Awesome news, shrift.

Major Google interview ~ma!

Eeeeee. Um. Now Google want me to come in on Monday. Possibly because I also applied for another position within the company and another recruiter contacted me?

Interesting reading about the Pharyngula blog post.

I can see why some might find what he wrote there offensive. I think the offense shown by Donohue and other church reps is overblown, and frankly highlights somthing I've been feeling quite a bit over the last decade -- that people need to be less offended, particularly over religion. Maybe the world would cool down a bit if people could stop getting so worked up over religion.

It's a bit much to ask. I know.

Go shrift!

Congrats on the new job, Trudy!

All right! Intra-Google wars over shrift hireage! There'll be nerf-bat battles in the hallways.

You know, it's a pain in the ass to provide doc for a personnel review when for the 2 people you work most with, you are all "They are awesome and wonderful and I love them" but the third, you basically just see them run a meeting and call with "help!fixit!" and they do and that's the extent of it. And they've got an "interesting" personality that is totally NOT a problem. It looks like damning with faint praise, but so totally isn't.

And holy cow, my jaw hates me for the dental work I just had done.

that people need to be less offended

I think you are right. Or less offended out loud. or first acknowledge that people have different ideas.

When you were a kid -- you mom told that when some one teased you , the less you reacted ,the less teasing there would be.

Somethings don't change

people need to be less offended, particularly over religion.

Less offended, or at least offended with less expectation that their upset is anyone else's problem. PZ Myers frequently offends the fuck out of me--but I find that problem very nicely solved by not reading his blog. He's entitled to his opinion on all the big questions of the universe just as much as I am; I don't like that he thinks people like me are deluded idiots and that our beliefs are ridiculous, but as long as I'm not reading him and setting myself up to feel ridiculed and disrespected his opinions have exactly zero effect on my life.

Really, everyone has all the right in the world to be as offended as they like at absolutely anything else in the world, but no right at all to demand that anyone else Stop It or Fix It. Grow the fuck up; if something makes you feel mad or sad or icky, stop going out and rubbing your own nose in it and then whining about it. People like Bill Donohue remind me of Charlie's brother--yeah, it hurts when he bites your finger, so stop sticking your damn finger in his mouth and being surprised when it hurts!

I swear, people.

can I vent for a moment? I need to even though it will make no sense to anyone outside my brain probably.

Dearest friend, do not throw a fit when i suggest that the plan for tomorrow night could be you picking me up on the way to pick up friend rather than you coming back to pick me up after you pick up friend as was initially suggested. Depending on how fast i get post-work stuff completed you picking me up first could work. It's not that big of a change and now you've made me feel insensitive for suggesting it!

Intra-Google wars over shrift hireage! There'll be nerf-bat battles in the hallways.

Honestly, from the way they originally had me scheduled at the end of next week, it does seem like they're trying to scoop me up before another department gets to me.