Evangelical pastor: Straight couples should refuse to sign Calif. licenses

(Sacramento, California) An evangelical pastor is advising couples not to sign California’s gender-neutral marriage licenses as a protest ( Read more... )

My manager announced today that she is transferring to a different organization in the company. We don't know who her replacement will be yet ( Read more... )

My department won an Intel Quality Award! YEA!!! This is the highest award that they give to organizations here. The department head (my boss's boss) is happier than I think I've ever seen him in 9 1/2 years ( Read more... )

Tonight I am in a Hilton Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. Tomorrow is the day my department head makes our presentation for the Intel Quality Award to a committee of our CEO and several senior VPs. The IQA is the top award an organization can get. I think we have a good shot at it. I am on the team that is there to provide answers to questions that ( Read more... )

Two interesting things:

Remember how the fundamentalist wingnuts entreated their flocks of sheep to pray for rain on Obama's outdoor acceptance speech? Of course, it was a beautiful day and evening. But now this, from WashingtonPost.com:GOP Considers Delaying Convention
Republican officials said yesterday that they are considering delaying the ( Read more... )

Jeff's background check came through yesterday, and he started work today. YEA!!! It's a good thing he got in before the start of September, otherwise there would have been a 1-month delay in the start of his benefits ( Read more... )

It turns out that Jeff won't be starting his new job today after all. He got a call on Friday afternoon from his new boss's admin saying that the results from his background check have not come back yet. When they do, they will call him and he will start the next day. UNLESS... We can't think of anything the background check might reveal that ( Read more... )

From the Arizona Daily Star (http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/254179):Official sues: Don't tell voters about same-sex law
PHOENIX - Secretary of State Jan Brewer has gone to court to avoid having to tell Arizona voters that state law already bars same-sex marriage ( Read more... )

Today, Jeff was offered a job! (You may recall that he became unemployed at the end of May when Sallie Mae closed their Arizona office.) He will start at Wells Fargo on Monday, August 25. He’ll be training customer service reps in their credit card fraud department. This is exactly what he wants to do, and with his experience in training, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was our third anniversary. We celebrated by indulging in a very nice dinner at Sautee, a fairly new upscale "bistro" several miles away ( Read more... )