one of the pictures she sent me last week was of her and a friend's kid, taste-testing rootbeers...and putting the results in Excel.

That sounds completely adorable.

ION, the white noise is, shockingly, not muffling anyone's conversation, just providing a grim coating of auditory sludge at the bottom of all the other sounds. I want to hurt someone. Also, my elderly ex-boss who is like a second father (but, you know, a father that I can discuss politics and movies and books with) is drooping and defeated because his eyes can't adjust to all the shiny bright white walls and desktops and cabinets and the glare is giving him a headache. I sincerely desire to HULKSMASH the building that's making my doctor wretched.

OMG, that sounds terrible, JZ. I am scared of my upcoming office move.

I am also trying to plan a trip to the Grand Canyon! Has anyone ever done a trip there from Vegas? I'm thinking about a two-day bus tour with my mom.

Ugh, JZ.

I have not done Grand Canyon from Vegas, but I love the Grand Canyon in general! Bus tour might be nice, it's a long drive from anywhere in my experience and being able to doze through that part could be good.

And meant to say - meara's texting dorky girl sounds fun!

JZ, perhaps you could find your ex-boss some spiffy yellow glare-reducing glasses? I can't drive at night without them. I wear an eye shade at work because of the fluorescents.

I used to wear those yellow glasses at work after we went to tiny cubibles with glaring flourescent lights. Also a baseball cap on certain migraine-susceptible days. Baseball cap may not appropriate for a doctor, though.

This? This makes me so mad. He showed a fundamental lack of regard for separation of powers, a fundamental lack of regard for the independence of the judicial system, and a lack of regard for people to live their lives free from government intervention, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HIS PARTY PREACHES except when it suits them.

Fuck him. If he appears to be a legitimate contender for the nomination, this article should be the first thing that anyone pulls out.

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JZ, is there anyway to have the current fluorescent tubes replaced with warm white ones? The bright white bulbs, otherwise known as the cheap ones, are hard on people with eye problems or migraines.

He needs one of those old fashioned poker eyeshades!

I thank my lucky stars that we are located in an old dorm, and it is far cheaper for us to each have individual offices than it is to knock down walls. ALmost everyone, from student worker to Dean has an individual office, exactly the size of a nurse's dorm room in the 1950's

He's getting a special monitor umbrella and a screen for the monitor itself. For the shiny white desk, maybe a tablecloth would do to cut the glare?