Wow Laura! Scary! That and Burrell's explosives thing...

Made it home without incident, but omg warm! It is only in the mid 80s, but I am a sweaty mess. Now for the pool quickly.

So glad you got home safely, Laura. Egad, what is happening? Why all the threats of violence lately?

Is it heightened response, or heightened threat?

I'm seeing a number of posts on my dash complaining about how not a national tragedy it turns out to be when people are randomly shot doing their business in New Orleans.

No idea what factors could play into that...

I'm not disagreeing ita, because LA also has more than it's share of shootings that generate zero public interest. But when I said threat I was refering more specifically to things like calling in a threat to shoot up a school, or even that ex-cop who decided to start taking out a few of his former employers. I feel like there's been a lot of that lately. People looking to get a reaction.

I don't have any exposure into how many threats are normally called in, though. And I am pretty sure no one is going to be the one that suggests under-reacting now, so I am assuming heightened response. Was there a spike in calls? I don't know. Are we still up there if it was? I don't know. But I don't blame anyone for shutting shit down, looking an extra time, eyeballing everything. Because a spike might very well follow, and you don't want to be the one that didn't learn from tragedy.

(The NO complaints I saw mentioned something about the scale of the injuries and the lack of scale of response--it was the worst shooting with non-apprehended gunmen for a while, or something, but less sense of being any larger than the neighbourhood)

Last night I had my second date with the "dinner with 6" or whatever it's called. Only took 4 months to get the second date. I will likely NOT renew that service. Although, I learned from one of the ladies, that she had a dinner where two of the three guys were former members that they contacted in desperation, because there are not enough men in the program. So. Maybe I'll get a couple freebies.

Anyhow, the ladies last night were a much better match than the first night. All three were teachers, which was interesting. While none of them were any vavavavoom feelings of instant sparks, two of them were interesting enough that I will ask for their contact info. If they felt the same way about me, then we get each others emails. We shall see.

Interesting moment of the night. One of the gents, who is a track coach for a local high school, was revealed to be an Olympian! Attended the Atlanta games, representing the nation of Cape Verde in the hurrdles races.

Other interesting note, bulk of the convresation was talking about singles sites. And Olympian dude has worse luck with them than I do! Makes me feel a bit less like a loser.

Funny, the dating organization I joined briefly said they had more men and not enough women. Wonder why. Maybe women are more likely to join a dinner-type setup than a one-on-one date setup. I sure would; after two dreadful dates I dropped out. It was obvious they weren't even trying to match me with someone who shared my interests; they were just throwing people together and hoping something stuck.

I have done nothing today except shower and dye my hair. Lay-zee. Later I'll go see how my sister and her BF are doing putting down the new floor in her kitchen, and then I'm going to see a movie.

Minor whine ahead:

Last week, I was terribly upset by the behavior of one of my colleagues. Not only was he unprofessional, and just plain crappy to me, but he dragged other employees into it by implying that I had done them wrong.

All the while, he simply hadn't understood what I was doing with a particular project and, frankly, I think he was drunk when he sent a message to a bunch of people about how my 'unacceptable lack of planning' was making his life a misery.

The owner of the company and I talked it over and I'm fine now. I won't ever trust him again. I had considered him a comrade, but no more. That changes nothing in terms of how I do my job, really.

The owner says she told him that his behavior warranted much more than an apology. "This is one of those, on your knees with flowers, kind of things."

Today I get an email (subject line: There is an elephant in the room) from him saying the SHE wants us to clear the air, so will I meet him for coffee tomorrow.

Um.

No.

I wrote back and said that if the owner is the one who needs the air cleared, I will speak directly to her.

I honestly can't remember the last time I didn't strive for the higher ground...seeing my part in the problem...offering solutions...turning shit into gold.

Not this time, I guess. I just don't have it.

good for you bonny. I hate it when people want to apologize and inconvenience you further or want you to feel uncomfortable.

Just do your work and stay out of my way. We don't need to be friends.