When I worked at an association there was one man who had been with them for 34 years.He'd held every position but CEO at one point or another. I guess that counted for something because when they went to lay him off they gave him 2 weeks notice he was "retiring".

Several other people had been there for 20+ years.

this was not a real bagel, I am clear on that. It was Einstein Bros., so at least not a fluffy mess like I might get down here.

The Foreign Service is looking for librarians: [link]

ooooh, the delivery guy I've had a terrible crush on for about a year stopped by my office with a big box of computer parts. Before he left he said, "I love your shirt by the way."

It's my Run DMC tshirt. Which I at first I wasn't going to get because it's a small and I'm still not really confident about being smaller in size. I still sort of think I need to swim in my clothes to hide.

Anyway, I think I have like 15 years on the delivery guy. So I says to him I says, "No way! You're too young for Run DMC."

And he replies, "nuh uh, I grew up with them. They're the godfathers of it all."

And I was all, "word."

But in my head. I didn't say it out loud.

Kat, where does Noah take his swim lessons? We did Mommy and Me classes at Jim Herrick and were just going to take Shane there for individual lessons, but have heard mixed reviews.

GC, we take him to Water Whisperer (no really) [link] The 10-day intensive has been pretty wonderful for us. If you go, tell 'em I sent you.

Did we know there's a new Shibu Inu puppy cam? They're brand-new.

Did we know there's a new Shibu Inu puppy cam? They're brand-new.

God help us all.

Getting work done, I mean.

Feh, my office blocks Ustream. No puppies for me!

Right? Although they're so little now, they still seem mostly blind and squirmy.

In a few weeks, though ...

Kalshane - one thing he is dead wrong on is pensions.

1) Public workers get salaries lower than private for comparable jobs.

2) During bubble public worker pensions were raided cause it was claimed the gov did not need put so much in due to high rates of returns on investments. That is why pensions are in trouble not cause they are too generous.

3) If pensions are not to be held sancrosanct how about other debts - like govt bonds? I'm not saying not paying bonds would be a good idea. All sorts of reasons why it would be a bsd one. But then why so casual about pensions, which after all are debts bor work already done. I note nobody says "wee we paid public workers too much over the years so lets go into their bank acounts and take past salary back. Because that would be too obvious. Hitting pensions is the same thing.

4) BTW if all the states had not made all the damn tax cuts over the years they would not have problems now.And when wotshisface gives a california example, California is like the poster child for stupid tax cuts over the course of decades. (Even though I have not live in CA for decades, I still think of myself as a California boy, and was there when all that shit started.