Don't get me started on "but it's your job to answer that question!" It's a thing.

They have a whole goddamned team, and a person dedicated to maintaining that server.

And they're all sitting there looking at the hosed server going, "You tell her." "No way, man, I've seen her spork collection--you tell her." "Let's make Eugene tell her--he used to run track."

Which doesn't make me any less sympathetic.

I have to admit, I turn into a raging bitch if I don't get reciprocal service. Then the minute I get it, I'm all sweetness and light.

It confuses people.

And they're all sitting there looking at the hosed server going, "You tell her."

No, it's probably more like "I didn't delete it!" "Neither did I?" "Weren't you supposed to inform them?" "About what?" "Dude, it was an ancient file structure." "Not it!"

OR

they are busy playing movie clips.

A lot of the clothes I wear to work on a regular basis are new, because this is my first Fancy Adult Job and I had to buy half a new wardrobe when I started here. I don't think I have much that's older than 4 or 5 years, at least not that I wear in public.

My bra is brand-new, though, and it was ridiculously expensive, but it's SO comfortable. It's like a straitjacket for your boobs, but it's really supportive. I go through bras like crazy. Anything I've had for more than a year is generally too worn out to be functional anymore.

My wife seems to be making out with Teppy all morning.

Sooner or later, everyone does. I can't help it if I'm just so darn kissably HOTT.

I am all about the expensive (or just precisely-right-fitting -- it took an expensivish bra to do that for me) bras these days. I thought I'd buy one or two, but then I tried on one of my normal bras and refused to leave the house in it.

Which reminds me, I need new sports bras. I promised myself for every two average ones that get old, I buy one new nice one, and patch the aged two as best I can.

I thought I'd buy one or two, but then I tried on one of my normal bras and refused to leave the house in it.

It really makes such a difference. I mean, my back doesn't hurt! Crazy.

Maternity jeans--2 years old
Maternity t-shirt--2 years old
Bra--1 Year old
Underwear--2 years old (some XL BbV that I bought when I was pregnant with O--makes for good maternity panties).
Shoes--no

I can't wait until I can buy new clothes.

So here's a dilemma. Various alumni and mucky-mucks want us (the IT department in miniature) to build them an alumni directory. The reason is because they don't want to pay the university's alumni association the $40/year required to use the big alumni directory.

I wrote up a white paper (OK, a two-page "WTF?" document) for them that stated:

• no other school on campus has such a directory
• the data source you want to use is the exact same data source the $40/year directory uses (and good luck convincing them that it's a good idea for them to give us the data for free)
• we can use attempt to use other data sources, but expect big holes in the data, and there will be some rigamarole
• Privacy concerns abound in all of this, especially if you're publishing data to the web with an "opt-out" attitude -- publish known alumni contact info until they tell us not to

It's the last one that really bugs me. They want to publish alumni contact info regardless of whether the alumni has pre-approved the publication or not. I'm not completely sure it's legal in this state (as we have laws governing student data, and some of this data may come from a database of current and former students). One person suggested that publishing e-mail addresses is fine, since that's the main piece of info we want. Yup. And so do the spammers.

So, question to you: Say your alma mater announces that they've put together an alumni directory, and they're going to publish your last known address and e-mail, and it would only be available to other alumni. If you want out, you have to opt-out... after the directory is published. Are you OK with that, or would your privacy-dar explode from overuse?