I just tried to "like" your post. Ha!

Yay Lee! That's so much better than the moment I usually have of

Oy.
My house.

I am reading comments on huffpost about a woman who was shamed for breastfeeding at a Georgia (U.S. State) Applebee's.

One of the commenters said that following that has me in giggles:

Breastfeeding is a natural part of life, just like burping, farting, peeing and pooping. If people are disgusted just because I occasionally take a dump in the salad bar then that's their problem. I'm not going to exile myself to some bathroom just because they are uncomfortable with natural human processes.

I am assuming the 2nd and 3rd sentences are facetious and I do not want to be disabused of this notion.

My academe is not so good with that for support staff. To become an administrative assistant rather than a secretary you have to manage people (although many of the job descriptions exaggerate how much in order to get approved by HR.)

I am assuming the 2nd and 3rd sentences are facetious and I do not want to be disabused of this notion.

...ok.

My department has been promoting people without expanding for the past 6-7 years, and we are now ridiculously top heavy. Out of a team of ten, there are 4 Directors and an SVP.

So here is an example, in the wild, of what Romney supporters think (from a high school friend's facebook). This was part of a semi-rational discussion that did not get out of hand:

Mr. Romney spoke what most of us think. You and I will go to work tomorrow so we can provide a paycheck to approx 18% of that 47% who choose not to work. We all need to contribute something to keep our country running and if the majority of people get a federal tax refund that supersedes what they paid in all year, then that person/family contributed nothing, if that then becomes 47% of tax payers, the numbers don't work. Almost half of the country pays no income tax! Not fair if you ask me, no wonder our national debt is so high. I'm no math scholar but the politicians that made those taxes codes need theirs heads examined. No one wants to pay more but we all should be taxed and pay taxes fairly.

Brainwashed.

Shortsighted at the very least.

In Good Stuff news, the post about the Paul Frank company shenanigans blew up over night -- it had less than 150 notes when I went to bed, now almost 1,000. I mean, it's still no Bikers Against Child Abuse, but still.

I am so fucked for today. I was prepping class late last night so I didn't get to bed until 12 and didn't unwind and fall asleep until almost 1. I have been awake since 4:30 and finally just gave up trying because I need to be up by 6:30 anyway. Ugh. Pretty sure I'll be fine for teaching but I am going to lose steam at some point.

I need my sitter to come back from vacation. It's just too much work when I don't have her to help with picking up the kids and homework.

Sophia, you could just remind her that many people who go to work and pay federal taxes don't pay income taxes. I honestly think they are deluding themselves that people aren't paying any taxes at all.

OK, I don't wear high-heeled shoes, but these are cool: Retro High-Heeled Bowling Shoes

Sophia, you could just remind her that many people who go to work and pay federal taxes don't pay income taxes. I honestly think they are deluding themselves that people aren't paying any taxes at all.

I did. And it was a sort of respectful discourse, with 2 of us on one side, and two on the other, without calling each other names. So maybe we changed some minds, but maybe they think the same thing.