Or is that just me being a Virgo?

I am pretty much the opposite of your Virgo-ness, Barb (cables freaking everywhere in all their tangled and multitudinous glory, for example), but that drives me crazy, too.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my mother:

30 minutes ago:

Mom: I'm at the Burger Bar, would you like the veggie burger?
Me: Sure!
Mom: What would you like it with?
Me: We're talking about the portobello hamburger, right?
Mom: Yes.
Me: with thousand islands and fried onion, please. OK?
Mom: OK.

5 minutes ago

Me: yay, dinner!
me opening the hamburger after noticing lettuce and tomato. Asking my mom about it.
Mom, in a hurry to catch the news: oh, they asked if you'd like it, they made it sound as if that's usual.
Me: grumble well, OK.
several bites into it, thinking something's weird here. Opening the hamburger again, this time, trying to find where did they hid the portobello-light of my life-mushroom.
Me: eh, isn't there a mushroom in there?
Mom: no, they wanted to put 3 inside and I told them specifically not to.
Me: starting to weep
Mom: What?

This scenario, over other things, must happen at least 2-3 times per month in our house. WHY, God, WHY?

Toby would like "fun with assonance", it would go well with repetition and floating opposites. Make a memorable catchphrase or sound clip.

Josh would think it sounded dirty.

This scenario, over other things, must happen at least 2-3 times per month in our house. WHY, God, WHY?

Balls.

I have a job interview this afternoon, so some job~ma at 4pm EST would be much appreciated.

I guess if this job doesn't work out it's yet another sign to move to CA.

I like thousand island, too. Never thought you ate it in Israel, but I eat hummus. Debet, ha. And I think I can picture this: CJ Josh, are you *blushing*? Don't quit your day job...the private sector would eat you alive.

Monday has been oddly quiet. (Accordingly, I expect the apocalypse around 9pm.) Interview was, well, quiet. What do you do when the person interviewing you is so reserved, she doesn't actually have any questions for you? I rambled on about the social model and emancipatory research. She wants me to make a lot of changes to my proposal. It will only be worth it if they're giving me money in return. Which I'll find about in August. Great department, though - they're doing fascinating work on young people, religion and identity.

I agree with Shir. First thing I thought when I read it was "Tagline! That has to be a tagline!"

Done.

What is the purpose of this, other than to drive people who haven't had enough coffee batshit with frustration trying to tear precisely along the perforation without mess ups?

Sounds like you need more coffee. Great to hear that you're enjoying your new hometown!

I also had a huge damn epiphany

Those are so cool. I'm having a recurring dream that I'm sure is about something important. Unfortunately, it always gets interjected with pointless dream crap. The other night it was overshadowed by images of my PA getting swallowed up by a tent she was trying to put up.

How's the library and the studying, Shir?

ETA: Huge job~ma, Nora.

On Table Talk, NATLBSB(Not A Tagline But Should Be) was a common usage. Not for me, because the months I spent on TT, I spent trying to perfect my impression of a potted palm.

Nah, the private sector wouldn't know "assonance" if it bit them...on the ass...I guess. Way too much of a 50 cent word. Bartlett's senior staff was all way erudite (except when they were playing exposition fairy). Unless you're talking about academia, which would be very bad for Josh for a lot of reasons. Toby would enjoy harassing the undergrads, though.

Someone is wrong on the Internet. I should just let it go, right? Even if it's a professional listserv and people might, you know, give advice based on this other's guy's "well, that never happened to me!" reasoning. (Actually, I volunteered the right answer and this guy said I was wrong. But I should just let it go because I know I'm right and my answer had a source.)