I'd assume the workplace was run by evangelical Christians.

Or by new age yoga types.

Be here, Be now, Be Grateful!

Stop calling me Grateful.

it is painfully tone deaf, I cannot even.

The dept. where I used to work did really low on the employee survey on employees morale and them feeling their work was connected to the big picture. So they organized a dog and pony show to tell everyone how valued they were and how they fit into the business plan. At the end, the Big Boss got up and said, "Working at the Dept. of X should be like pissing yourself while wearing a dark suit. No one may notice, but you'll get a warm feeling." And that little anecdote told everyone exactly how little he cared about employee morale.

A friend of mine who is an urban planner wrote a fascinating analysis of the Creation Museum's business model [link] and based on that, it seems to me like they're well aware of the problems he lays out.

I'm disappointed in Bill Nye for agreeing to the debate - does he really think he's doing anything other than selling tickets to the Creation Museum to skeptics?

does he really think he's doing anything other than selling tickets to the Creation Museum to skeptics?

And fangirls.

But no, right now I'm in the camp of The Creation Museum Will Not Get My Money, Even For Bill Nye.

bon bon! Wow! That is going all out for tax deductions.

amych, also congratulations!

I actually went to the gym after work, woo-hoo! And even worked out - I got myself to go by reasoning that going and sitting in the sauna still counted, but I did the circuit training thing. Tired now. This is supposed to lead to overall less tiredness, right?

Congrats, amych!

I finally got called for jury duty -- at my old address! But I'm in the same county, so I'll have to do it. It will take me an hour and two buses to get there, but inconvenience is not a reason to request a change in location. Good fucking times.

Congrats Amych and congrats bon!

Woot! Congrats Amych!

We are watching a friend's kid, since 8:30 AM, because she had to take her other kid on a college tour. Her ex was supposed to pick her kid up at 5:00 (notice the time) but then he texted at 1:00 to say he couldn't be here until 8:00 PM and then he called to say it looked more like 9:00 PM.

The worst is that she was driving her older kid up to a college near where he was staying (Bay Area) and she offered to drop the kid we are watching off with him but he said no. He wanted to come back home so he could drive back up to his family.

I don't even get it and I have some pretty snarky things I want to say, but my kids go to bed at 7:00 PM so I'm pissed about the two hour disruption of their bedtime on top of hating for kids to feel abandoned.

Also, K suggests around 8:30 we give the kid a red bull with an espresso chaser.