I ask because the number of people getting out of my place of employment is striking. People "retiring" who are way too young to retire. I'd like to believe they just did really wonderful financial planning and can go out early, but I know enough about our salaries and their lives to know that's just not the case. People leaving for "wonderful ( Read more... )

I really thought I had found the all time winner last year when I found the diagram linked here. But I was wrong ( Read more... )

If I make it to 4 pm on June 9 without killing someone, it will be a miracle.

Trust me. I have a list. And we're not talking about the children.

The children are pissing me off too, but they're children.

Some people are just so dense that it doesn't pay to explain to them why they look stupid.

I've been thinking a lot about some of the phrases that people throw out without really thinking about them. You may be able to tell, from the last post, that "life is short" has been one of them ( Read more... )

Life is short. Eat more brussel sprouts.
Life is short. Pay your hospital bill.
Life is short. Go through chemo by yourself.
Life is short. Honor your marriage vows.
Life is short. Mop the floor.
Life is short. Get a job.

So today was the annual lecture honoring my buddy Werner Feig, my much-missed partner in assorted mischief, diet pepsi addict, former head of the history department, Aaron Sorkin's constitutional law teacher, and Holocaust survivor ( Read more... )

Just quit the team. I know that won't make sense to most people, but an earlier entry spoke of my frustration, and today I made it official that this is my last year accepting that particular responsibility. I'm still working full time, but that piece and all its aggravation is off my back.

:::happy dance::::

Somehow, I have to find a way to get the adults in this building to remember that it's about the children. I really feel like the voice crying in the wilderness.

I'm back at my desk, dealing with the conversations that distract me, because I've been evicted from the conference room. The admissions office finds it imperative to have 2 juniors answer questions from newly admitted (future) freshman. Apparently, this cannot happen in a classroom. Or the lunch room. Or the library that has been closed all ( Read more... )