Think it is.

Is he on the run from the cops, or hiding from the press? Or is there a difference?

ION, I spent weeks last year writing a white paper on the program I administer, a FAQ statement for the public affairs guys, so they could answer questions from the public, or even provide the FAQ itself.

It got reviewed and reviewed again here, and then sent upstairs, and my Big Boss loved it, and it went to Miami and then finally to Washington, and it was reviewed and commented on again, and then... it stopped. And someone finally called me today to let me know that Someone didn't like the idea of sharing information with the public about the program.

And that's it. What a frelling waste of many people's time. Everything in the document was stuff I have said to the press, to members of the public, to other organizations, and to politicians. But god forbid it be written down anywhere.

MERF.

Timelies all!

The alarm has gone off a half-hour earlier than usual the last few days so Gary can get to work for meetings at 7:30. Sleepy cat is sleepy.

Could someone do me a favor? I (er, finally) am getting around to deactivating my OKCupid account. I haven't looked at it in years -- pretty much since the day M and I got together -- but I never deleted it (I feel like maybe I tried and couldn't figure it out?) and I keep getting the occasional email and those Quiver emails. So I just logged in for the first time in years and disabled my account, but I want to make sure it worked. Can someone who has a current OKC account look me up (my username was risingtide, or possibly risingtide80) and let me know whether or not my profile is still showing up?

Thanks! (I'm about to head home from work but will check in later tonight.)

No one by either of those names!

So when do you suppose Gingrich will pull out?

Recently his campaign tried to register for the Nevada primary. Their $500 check for the filing fee bounced. Newt's campaign is not returning Nevada's calls.

NEWT GINGRICH’S CHECK BOUNCES

This chick is exhausting me. Lead developer on my primary platform has moved back to India, so although he still works for us, he can no longer be lead, because he's in the wrong timezone to deal with issues. Replacement developer has zero initiative. In the middle of my worst working week on record, she's forcing me to hand hold her through all sorts of troubleshooting efforts I've also never done before. She's the one who had plenty of knowledge transfer before the old lead left. But she never does anything, unless I suggest she does it. No sense of urgency or that she's the only one working on anything. Driving me bonkers. This would be irritating at the best of times, but it's getting on my last nerve right now.

And that's it. What a frelling waste of many people's time.

Oh I've lived this. I'm so sorry Consuela. It should feel good that BigPeople liked it, but mostly it feels smacky that stupid won.

Also, Cash - I was sitting on my hands watching your fbook convo. I wanted to say that anyone who didn't immediately pony up $250k for each and every 'save' they make - to pay for school, food, medical and dental care through high school, strikes me as lacking conviction.

ETA - DOH, thank you Smonster for the clue. Don't post and try to get a 7yo to brush her teeth at the same time, is the lesson here.

(psst, Sox, that was Consuela, not Cash)

Thank you smonster!