Well, a company that would hire him off of that is probably one he'd be very happy at.

That's one way to do it, anyway. I'm reminded of my friend Ian, who had a very large iguana that he'd take for walks. He said that it was a chick-magnet -- at least for the type of women he would be interested in.

Note that Mr. Redmon is already accepted for a PhD program this fall so he can afford to be as wacky as he wants for now.

Timelies all!

That's...quite a resume.

Meanwhile, I have to keep reminding myself that I cannot spend the whole day in my pajamas, sitting in front of the computer. Sigh.

Or are they some kind of scary Texas ant?

Nope, the tiny ones. Husband has some kind of paranoia about putting vinegar on the floor/paint -- I don't even know.

Meanwhile, I have to keep reminding myself that I cannot spend the whole day in my pajamas, sitting in front of the computer.

Why not?

I was going to say ...

Is "tasking you out" a new thing? I hate job lingo.

FEMA employees might also be furloughed.

We are still in flood recovery here with a strong FEMA presence. The governer has declared that if the government shut down messes with their pay, he will find a way within the state government to pay them.

I work for an agency that isn't appropriated by Congress (we charge fees to the entities that we supervise). So even though I'm a federal employee, I'm at work today. (I don't get the time off, but I do get the paycheck. I'll let others argue over whether I get the better or worse of the deal.)

The commute was lighter than normal but busier than you'd expect. Traffic was heavy but generally moving on the roads. Probably 1/3 fewer people than normal on Metro, which means that there were some empty seats. It just feels weird today, but I don't know how much of that may be just me.

I walked up to the Mall during lunch yesterday. A few people around, but fewer than normal. I'll check it out again today, time permitting.

Overall impression: Far less effect than the 1995-96 shutdowns.

I have no patience today to people who respond to a meeting invite with 'Just tell me where to call in!' when they are reply-alling and including the text of the invite in their message.

Which contains the call in number.

Not feeling like babysitting at all today.

Meeting on how to use new tool:

It's so easy, just a command line!

[...]

3 people talking all over each other with hypotheticals, complete failure to answer key configuration questions and 45 minutes later.

[...]

Well, ok, maybe we should write up some instructions for this.

headdesk

... the butchest, most-make-distaining, non-girly woman in my dorm in college (and there was serious competition for that position) is now a glammed up, short&tight dress-wearing pro/competitive salsa dancer in Florida. Oh college.

Oh, my god. Someone actually did this for their resume: [link]

I HOPE that is done ironically (which would have its own smartass downside at a lot of jobs), but I'd be terrified that the person who would show up for the interview would be a Lennie Small type who's a computer programming savant but so relentlessly twee about everything that I'd be constantly battling an urge to commit murder.