I report sick days as they happen to the next two layers above me in the org chart, so I just have to keep track of whether or not one bumps me below 80 hours in a given two-week period and thus uses up leave time (which happens extremely rarely; I clocked 110 work hours in the recent pay period wherein I was out 3 days for stomach flu).

I follow Apartment Therapy, and I'm not sure how their relationship has been the cash cow. I mean, they built the website together because they had a relationship, but I had no idea the two founders were married until I read that they were getting divorced, so it's not like their personal lives are a huge draw to the site.

I didn't know there was a blog, either (is there, actually?) -- I only go on to check out house tours when I want design porn.

In the Jezebel piece about it, it mentioned that Dooce and her husband separated, too, which I hadn't heard.

I'm a little surprised this isn't getting more press, unless maybe it is and I'm just living under a rock? Or is Rick Santorum such a vile excuse for a human being in general that nobody's surprised he's also pretty racist?

I've been experiencing a greater amount of Santorum rage than usual because he's IN MY STATE and constantly robocalling me. Fucking racist, misogynistic piece of shit.

Happy birthday, Tom!

it's not like their personal lives are a huge draw to the site.

I'm reading some people saying that, and from a quick browse of the site I can't see relationship stamped all over it, so I'm wondering if it's a specific mindset of person who's saying that. There are people who seem to be mad at anyone who gets into the public eye, and that they deserve anything negative that comes their way.

Completely unrelatedly, I just saw an ad for Eureka, and I honestly cannot believe from day to day that Colin had a TV series. That's just so...dude. He's Colin.

I just got a random email (I think it's spam) from a guy who was directing a zero dollar budget martial arts movie I got involved in in Detroit. It was so lame...I had a fairly large part, and y'all might have noticed that I don't really act. But he saw me fight, and he wrote a role for me. I was the only woman who showed up for an action role. It was so bad. I mean, the movie was awful, my role was awful, and my performance was execrable. It was just pain all around. He never finished it, but I do have a couple clips of my suckiness. Good god.

But it was fun. I got my friend P involved, and that turned out to be a good thing, because the other guys viewed me as a slab of fresh meat, and he was the only thing that kept them off me. They were so scared of his 18 year old self. Which they should have been. He was totally bad-assed.

He might still be. He's also married, home owning, and a father now. I haven't changed so much.

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone!

Or is Rick Santorum such a vile excuse for a human being in general that nobody's surprised he's also pretty racist?

I'm afraid it's this, but I have seen a fair amount about it.

I am more surprised that there was a bombing at a Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin that isn't getting any major coverage. Or um, maybe I'm just not reading the papers? It could be the second as well.