Thanks, guys!

I recommend sitting in a real chair, not on the couch or similar.

Thank you, yes! I realized, while a phone interview might be weird at first (I've never done one), you also get to do things like have notes and talking points in front of you!

It got me thinking about technology today. Are video interviews common? Has anyone here ever done one?

Would you use this payment tool? It...it almost feels like stealing.

Hell yes.

Buying should be at least a little hard. Or you'll just keep doing it and doing it.

Would probably have that effect too. Oh man. Can you imagine how much trouble some people (and by people I mean me) could get themselves into if you could use that at restaurants or bars? Or coffee shops?

I've done phone interviews, but not video. Thank god; potential employers do NOT need to see my working desk!

Phone is fine; you can look stuff up if you're sneaky; I always am ready at LEAST a half-hour ahead of time, though, and I brush my hair and put on a clean shirt and bra. I know! But it switches my mindset to "professional" not schlub.

I admit, though, as a freelancer, I am a bit more lax. I have talked to clients...BRALESS. *gasp*

Would you use this payment tool? It...it almost feels like stealing. Buying should be at least a little hard. Or you'll just keep doing it and doing it.

I think I would, but I hope I would be careful about where I set it up. The inherent problems are also the attractions.

Re: Square -- the sound you hear is my financial comp-sec husband falling to the floor and shrieking with horror.

Good luck Jen!

I was pretty old before I realized that freezing was not the only possible reaction to bees. I was never overly afraid of them, but somehow got convinced that I would accidentally flail into one's way, and that's when I would get stung. So, freeze.

Last time there were bees in the garden, I gave one a pat. Just once, very lightly. He was too busy doing his bee thing with the flowers to care. He was soft and fuzzy!!!

Would you use this payment tool?

No. But I used Square to sell concert tickets from my Android phone and that side of it worked like a dream.

That's pretty much a given for medical shows, isn't it? I mean, they're never going to get it right, and eventually they're going to hit something close to home.

I stopped watching Keith Olberman's Countdown when he started talking about his father's slow death. It had been a year since I'd watched my own father die, and I just wasn't up to reliving the experience along with my nightly news.

I love the pieces in today's Daily Art Fixx.

the sound you hear is my financial comp-sec husband falling to the floor and shrieking with horror

Why? I haven't seen any objections to it that stood up to examination.