People have good advice. Unemployment checks are a good thing.

Today I was asked to provide a written record of an "incident" that could jeopardize a co-worker's job (I found a pot stash in the bathroom). I'd kinda rather not.

Oh, yikes.

Also, nice brunch pictures!

Crappy about the layoff, ita. *hugs self in lew of hugging ita*

I can't think of a better way to say it, so Ima point at erika and say, "What she said!"

likewise. And, man, I wish my company could hire ita and let her telecommute. Not that I know exactly what she does but in my mind at least she'd totally be able to do the job of the very competent systems analyst/project managery type person who we are losing this week. And I'm sure it will be ages before they replace her if they ever do. Which means there will be one less intermediary between me (the writer) and the programmers. That's not good.

Much job-ma, ita. That's a helluva a way to start the week. October? You're on notice!

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life.

Starting on Tuesday, enthusiasts from around the world will have a chance to submit text, images, video and sounds that reflect human nature to be included in the message.

Those contributions -- part of media company Yahoo's "Time Capsule" project -- will be digitalized and beamed with a laser into space on October 25 from the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, now an archeological site near Mexico City.

I think I'll submit a message to the aliens:

Yo, aliens: bite me. No, seriously. We humans taste really good. Like chicken - or bacon. Both of which are really nummy. Trust me. Come and get it! Our people have a saying: "Human - it's what's for dinner."

P.S. - Baltar is a traitor who helped the Cylons.

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Teotihuacan is incredibly cool.

Teotihuacan is incredibly cool.

Although, suddenly, a lot less cool than previously seemed.

ita, I'm sorry about the layoff.

I'm listening to a radio documentary about sleep, and they are talking about an experiment where they put people in a dark room for 12 hours a day for a month, and how for the first week they all slept about 11 hours, but after they made up their sleep debt they went back to a more normal night's sleep. The participants talked of the crystal clear awakeness they felt once they rid themselves of their sleep dept and were getting all their required sleep. I can't imagine what crystal clear awakeness is. I always feel like I'm in a fog.

Although, suddenly, a lot less cool than previously seemed.

It's still really cool! It's Yahoo that's less cool.

I'm listening to a radio documentary about sleep, and they are talking about an experiment where they put people in a dark room for 12 hours a day for a month, and how for the first week they all slept about 11 hours, but after they made up their sleep debt they went back to a more normal night's sleep. The participants talked of the crystal clear awakeness they felt once they rid themselves of their sleep dept and were getting all their required sleep. I can't imagine what crystal clear awakeness is. I always feel like I'm in a fog.

This. Last night I fell asleep by 11, which is a vast improvement from my patterns over the last week. However, since my alarm still goes off at 5:30, not enough. I have accumulated so much sleep debt that I am sincerely frightened about my commute. I have literally been finding myself barely able to keep my eyes open and even having moments of blurred vision when driving, lately, and I've had to resort to cranking music, opening windows, and singing out loud to manage to keep myself conscious. Not good when I've got 29 miles (about 45 minutes if traffic isn't too bad) to go every morning. Even coffee on the way doesn't seem to help. Obviously I need to get more sleep, but I also need to find something to use as a failsafe. Any suggestions?

I love the way I feel when I'm rested; mornings are actually pleasant and productive. I hate this fog. Being on an opposite work schedule from ND combined with my own natural night owl tendencies has been a dangerous (literally) combination. I think I'm posting this here to acknowledge that it is a real problem I need to fix. So long as I want to be a high school teacher at this school and live in Pasadena, going to bed much earlier is a must.