I think I'm a hugger, but I've become so paranoid about offending a non-hugger accidentally that I wind up seeming more standoffish and non-huggy than I'd otherwise be.

Heh. I'm not actually anti-hug in a non-work environment. But I am awkward and shy, so it comes off looking like the same thing.

Stealth huggers.

We cannot roll over more than 3 days of vacation and then we must use them by March of the next year, so no one here can build up a huge stash. I have always used all of my vacations days whereever I have been, do not understand not taking days off.

As for the people in this office who always seem to be out? A couple of them actually do steal days and I hate them with a fiery hot passion. In fact, as admin, I will sometimes override the system and enter their abscenses which auto sends them out an email.

In (hopefully unrelated) news the child molester next store was arrested last night for possession of assault rifles and dealer quantities of meth.

Yikes! I hope that works out as an improvement for the neighborhood.

Yikes! I hope that works out as an improvement for the neighborhood.

I hate to speculate on the circumstances where it would worsen things.

I was thinking if he wasn't held for some reason, but yeah.

ION, I'm finally making the damn cookies, for a party on Sunday. How soon do you think I can bake them? Will Thursday be OK?

We are offering a new course on Sexuality (in Healthcare). We are numbering it NSG 369. My department is weird.

Yikes! I hope that works out as an improvement for the neighborhood.

Yeah. I think so. When the guy (and a bunch of his friends) first moved in, I brought over some couscous and beer as a "welcome new neighbor" gift, and was surprised by how unfriendly they were. I commented to another neighbor, and then a few days later we got the "registered sex offender" notification. And we noticed they always had fancy cars and motorcycles. And then the police came last night, and we wondered. Details were in the local rag this morning. [link]

Did anyone else see last night's Colbert? Loved his performing with Alicia Keys on "Empire State of Mind"! Someone over at TWOP transcribed his rap:

Yeah, yeah, yeah
I love New York, King of all the Cities
Lived up by the Guggenheim, 'til I got some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, 'bye George Pataki
Volvo to the dry-cleaners, pickin' up my khakis

Shoppin' mall is close, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home theater system, 60-inch plasma
Clean suburban air, much better for my asthma

Still hit the city, Times Square, keep it real
Hard Rock Cafe for the appetizer deal
M&M Store, Disney Store, I'm in heaven
I own this town from 41st to 47th

Take you to The Lion King, that show is fantastic
Leave half an hour early so I can beat the traffic
I can get home really fast, driver rocks an E-Z Pass
Land of cheaper gas and the upper middle class

Oooh, that's a viciously accurate rap.

I know those people.