I mean, unless it's the "you can't refuse" kind of offer. But I'd be surprised if it were.

Breaking in, skipping a lot. Our management just sent this out:

NorCal Tsunami Advisory after Somoa [sic] Earthquake

A tsunami advisory is in effect which includes the coastal areas of California and Oregon from the California-Mexico border to the Oregon-Washington border...

Persons in tsunami advisory areas should move out of the water... off the beach and out of harbors and marinas.

Tsunami advisories mean that a tsunami capable of producing strong currents or waves dangerous to persons in or very near water is imminent of expected. Significant widespread inundation is not expected for areas in an advisory. Tsunamis are a series of waves potentially dangerous several hours after initial arrival time. Estimated times of initial wave arrival for selected sites in the advisory are provided below.

Santa Barbara-CA 2111 PDT Sep 29 San Francisco-CA 2131 PDT Sep 29 La Jolla-CA 2116 PDT Sep 29 Charleston-or 2132 PDT Sep 29 Crescent City-CA 2120 PDT Sep 29 seaside-or 2205 PDT Sep 29 for arrival times at additional locations see wcatwc.Arh.NOAA.Gov

We've also got a wildfire around the Caldecott Tunnel:

Fire near Caldecott Tunnel

Firefighters are battling a grass fire that ignited along state Highway 24 at Fish Ranch Road near Orinda. The fire was reported shortly after 3:00 p.m. and was estimated to have burned about 20 acres by 4:00 p.m.. For more information: [link]

I'm working on a proposal and you guys are so tuned into current events. Anyone else been hearing about the tsunami?

eta: I don't know. The LA Times seems to think that no tsunami warning was issued. Ima going with the LA Times over our HR mgmt.

All it says is Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3.

That's all mine says, too. Well, except mine is Service Pack 2.

I'm trying to install AVC on my classroom computers and it works on my computer but not the kids' computers. AVC doesn't work on 64-bit, so I was wondering how to tell.

I mean, unless it's the "you can't refuse" kind of offer.

No, I just hope it's not the "we suspect you might be desperate, so we're hoping you'll take this job that will be significantly less than you were making before, even though we told you we'd make a decent offer."

IF it doesn't say, I would assume 32-bit.

re: tsunami, there are supposed to be 20 dead in Samoa from it.

Added irony to trashcan theft: tonight is the quarterly community meeting and I just realized I am missing it.

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Unrelatedly, Hipsters of the Universe -- Artist Reinterprets He-Man Characters as Cool Kids

What would He-Man look like if he was really into fashion and indie rock? What if Skeletor was an American Apparel model living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn? What if She-Ra was an art school dropout that spent her time bar-hopping in the Lower East Side?

For the past few months artists Adrian Riemann has been creating a master work that answers these questions. Essentially, Riemann has remixed the characters of the popular 1980s "Masters of the Universe" cartoon series as highfalutin, Justice and Kid Cudi listening, circa 2009 hipsters. On top of that, he styled the characters in designer clothing as if this was a fashion spread in a magazine.

I have a very hard time believing that even among the Hollywood beautiful people in the anything-goes 1970s, that drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl who repeatedly said "No" would be an accepted more.

Again, also trying to tap into a 70s mindset, it might as easily been seen as part of "the game" with men thinking that even when a girl/woman said "no" she really meant "oh yeah, I really want it, I'm just trying to tease."

Again, just speculation on my part based on what I know and have read of the time period.

My biggest issue is that they're continuing to make the victim a victim, when she clearly no longer wants to be seen as such.

No, HE is. His actions kept her in the limelight. He's at fault.

Okay, yes, from this standpoint, I definitely understand where you're coming from. It just keeps feeling to me that she's ready to let it lie but it won't go away because individuals who are beyond her control won't let it lie. And perhaps it shouldn't. But it also puts her in a similar position of not having any power over her own destiny that's as demoralizing as the inciting incident itself. As I've said over and over again, I just don't know. And yes, I have my own reasons for putting myself in her shoes and empathizing with her mindset.

Again, also trying to tap into a 70s mindset, it might as easily been seen as part of "the game" with men thinking that even when a girl/woman said "no" she really meant "oh yeah, I really want it, I'm just trying to tease."

The age of consent was 16. 13 year olds didn't get to tease. Period.

20 dead? Yikes.

Yeah, there are tsunami warnings all over the Pacific, including Calif./Oregon coast.

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