Hey Meara. I'm in Olympia. I'll even be circulating a petition to replace Puget Sound Energy with public power at the Pride Saturday. If you want, we can arrange something where you can use me as an escape hatch if you are not into her, but we can meet another time if you are into her. My profile addy is good.

Irony. Applying for a loan with your credit union, and gathering all the neccesary statements, and having trouble finding the two recent months statements for my credit union... and of course, the website doesn't allow for downloading statements, just transaction history. Argh!

Seems I'm the only one up. Hmm. So? I wonder. If a slightly elevated level of anxiety would explain why my jaws are so tired.. as in... I think I am clenching my teeth. Must. Relax. This home buying business is unerving. Doesn't help when the students are asshats, and add to stress level. Ugg.

I'm sorry that the students are being asshats and that the home buying process is unnerving, omnis.

Sorry omnis, home buying (and selling) is super stressful. But you will be on the other side of it in time and then the Joys of home ownership! Well, that has its own set of stresses, but I keep doing it anyway. It is really a very exciting time and you should balance the stress with lots of time spent dreaming about how you are going to make it yours.

Trivia: He was on that because he and Mike McShane had been in the same improv troupe since their undergrad years at SF State University, and once McShane started getting lots of love from Whose Line... he made it his mission to drag as many friends over to England as possible to show off their awesome funniness to as many people as possible, since they weren't getting all the props they deserved out here.

He did well. That was an excellent show thanks to him, Proops & Josie Lawrence.

Good luck with all the home ownership stuff, omnis. Can relate to the stress - am still recovering from buying my place over a year ago. Living in it makes it all worth it, though! Best wishes for a very smooth process.

Oh Yes. Very much looking forward to the end process. Just, lots to do until then. Kinda glad it took so long, and it's happening as the school year winds down. If this happend 4 months ago... oy. In less than an hour, I get to walk around the place, and see what's wrong with it. Rumor has it, the current owner is moved out. So that should make it easier. I also hope to take pictures! Of course, will share.

This is slated to be closing real close to f2f time! Alas, it looks like just *after*, so odds are, no tours for out of towners.

I find the harassment training a form of harassment itself. I get irate at the absurd gulf between the training and the reality of the situation.

Professor Minnie Monopoly is the only female Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics. Professor Monopoly is concerned about the double entendres that are frequently made around the office. Professor Monopoly is concerned as much for others in the vicinity as she is for herself. She comes to you, the Department Chair, looking for advice, but has no interest in filing a formal complaint as she believes she will simply create enemies by doing so. She also stated that she does not feel she has been harassed.

Let me guess, the correct answer is: Even if she says she doesn't want to file a compliant, you must pursue this as an actual complaint, and there is no way to guarantee Minnie Monopoly's anonymity as she requested.

Translation: Hey ladies, shut your pie hole and just put up with the double entendres because if admin gets even a whiff that you're unhappy about it, we will make your life miserable under the guise of "investigating your harassment complaint."

Burrell,

what do you think the appropriate response is? I'm curious because I have had to deal with a related matter and I wrote up a 2-3 page recommended set of responses for my main unit to deal with poor climate for racial/ethnic minority group members.

Yeah, I kinda hate that stuff. Because on the one hand, there are times when I'm perfectly ok with a situation, but know that others might not be. And know that those people are more likely to have a hard time speaking up about it (whereas I hardly ever don't speak up about shit, but especially if it's on someone else's behalf it's easier). But there are also times when I'm ok with a certain amount of whatever, but then someone has to go over the line and then it's really hard to say "no but see, when you say THAT, it's offensive or hurtful or just fucking creepy". Cause lord knows, there are things i enjoy if my friends do them, but if random creep I don't know or don't like does it, hell to the no.

Which is to say, I think a general warning to keep the double-entendres an offensive remarks and teasing to a minimum is probably a good plan on any case.