I beg to differ.

You make a strong case for the rational free-skating monkey. The kind of monkey that would read Spinoza and land a triple lutz.

You wouldn't fuck with this skateboard monkey, though would you? He would FLIP OUT on you. You know it.

I love that monkey! He makes his own fun.

He would FLIP OUT on you. You know it.

Does that make him a ninja, or a human?

I love that monkey! He makes his own fun.

Not as much fun as The rocking Ice Chimp.

Does that make him a ninja, or a human?

Monkey Ninja. That's so eighties, though.

"That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this."

More Monkey Rock for Everybody

"That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this."

This is why you get the Anya Chrismakkuh ornament.

Happy Birthday, That's Emmett's Dad!

(sorry. Have your own day today, and a best day!)

I totally love Hanuman. I mean, he's no Ganesha, but...

(bragging) The year I taught high school English, one of my students gave me a card she'd made that said "You are like Ganesh, because it helps me to think of you before I do anything." I still have it.

Of course, I went and made WWGD? shirts after that.

You know, the terrible thing about that article on zombie dogs? My second thought was "God, this would've really made the Terry Schiavo case ugly." (My first thought was that the editor who chose the accompanying photo must've wet himself.)

Plei, insent with a question.

Happy birthday, David!!

I know not many folks are online right now, but anyone who's around, tell me to calm down and stop stressing? I'm about to give myself an ulcer over this job thing.

I had the interview I posted in Press about, and it went really well. They were set to put me to work on the spot. But we hadn't discussed salary. So I went and talked to the HR/Finance person. They offered to either bring me on as a federal gov't employee (btw, the job is building databases for the embassy) for Next-to-Nothing, or as an IC, for Undetermined. I chose IC, because while I'll have to pay Social Security twice, and do my own tax withholdings, and all, it keeps me legal with the terms of my LWOP from my company.

Then I found out from him that while they'd talked to my references, they hadn't pulled my gov't file. So my security clearance hasn't been transferred, which may or may not be a big deal. If they insist on getting it from BAE (my actual employer), it could screw with me going back to work at BAE. Maybe.

But what's really bothering me is that it's been two weeks and they haven't called me with an offer. I checked in last week, and that's when I found that they decided they needed to get my gov't employment file. Maybe they are just being slow; more likely the HR guy doesn't want to pay the kind of salary I'm asking for. But I can't ask for any less, or I'll be losing money if I go to work.

The hamster in my brain is totally running around in circles.

If they come through, I can set my own hours, which would be awesome.

Argh.