guess the kids are too young for e-mail distribution, huh? Or an online forum where they could check for those kinds of things?

This becomes more prevalent in middle school. At least around here. I can even check Nate's grades online, which is nice since I don't have to wait for interims to get an idea how he's doing.

CJ is in elementary - 6th grade - and is expected to go online each night for homework.

so I just heard someone say this:

"this bailout thing isn't a Republican thing to do at all..." which, yes, as far as philosophies go, it's not. True. But you cannot disown the fact that they are the party in charge, right?

Yes?

A little?

In West Baltimore, if somebody jerked you around like that, you could have your crew kick the shit out of them, Tep. I think I like that plan. No, Sox, you can't. McSame is trying like hell, though. "We have to let him play. This America." Onion, stop ripping me off. Dag.

In West Baltimore, if somebody jerked you around like that, you could have your crew kick the shit out of them, Tep.

I like that plan, too!

This doesn't mean I'm not looking for other jobs; I definitely am. But the economy is sucking in these parts, and this means I at least get my full salary back to build up a nest egg and pay off credit card debt while I keep looking.

Teppy, I meant to tell you this in LJ, but DEFINITELY pursue any opportunities available to you in any pharma you might have near you. The money in this industry is far better than in textbooks and other traditional publishing areas. I can send you some helpful links, but I think you could increase your salary by 20-30% within a year of making the jump (if not right away).

I can't speak for the hours required by Polter-Cow, but it's definitely not a 9-5 job in my company. Well, I take that back, my publishers do typically work a 40-45 hour work week; we just happen to be in NDA-mode right now. I haven't had a weekend off since the F2F. BUT, the money helps. Big time. Shoot me an email if you want further info.

ETA: I did not ask if she was tire-d.

Well you should have, because she probably never head that joke before.

Yes, and I've never heard Gilligan's Island references; gingerbread and ginger ale jokes; or jokes about doing something "gingerly."

Precisely why I did not mention it to her.

Same reason I do not address a co-worker who shares the name of a famous evangelist as "Billy."

I can't speak for the hours required by Polter Cow

I can!

it's definitely not a 9-5 job in my company

Yeah, hours are flexible...which means you have lazy times and busy times.

I haven't had a weekend off since the F2F.

I'm not that bad, but I've been there. My company and boss put a value (literally, a corporate value) on having a life, so they're more likely to tell you not to work on the weekend than to do so, but you basically get your work done when you can.

BUT, the money helps. Big time.

I feel so overpaid. But I'm not complaining.

The doctor's are back to saying that Nephew J needs surgery. It's scheduled for Thursday. The blockage wasn't as bad as the doctors in TX thought it was, but they feel it still needs to be dealt with. Please send all the surgery-ma you can spare to Boston on Thursday.

Wednesday is National Punctuation Day.