didn't know there were unicorns in the bible.

Yep. In the King James version, anyway. This gives the source of the King James unicorns: [link]

eta: stuff from the KJV:

Job 39:9-12: Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Psalms 29:6: He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Numbers 24:8: ...he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn

Well, those all sound like *metaphors* to me. But I know those guys must be literalists.

Ha-HA! I did my little bit of stuff and sent it out, AND was seen being the last person in my department here by a Higher Up. That kind of makes up for the other day when the Big Boss sent an email saying that she had been looking for me and my boss both around quarter of six, and neither of us was here.

God, I hate office politics. Why do I feel bad for getting my stuff done and going home?

Why do I feel bad for getting my stuff done and going home?

Yeah, I've been staying late out of guilt for dentist appts and going to my brother's wedding, even though that time was totally mine to take.

even though that time was totally mine to take

Wrod! I have to leave early today for the dentist, and even though I have like 80 hours of comp time AND could use sick time for it too, I feel guilty. My boss is totally cool about stuff like this and he never says anything but I feel like I'm sneaking out or something. Plus I'll probably run into our most obnoxious operations manager who will probably say "leaving early again? Man I wish I was in sales"

Wow, my company is totally cool with hours and time off. As long as you put in your 40 hours throughout the week and get your work done, and make sure there's someone from the department in the office available for questions 9-5ish, it's up to you when you come in and/or leave.

In fact, out of the four of us in my department, one is on maternity leave but works from either the city office or home when she's not on leave, my boss works out of the city office all but a few days a month, I work from here exclusively (no working from home or the other office), and the fourth just arranged with the boss to work from home three days a week due to construction making her commute a real PITA for the time being.

Is "unicorn" in the KJV a mistranslation of another word? I hope?

oh dear, sounds like a lot of people are having a very crappy day.

I read an interesting article on the Creation Museum written by a hard core atheist. He interviewed several of the people responsible for it.

Wow, my company is totally cool with hours and time off. As long as you put in your 40 hours throughout the week and get your work done, and make sure there's someone from the department in the office available for questions 9-5ish, it's up to you when you come in and/or leave.

As is mine. And I only have to clock 35 hours/week. People are constantly leaving early for appointments and the like. And we all work vaguely different shifts (I chose 8:30 to 4:30) so it's hard to notice if a person even should be there.

The guilt, she is all coming from me. That's the really lame part since much of why I changed careers is the schedule.

Seekrit message to Hec: And, of course, San Francisco.

Dear god no: Your gut has taste receptors

That's COOL. I love it that there's essentially a second brain down there. Did you know that the gut, given a nutrient supply, can continue to function without being connected to a brain? It's the only bodily system that doesn't just shut down without input from the brain.