I live in this tiny three mile area these days, and only drive under freeways, not on them. If I'd still been working in Simi you'd bet I'd be aware of this stuff. But judging from the distribution I'll be breathing them anyway--and now I'm just remembering how dramatic last night's sunset was (for the last photo scavenger hunt I couldn't really get anything from my west-facing window, but last night the sky was smudged with reds and oranges big time).

Also, a public service announcement. People, exit interviews are not free-for-alls! We had someone leave this spring who was, legitimately, very frustrated with some things. And took the opportunity to vent, at length, to some of the higer-ups in my group.

And since then, I've heard from various sources that his new job ain't all that, and he'd been putting feelers out about coming back. Now comes news that he's left the new job entirely. And he's good, and we could really, really use him back around here.

Not a chance in the 'verse.

Idiot.

People really need to think twice before they talk. My most slam-y exit interview was still done with a lot of significant eye contact rather than actual venting!

Speaking of talking at work, I just ran into the CFO in the bathroom who said I "look really good," and I accepted her compliment on my outfit before I realized she was talking about my numbers. Har!

just catching up and wanted to say Corwood, I'm so sorry for your family's loss.

Yes, Corwood, what lisa said.

exit interviews are not free-for-alls!

I've never been on the interviewing side of exit interviews (thank doG!), but it seems fairly obvious that there's a difference between "there were some issues that might have gone differently, and that contributed to my decision to take the other offer" and "y'all suck and I hate you!"

I've never had an exit interview. And I hope not to, because I'd be very torn.

Monkey attack kills Delhi leader

Is this entirely the monkeys' fault? Or is "don't fall off a terrace while fighting off hordes of monkeys" something that adults should know?

The deputy mayor of the Indian capital Delhi has died a day after being attacked by a horde of wild monkeys.

SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the first-floor terrace of his home on Saturday morning trying to fight off the monkeys.

The city has long struggled to counter its plague of monkeys, which invade government complexes and temples, snatch food and scare passers-by.

The High Court ordered the city to find an answer to the problem last year.

One approach has been to train bands of larger, more ferocious langur monkeys to go after the smaller groups of Rhesus macaques.

The city has also employed monkey catchers to round them up so they can be moved to forests.

But the problem has persisted.

The Geek Hierarchy Chart

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The Geek Hierarchy Chart

Actually, I'd be curious to read some of the stuff from the bottom level of that hierarchy. Just to see it it'd be as funny as I think it would.