Like, there ought to be employee representation on the board to point out the impacts their decisions would have on employee welfare and retention.

YES. Because it's one thing to say "the company didn't do well this year, and we're in a recession so we don't anticipate next year being great--we're going to cut the dividend to shareholders and require employees to pay more for their benefits". It's a WHOLE OTHER thing to say "the company did better this year than the past four, and we're going to give the CEO a $6 million dollar bonus, so in order to afford that we're going to cut the employees' 401ks, which is totally cool because other companies are doing it too!"

what do I wear for temperatures in the 40s? Light sweater/heavy shirt and wool coat, right?

Long sleeves and a light jacket? Depends on if it's low 40s or high 40s?

Okay, I am fully on board with the roasted cauliflower train. This shit is delicious.

Happy birthday, Suzi!

I know that Jillifonts are not lurking around to scare me, but if they show up in the house, they fall victim to the House o' Reason Trap & Release OUTSIDE program. Which is run by Pete, because my role in this is to hide in a different room and twitch.

SNOW. Which means Seattle has shut down, because Seattle has hills and very little infrastructure for dealing with snow. Me, I'm going to go play.

Pro Tip: if you are going to put shrimp in a miso custard, peel them first.

Are you doing anything, or postponing celebration til you are more mobile?

I'm mobile in small doses. Had a great bunch with a couple of great gals. I had a Parisian Benedict - basically a croissant, shaved ham, swiss, egg, hollidaise aka NOM.

Now I'm chilling and resting my foot before I go out for dinner with CJ, B, and KCD. Not sure where we are going, they just told me to be ready at 6pm.

Sadly, I think I'm going to do some work this afternoon to try to get caught up on being out last week.

Oh, wow. I might have been better off not knowing that Parisian Benedict is a thing, since I cannot have one right now. That sounds incredible. Have a lovely dinner, and I hope work is not too onerous.

Boy, a lot of people buying computers at Best Buy do not know much about computers. A woman was buying a wireless printer, and she was like, "So, can we get cables for it?" and the salesperson was like, "Um, it is *wireless*, but if you want cables I am sure we can find some...".

The thing Dillo wanted most in Best Buy was a $400 fan. This amuses me.

Those fans are pretty nifty, I must say.

Halfway through the laundry pile! But yes, lunch, I should lunch. Seeing as it is nearly two. Teppy's coconut oil oatmeal apparently really did keep me fuller longer.

Partly because then I'd have to buy all new cords with the stupid new charger thing.

That is such a good point. Hmmm.... I'm way past renewing my contract at AT&T. And I'm driving cross country this summer (which means hesitant to switch to, oh, say, t-mobile for coverage issues). I'm also grandfathered into unlimited data...but...I'm tired of paying $89 a month. I need someone who has more brain space for this than I do to figure this shit out.

meara, my issue with Armstrong's statement is that AOL didn't pay for her care. The insurance plan did. And while it may have raised the premiums for AOL, so did the guy with cancer, the woman with hypertension and the person with clinical depression that also worked at AOL.

Noah and Grace CERTAINLY drove up premiums for my district, but so did all of the other people who suffered a catastrophic illness. Our district has approximately 80,000 employees so our risk pool is much deeper, but to single out one group that AOL is supporting at great expense? I call bullshit.