It makes sense!

It does rather. Makes far more sense than America's rule that people born OS can't be President. (Australia has had many PMs from overseas, including the incumbent, Julia Gillard. Our third PM was born in Chile.)

I have to write a cover letter for a job that's not a perfect fit for me and that has potentially serious problems (the commute). But I have to apply for this job because it's only the 3rd job in my field that's been posted in the last 9 months. (Job 1 they decided to fill with two part-time positions at a lower level, job 2 I applied for a month ago and heard nothing yet.)

Has anyone heard from ita lately? I am a little nervous about her absence.

I know it is crazy after all these years, but I still can't figure out the artistic director of the theatre- I think it is a personality that just does not exist in business, which completely thrives on conflict and is completely self centered, but is also a fairly nice person. For example, I have literally been asking for the same minor change in schedule for 3 -4 years and have been told it is impossible. We finally got the change, but it was because the administrative assistant YELLED at him for about a half an hour. Like, you seriously have to raise your voice and YELL to be heard. Which is so weird, because what boss likes his employees to yell at him! Then, at the end of the yelling, he said he did not understand why I never brought it up before! However, we have an employee who is not doing her job and is completely obstructive to everything. She has been written up several times and has not made improvements in her behavior. The head of the english department also was involved. But even though there is no improvement, he can't bring himself to fire her, even though it would benefit the whole program.

ita's still lying low, Sophia.

Zen is totally a word in Words with Friends.

Meanwhile, in New Mexico - a car chase at the (horse) racetrack.

You can turn your kids' drawings into toys.

Just had an actual phone interview. Looks like I'll be going in for an in-person interview on Monday, and I'll be interviewing with another place next week, too.

ita's still lying low, Sophia.

I was hoping Eureka being back and Avengers would have brought her back. Oh well, I just hope she's getting relief.

And so I've thought about nailing that rule to Polgara's door, like a scrabble lutheran.

SCRABBLE SCHISM!!!

There's a "go eat worms" joke in this discussion somewhere.

And so I've thought about nailing that rule to Polgara's door, like a scrabble lutheran.

If you nail it to one of the corners, you get a triple word score.

Good luck, Tom!