It is so freaking hot in my office! Ugh.

I'll trade you. I am sitting here in a sweater, scarf and a blanket over my legs. I can't eork when it's 65 degrees inside! This is what I get for being in the office on the same AC circuit as the server room. The vents in my office are closed, but freezing air still kinds sneaks in. I am going to bring in plastic and seal the vent off, or I will either freeze to death or complain so much someone will murder me.

I will take that trade! I do best in 65 degree weather, that's what our heat is set at when we are at home.

Graphic design folk, a question.

I was having a discussion with my sorta-boss and I was objecting to something he wants which will, effectively, double the time it takes me to do our monthly journal. After discussion, he said flat out that he considers taking three to four hours for each page is a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Am I nuts, thinking this is way too much? or is he? (I mean specifically for this - other areas may vary)

SuziQ, good point. Because honestly, some teachers are schmucks. But unless you meet them, you don't know if they're really schmucks or if your kid doesn't like them because they're strict.

Is it terrible that the end of the teaching day makes me wish I still smoked?

so my question for your boss-- where are the extra 10 to 20 hours going to come from?

Not sure what is normal. DH used to do paste up for the homes mag -- and worked his way into computer graphics -- nothing he did took that kind of time, but he wasn't doing anything that had a broad array of options or choices

he said flat out that he considers taking three to four hours for each page is a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Am I nuts, thinking this is way too much? or is he?

Fucking hell! Granted, our journal is a boring scientific journal with a boring template (i.e., not much -- or any -- room for creativity), but I spend, all told, maybe 15 minutes MAX on any one page, and those are serious outliers.

When I think about the newsletter I do for the nuns, I spend at most 1 hour on a page.

Is he a designer? (I'm assuming no.) Any sane person would say that 3-4 hours per PAGE is whack-ass insanity.

good news about CJ,Suzi.

and I am asking for more ma~~~. jobma ~~~ specifically . Matt has a second interview at 2pm. he has had some good opportunities, but the economy keeps snatching them away. We're ok for a little while, but he wants to be working

Or maybe he needs the extra time cause he haz no computer skills? This is often me.

he said flat out that he considers taking three to four hours for each page is a perfectly reasonable amount of time.

Am I nuts, thinking this is way too much? or is he?

He's nuts, unless he wants this to be a collectible that generations will treasure.