he thinks discussing this sort of thing in group wide emails is actually helpful.

You might want to mention that if he says that you working at home is a problem, because of what a *burden* it is to have to e-mail you on those days.

I mean, seriously. If he loves group e-mails so much, then he needs to be consistent.

Oh wow habanero cheetos are yummy.

Shir and Stephanie, I'm sorry that these crappy things are happening to you. I wish I had something better to say about each of them. But all I've got is {{{{}}}} for you.

Ugh Stephanie, it just keeps getting worse.

Can you slog it out for a little bit and look for another position in the meantime? What does your husband think? I'm guessing he's a bit boggled by the upside down hierarchy.

Oh, Maria. What a worry for your mom and you. Much eye~ma for her.

Maria, I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. Decision and health~ma to her and coping ~ma to you.

Stephanie, I think you have to work two FULL quarters. Though usually if you can prove previous employment in another state (...not sure if Puerto Rico counts) it adds up. There's usually timelines and stuff--like, when I got laid off here in Washington, I hadn't worked two quarters in Washington, so Maryland (where I HAD worked previously) was paying in to part of it.

But yeah, they also would likely contest it, because it will make their unemployment insurance go up, especially if they just fired that other guy...

Maria, lots of decision~ma, eye-sight~ma, health~ma and coping~ma to you.

{{Stephanie}}. I'd be in tears by now. Good luck with the stupidity.

Again, thank you all. I'm now gonna email one of the well known bloggers in Israel who's an excellent web designer, with a suggestion to start a Hollaback blog for Israel. It's not about the type of the assault I experienced (and damn, why is it so hard to say out loud that I was attacked - as if I can't be both strong and getting attacked) - it's about giving some agency back to unreported situations like this which are staying unreported because police won't do anything about it. My only problem with this site is that it might use as an weapon of "see? the streets are dangerous and you shouldn't go out there on your own/dress like this" example, which is precisely the opposite of my intentions.

And just to reinforce Typo Boy's word - yes, there's a fight on women's right to use public space in Jerusalem. There are bus lines, mostly for the ultra-orthodox crowd, on which women are supposed to sit on the back. There are streets on which women are supposed to use one side of the sidewalk, while men use the other. In Israel, 2010. When I waited for the bus to take me home, a Birthright tour stopped and a group went down from it (I have no idea what TL stands for in America, but that's where they're from). I wanted to stand in front of them and shout "you thought you're coming to an advanced, peace-seeking country, right?".

Oh Maria, all the good thoughts in the world for your mom.

As a recently confirmed diabetic with a PVD in each eye, you can believe I empathize. These aren't serious, I'm told, though the space aliens make life interesting. But any minor change is worrying.

Wishing her clarity for decision-making and peace with her choice, and if that is to go ahead with the surgery, patience, fortitude, and complication-free healing.

Maria, all thoughts are with you and your mom.

In much less important news, the Insomnia Fairy can bite me. Or, alternately, it did and I am unpleased.

Seriously, I am streaming Hidden Palms on NetFlix trying to bore myself to sleep. And the scenery is pretty, I admit it is someplace hard for me to live all of the time but the desert there is still kinda home. But, damn, the stories are WB.