was good, if slightly on the terrifying and frustrating as hell side. Oh, if only we didn't have obscenely incompetent leadership in the White House.

And so on and so forth. Beyond that, nothing much going on.

What is WRONG with America that makes the majority of its citizens act so vehemently against their own interests? Why do the majority of Americans care if the rich have their taxes raised from a pathetic 35% to a more reasonable 70-80%? Why do most Americans care if there is an estate tax for inheritences over a certain amount of money which most ( Read more... )

I do not want to do oral interviews for this fucking history project. I can see the utility of it, but I don't want my history to focus on social things.

Especially since I don't have a fucking tape recorder and I don't want to take written dictation.

Well, finals week is upon us, and now I get to look forward to that, but, it shouldn't be too bad ( Read more... )

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Stop stalking Alisa. We do not want you involved with us anymore. I certainly do not want you to show up to my graduation, as you are not my family and you are not and never were invited in the first place. You are estranged from your daughter, okay? Do not attempt to contact us or to come to Wisconsin or anything like that. STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES. ( Read more... )

It snowed. A lot. And the city's plowing downtown is a masterpiece due to their addition of brand new medians throughout downtown. Medians made of snow that are 3 and a half feet tall and about as wide ( Read more... )

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