we know a couple that works at Peoplesoft - both are likely to be out of a job. bleecch

Yeah, two friends of mine work there. Everyone in the company is getting a letter today via UPS. Some of the letters will say, "welcome to Oracle, you have Monday off!" and the others will say, "come into the office on Monday and clear out your stuff."

t swears at Lands End

The bathing suit I decided I wanted is not in stock. Bastards.

Huh, nearly 11 and I still haven't gone to the office. Not a good sign.

I'm all right. A little overwhelmed by the massive life change, and the having no cash flow, and the needing to write a review paper, which I don't know how to do since I've never done it before. But okay.

You're still in school for the spring, right?

Buyout announcement? Who's buying LJ? What's going on?

LJ was bought by Six Apart... last week, maybe? Something like that.

You're still in school for the spring, right?

Yeah, writing my Master's thesis and taking my last class. Hope to be done by May. Then I have to find a job.

Yeah, employment is a Good Thing. Good luck. I've got a friend from college who made the same call you did about a year ago, and while it was obviously stressful at first, he's a lot happier now than he was while he was still in the program.

Re Tom Delay: ... well, actually, I have no words. Unless I can tell him face to face I'm not going to waste the psychic or emotional energy on despising him.

Happy Birthday, msbelle!

Best wishes to the nephew of Kristin's heart, and his family.

I miss LJ too.

Oh Theo--what a gorgeous picture! Looking at that, though, it seems it'd be real easy for giraffes to drown. I never noticed before how dorsal their nostrils are.

'suela, look here! Best of both worlds. I'm SO envious of your NZ trip. Post lots of pictures.

the nephew of Kristin's heart

Oh Bev, I love this. This is what he is exactly. Thank you for understanding.

Not really in defense of Delay, but.....

In listening to news, I've heard pieces on people questioning God's existence due to the tsunami.

One woman who was a devout Hindu said something about the deaths, even the infants and young children, were a result of people's karma and therefore does not disprove her religious philosophy. I was sort of shocked and definitely amazed because that ideological stance is so unfathomable for me.

Delay's is similarly unfathomable.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday msbelle!

Sigh...found out that a guy I "knew" from one of my newsgroups died recently. He was 44. I never met him, but he seemed like a nice guy. 2005 isn't starting all that well with this news.

DeLay's bit reminded me of a quote I just posted to Bitches:

"Get some devastation in the back."

-- Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), quoted by the AP, to a staff photographer taking a picture of him before leaving tsunami-stricken southern Sri Lanka.