We drive on A1A often. The joggers, bikers, and beach bums are pleasant scenery. Those that have driven the strip in Fort Lauderdale in the past may not realize that a significant chunk of A1A was lost to Hurricane Sandy. Not like New Jersey level damage, but there is a section now where there is no beach at all and just a seawall next to the road. They reduced it from 4 lanes to 2 in that area to make the seawall. I'll find a picture...
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Mar 25, 2013 11:06:38 am PDT #15960 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Amy - Mar 25, 2013 11:06:41 am PDT #15961 of 30001
Because books.
I have to say, 60 would be fine with me at this point.
Stupid "spring."
Jesse - Mar 25, 2013 11:09:05 am PDT #15962 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was just remembered of the time in college I misguidedly took an honors English class (it was all English majors; I was not) and had to open my mouth in class to say that April REALLY IS the cruelest month! Especially in New England! Where Eliot was living when he wrote that! It's about the weather.
Laura - Mar 25, 2013 11:09:05 am PDT #15963 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
flea - Mar 25, 2013 11:12:17 am PDT #15964 of 30001
information libertarian
It's been snowing steadily all day and there's basically no accumulation. Very strange.
My interview went ok. I think the biggest problem is my lack of public library experience. It was really hard to talk about my work experience without everything being, "when I was at X academic library..." since that is the experience I have. They asked me how I felt about the atmosphere, which seemed like code for "you noticed 80% of the people in the building today are homeless or unemployed guys who have no place to go, right?" Yes, I did, and I did wonder if some of the staff are DYING for a question about, like, 17th century French poetry sometimes, and if I would be one of them in a couple of years.
Scrappy - Mar 25, 2013 11:22:30 am PDT #15965 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just got back from my interview at Sony (Shout out to my interview sister, Flea). It was with one person there and one skyping in from Vancouver. I think the US person dug me, but the Canadian person didn't. Not really crossing my fingers on this one.
flea - Mar 25, 2013 11:25:25 am PDT #15966 of 30001
information libertarian
One of the oddities of the job I interviewed for today is I would accept passport applications. Apparently the library is the only place in the city that does them, for some reason, so they do it all day long and everyone on the team is deputized to be able to do it.
Ginger - Mar 25, 2013 11:27:39 am PDT #15967 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Georgia State library had its share of homeless and unemployed guys, at least back when I was spending time there. There was one older man who spent every day in the reference room, either reading or dozing.
Jesse - Mar 25, 2013 11:31:11 am PDT #15968 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Apparently the library is the only place in the city that does them, for some reason, so they do it all day long and everyone on the team is deputized to be able to do it.
That's so weird -- doesn't that happen at the post office?
Good luck getting jobs you want, you guys!!
flea - Mar 25, 2013 11:32:51 am PDT #15969 of 30001
information libertarian
In Athens we had a few homeless regulars in the library, and Ort (legendary music and beer enthusiast and raconteur), and pairs of Mormon missionaries. But it's a small enough town that you get to know your homeless pretty fast.