On the news. Grr. Some muckety-muck in the government is saying that cities and states need to pay more of the security costs for public transportaion, that the federal government is already spending a fortune on airplanes. As he put it..."An airplane can kill 3,000 people. A bomb on a subway might kill thirty."

and the continued silence on a projected upcoming flu pandemic is deafening.

Aaah. Too. Much. Posting.

OK- I've had an ex and 2 friends who kept snakes. They all got live feed. (Except for the one time there was a mouse who was too small, and the snake wouldn't have eaten it, just played with it. They let me hold it, their mistake, so it became Ralph.) None of them seemed especially cruel, and I think the ex's snakes were mostly his girlfriend's. Though there was one time we went into a pet store to get mice and there was a baby in a playpen by the register. He goes up to the counter, asks for however many feeder mice and then says, "and how much for that." pointing at the baby. It was pretty funny in a very sick way.

I have not seen last nights TDS because I went to bed very early for my interview today.

That interview, BTW went pretty well. If it works out, they'll want me to start tomorrow. While I was there, filling out an application, a call came in for another open position (one that doesn't really sound interesting). Do I call them back to schedule an interview or not?

Thanks, Nora. Emily or vw, would either of you be interested? He's a German guy in his late 20s. Nice guy, funny, prone to philosophical musings on art theory. He's a heavy smoker; I don't know how big a problem that would be for you. You can ping me at my profile address if you're interested.

Congrats on the interview, Heather. Calling back the open position depends on how not interesting it sounds, I think. I'd schedule an interview, on the theory that even if you end up not being interested in the position, it's ghood practice. You can always cancel if you end up starting today's job tomorrow.

That's my instinct, -t. If nothing else, I should call back and thank them.

KATE! We have a fabulous room available in our apartment. It's available 9/1. When is he looking to move? Should we take this to e-mail?

Does anyone still have a link for that site where you can find out where people are register for wedding gifts?

Kate, I just e-mailed you.

Awesome, vw! Insent in a few minutes.

edit: er, nebbermind, I shall await your email. :-)

Just got back from the building collapse.

It's between 99th and 100th which makes it two blocks from me which feels so weird. I shopped in that Gristedes plenty before they closed it and started to take it down. There are big orange steam shovels (what ARE those called now that they surely don't use steam?) and pincer things cleaning up the block. There are squashed up shovels INSIDE the site which is sort of a funny picture -- looks like the equipment is trying to rescue its friends.

There is lots of FDNY and NYPD milling about. I didn't see any dogs so I guess they are comfortable that nobody is left under the rubble. There are also vehicles from the Housing, Transit, Construction/Demolition, and Sanitation Departments. (Sanitation is out at the edges, actually -- all these big trucks lined up on the side streets ready to move in and haul crap away). It's all very organized and calm. Oh, there is also the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, and half a billion reporters several of whom were interviewing a woman in an orange top (I resisted the urge to jump behind her and wave).

There were also lots of me-like people milling around and staying well out of the way and asking one another if anyone had been hurt. As I was leaving a Coco Helado vendor showed up -- it's been a shock and I'm sure people will benefit from frozen tropical treats.