Hey, y'all, check out the pictures I've posted on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=1071744038

There's this guy among our union leadership (which includes myself) who keeps wanting the union to do things but then pretend that we weren't behind them so as not to anger people who aren't members.  The problem is that a union's entire existence depends on having members, and we need to emphasize all the good stuff we do so that people will be ( Read more... )

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There's this Facebook group called "I judge you when you use poor grammar."  I think it must have been made for me.  Needless to say I joined.

We have a new TV stand, and its name is Leksvik.  It is very pretty and matches the rest of our furniture, but we somehow connected the TV back up wrong so that we can't get the color right.  It bothers Kaz more than me, but if anyone has any suggestions...

And this is so terribly, terribly true!

Your result for The Attachment Style Test...

The Cling Wrap


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It didn't help that I was already in a bad mood...

People in the Metro system tend to like to invade my personal space.  I don't know if I smell nice or what.  But it seems to me that when I'm standing along a platform that's at least 100 feet long (or more--I was always bad with estimating distance), there's absolutely no reason for someone to come ( Read more... )

I've come to the conclusion that there's an assumption by most people in the office that the coffee and add-ins just "appear" overnight as if by magic.  Nobody else other than myself is physically capable of opening the cabinet, taking down the box, and replacing whatever needs replacing--such as Equal packets, creamers, etc.  Thank goodness some ( Read more... )

So, being in the news business, I got to write about that DOJ report that came out the other day stating that yes, they were making hiring decisions based on people's politics although it's totally and completely illegal.  People basically were rejected as being "wackos" if their resumes said that they worked for a Democrat in Congress or were ( Read more... )

I just got a note on Facebook from the brother of an old high school friend telling me that she died on Sunday.  I know she had fainting spells, so I'm assuming it was related, but they don't know the cause yet.  I don't know what to think, and I've got this horrible feeling in my stomach.  She was only 29 and had a beautiful little baby daughter ( Read more... )