In general, I realized it's good to gush (reasonably and honestly) after I hired someone basically because she wanted the job the most, of the equally-qualified candidates. And she's still in the job five years later, because she loves it.

In random news, I have a teensy crush on the Cash Cab guy, and I would also like at least on of the NYistas to catch the Cash Cab, because it would totally be a clean sweep.

In random news, I have a teensy crush on the Cash Cab guy, and I would also like at least on of the NYistas to catch the Cash Cab, because it would totally be a clean sweep.

I've just recently fallen in love with that show (caught it regularly on my week off some time back), and that cabbie/host is so obviously having fun with his fares/contestants. Discovery Times had an evening marathon of Cash Cab eps last month, and they included the ep in which some Irish journalists got in the cab, were surprised by the flashing lights, took pics with their professional cameras, and then left without playing!

I'd thank them for their time/the opportunity to talk, call out something specific to the interview so the letter's not generic, and tell them how much you look forward to the chance to work/deal/interact with them again.

I feel dirty....

Washing Away Your Sins: Threatened Morality and Physical Cleansing

Physical cleansing has been a focal element in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. The prevalence of this practice suggests a psychological association between bodily purity and moral purity. In three studies, we explored what we call the "Macbeth effect"—that is, a threat to one's moral purity induces the need to cleanse oneself. This effect revealed itself through an increased mental accessibility of cleansing-related concepts, a greater desire for cleansing products, and a greater likelihood of taking antiseptic wipes. Furthermore, we showed that physical cleansing alleviates the upsetting consequences of unethical behavior and reduces threats to one's moral self-image. Daily hygiene routines such as washing hands, as simple and benign as they might seem, can deliver a powerful antidote to threatened morality, enabling people to truly wash away their sins.

(The above is an abstract. I guess you gotta pay to see the whole article.)

Thanks! My thank-you e-mail is ready for me to send. After I carefully proofread it a few times.

Grade A pasteurized milk, cream, nonfat milk, a blend of imported Greek honey and honey, live and active cultures: s.thermophilus, l.bulgaricus, l.acidophilus. Cultured after pasteurization.

It all looks so harmless, but it just takes two bites of TJ's Greek Style Honey Yoghurt before my head feels decidedly hinky. I used to like it, but the last couple of times trying to have any were abject failures on the anti-migraine side.

Cleanliness is next to godliness, eh?

I always figured that either means something I don't get, or it's just one of those fake Churchisms people make up to get you to behave. Do those have a name? My mother was inundated with them as a kid, and it's one of the reasons she got so sour on Christianity.

How many different wars are we planning on fighting? Sure, they're all part of the "War on Terra," but we're already spread too thin, and now Bush wants to spread us even thinner?

I've heard speculation that the intent is a blockade rather than a bombing. Or a really aggresive blockade that provokes Iranian retaliation to give an excuse for a a bombing. Trying to predict what crazy people will do makes my head hurt.