Oh my total god, I can't believe I still have to be at work. I am so totally all set right now.

My reaction to voice mail is usually "SCORE!"

Oh, yes, totally. Even for people I like, honestly, I'd mostly rather talk to them through text - e-mail or text message or something.

Congratulations, Allyson! Great news!

I'm pretty sure I haven't gone over 3 years with any one company or job. Two years is my limit for most things - apartments, jobs, school. I get restless and start wanting something different, even if I don't leave right then.

Larry "Bud" Melman has died. [link]

Calvert DeForest, the roly-poly character actor with the black-framed glasses and seemingly clueless delivery who developed a cult following as Larry "Bud" Melman on "Late Night with David Letterman" in the 1980s, has died. He was 85.

DeForest, who continued appearing with Letterman under his own name after the late-night comedian moved to CBS in the early 1990s and last appeared on the show in 2002, died Monday in a hospital in Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. after a long illness, said a spokesman for Worldwide Pants, which produces "The Late Show With David Letterman."

"Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself--a genuine, modest and nice man," Letterman said in a statement Wednesday. "To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him."

Congratulations again, Allyson.

I just realized that I have not been at a company for more than 2.5 years. EVER!

Me too.

Congratulations, Allyson! Hooray for awesome new job with added pay raise!

I've been in my current job (including a title change that changed nothing) for 5 years. I'm getting antsy.

They are the ones to watch. I was surprised how much I liked Paulina Porizkova, she looks like if she can relax a little she could get much better, and that's always fun to see. Clyde Drexler's got some real potential if he can open up some.

Not suprisingly, -t, I totally agree. Paulina has beautiful lines. She may consider herself a klutz, but her arms are very graceful. Though I hope Tom Bergeron stops beating us over the head with Heather Mills' prosthetic leg. We get it. She's the first. Let's move on.

If he really did that, I might watch it.

I think 2 years was the longest I ever worked anywhere before starting my business. I worked lots of places. I enjoyed temp jobs the most.

Though I hope Tom Bergeron stops beating us over the head with Heather Mills' prosthetic leg.

Ha, well phrased!

I'm glad the judges dinged Heather for her arms and posture - if they need to adjust their choreography for her I'll cut her some slack, but the prosthetic is not a free pass. We can hope that next week they will assume we all know and stop rtelling us over and over, but that isn't really likely, I'm afraid.

I really enjoyed the few actually temporary jobs I've had - going in and doing something that needs doing for a few days and then leaving is very satisfying. Unfortunately, most of my placements through temp agencies have been long term, or turned into long term, and those are just regular jobs with extra hoops to jump through.