home now. brand new, clean sheets on the bed. Same with brand new pillows and mattress/pillow covers. Towels are hung in kitchen & bathroom. And I *finally* got off the phone with work buddy so I can load up new iPhone software... it's loading now... waiting to play...

So, ION... how does a job recruiter work? Do they help you figure out a job? Is that a head hunter? Sorry, kinda clueless, but just wondering non-theater options,

Good luck with the job hunting, guys.

I read the board at 5:30 a.m. and was falling asleep while reading, so I decided to get a little more sleep. I just woke back up. Guess I was tired.

Trudy, I hope you got some sleep.

Thanks for admiring the dog. I, of course, think he's the cutest dog ever, even if he has acquired a cat-like ability to climb up on things in order to steal kleenex. Fortunately for me, Mr. Peabody is not a morning dog. He eats his food, goes outside and then goes back to bed. He waits until later in the day to become a maniac.

Oh, yes! That was the other thing. Ginger, he is such a cutie! So photogenic!

Not sure how similar things are in the UK and the US, Omnis, but in the UK a Recruitment Consultant is like a match-maker, only for people and jobs. In the UK they don't charge the candidates (you) anything, which is good, but it also means that all their percentage comes from the company with the job, and so they're trying to encourage you to take the job.

I have some vague idea that in the States they're allowed to charge you money to join up with them, though.

Meanwhile - have you seen this, people? Lucky Strike seem to believe that being associated with books (Hemingway, specifically) could damage their reputation. Whereas DESTROYING said books will somehow enhance it.

I mean, okay, I'm not a great Hemingway fan, but - the cigarette company wants to destroy books. Because it thinks that this will somehow make them look better????

This is the kind of logic even an insane troll would disdain.

cigarette company wants to destroy books. Because it thinks that this will somehow make them look better????

Sure it does - 50 years ago, they would have had us all smoking them!

You put cloves in chili? Interesting. I'm more chili/cinammon/cumin/chocolate yself.

usually, me too. New recipe. tired eyes. bad badness.

Mr. Peabody is awesome! Bears some relationship to our Tuck - who also has a late-sleeping, tissue-stealing penchant. She jumps though. And waits for Sparky to make her breakfast (when we leave her food on top of the car, rather than in the car before roadtrips).

Go DJ! Good Luck!

o_a - you need to eat today, yes?

It's gotten cold here ... cold enough that my nice, shiny lip gloss gummed up.

My lips really were sealed.

Thanks for admiring the dog. I, of course, think he's the cutest dog ever, even if he has acquired a cat-like ability to climb up on things in order to steal kleenex. Fortunately for me, Mr. Peabody is not a morning dog. He eats his food, goes outside and then goes back to bed. He waits until later in the day to become a maniac.

A friend of mine has a Jack Russell. She found him on top of the refrigerator once. I don't think I could handle a dog that smart or with that much energy.

Fay, reassure me that I wouldn't be all sore-thumb-y if hanging around in Cairo with an art-teacher coworker? There's lots of foreign dames not speaking Arabic, yes?

I guess I'm feeling very unadventurous and timid. Don't know why.