Already offered? Oh, Suzi, blarg indeed.

Suzi, that's headdesk worthy, on so many levels. {{}}

In good job news, the U President has just issued the proclamation that gives us Friday afternoons off during the summer. Of course, since the library stays open, we'll have to tweak the scheduling so someone is here, but free time off!

In good job news, the U President has just issued the proclamation that gives us Friday afternoons off during the summer.

Now that's my kind of Proclamation! Sadly, that will never happen at my job. stupid corporate world.

Very cool Sparky.

Mention was made of there being the possibility of enough work for another position. And the candidate could always turn down the offer. So, who knows. It is nice that all involved were practically salivating at the idea of me taking the job.

that will never happen at my job

It would never have happened at my old job, either. This place is a little scary because it hasn't revealed it's deep, dark, dysfunctional underbelly, yet. I keep waiting, then I get an email like this and I wonder what the catch is (in my old place it would have been that you wouldn't get paid for those afternoons off, I'm sure) and so I run to the admin person who takes care of us all and ask her to tell me the story again about the nice fellow up in the President's office who isn't out to get us.

I love fairy tales.

Wow, Sparky, cool.

{{Ailleann}} It sounds like he made a real impact, which makes this both easier and harder, I imagine.

Ex. Haust. Ted.

2 hours in Wal-Mart. Emeline now has a Barbie that is dressed in an outfit designed by HIllary Duff. Sadly, they were made for the New! Smaller Boobs! Barbie and not Emeline's stacked-like-the-Library-of-Congress Barbie so we now have a Barbie dressed like Jennifer Lopez. I actually considered using my double sided tape to keep her shirt up. Then I figured, Fuck It. Barbie has been naked for about a month having eschewed her Red Swan Lake tutu. Her ass and her hoo-hah are covered and that's all I care about.

Mind you, this rule only applies to Barbies. This rule will not apply to Emeline when she goes through her Hoochie phase.

I will say this though for the Hillary Duff design - the shoes have ankle straps that are big enough for the foot to get into, but small enough that it's hard to get the shoe off. Go Hillary. Nice to see you thinking about chocking hazards other than your own vomit when you and Lohan party too hard.

Google Personalized home page (www.google.com/ig) changed the name to iGoogle today.

For a minute I wondered if Apple had bought Google, or the iPhone was being iRazzed...

I remember -- distinctly - in tee ball getting a line drive to the throat. My dad was the coach, and he was like "WTF!!"

I don't think I knew the fuck word at the time, but I'm pretty sure I was all like "WTREALLYBADWORDIDON'TKNOWYET!"

Hmm. Pain tolerance. Mine is pretty high. I grew up on a farm, being stepped on, falling out of trees, off bikes, bitten, scratched, lots of falling and bleeding, knife in ass, splintered arms from diving onto concrete slabs...um...cramps!

But I still fucking am scared of needles.

I tell my students, who want Band-aids for papercuts and hangnails, "If it's not gushing blood or on fire, it's not an emergency. Suck it up."