Oh, JZ. SO YOUNG.

I mean, she'll learn, and there will be moments of that learning that will be oh so painful. I just wish you weren't accidentally stuck in her maturation process like the chocolate in some random stranger's peanut butter.

But she can't possibly do that; she's wearing heels! And if he doesn't want to cross picket lines, he shouldn't be a fucking deliveryman! Or something.

And if you don't want to carry heavy office equipment while wearing heels, maybe you shouldn't be an admin. t /bitch

ION, I'm thinking DH and I should renew our vows just as an excuse to get one of these. Yum.

OMG are we invited please please?

I can't stop @@ over her rage at the DHL guy for assuming she'd go down and pick it up. And, geez, he wasn't assuming; in fact, he was doing you a favor, twitbag! He didn't have to call and tell you he was down there with his computer at all; he could just as easily have driven away and left you with no today options at all!

I want to shovel Norma Rae down her throat. While she's getting offa my lawn with her top-drawer alcohol and all.

Still, personally, very nice, and very protective of me against the Big Giant Head and her spies. So why doesn't she see the bigger point about workers looking out for each other?

And if he doesn't want to cross picket lines, he shouldn't be a fucking deliveryman!

I'd remind her about how the unions got us the 40-hour workweek, as one small example of why she should Shut It.

She's really very nice

Well, no, she really isn't. Truly nice people don't treat service people, or any other people, this way.

I'd remind her about how the unions got us the 40-hour workweek, as one small example of why she should Shut It.

And, hand her a copy of The Jungle and Norma Rae.

Remember how I wanted to leave at like noon? Well that didn't happen and I've done the obvious and easy work. Surely people don't expect me to do work requiring thought at 3:30 on a Fri. Right?

We agreed not to discuss it anymore, as it was clearly leading to a fight; so I'm venting here but dropping it out loud.

The OMG Social Security's in CRISIS! thing is almost kind of cute, comparatively. Oh, honey. Get old and crusty like me, read some Paul Krugman, and you'll get used to politicians bloviating about Social Security and how we need to shut it all down and go buy stocks (in Halliburton, please) before we all starve in the streets. It's a perennial wind you'll just come to expect and eventually ignore, like the Santa Anas.

eta: java, she grumbled all the cuss words after hanging up; she was at least polite when she actually spoke to him.

Truly nice people don't treat service people, or any other people, this way.

That's what I was thinking.

ION,

A police dog from DeKalb County, Ga., was shot in the face by a fleeing suspect on Thursday morning. Local investigators say the animal, whose name is Twan, is a "sworn officer." How does a police animal take the oath of office?

Sometimes with a bark but usually with human help. Human police officers are typically sworn in at a brief ceremony attended by the new officers' families and friends. Canine swearing-in ceremonies, on the other hand, tend to be public events celebrating the role of police dogs. In some cases, the police chief administers the human oath of office to the dog, and the handler affirms on the dog's behalf. In rare instances, the dog is trained to bark in affirmation of the oath. When the ceremony is complete, the dog is presented with a badge to wear on its collar.

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