Dang, Sparky. That's rough.

My new neighbor across the hall actually dropped by last night to notify me he was hosting a party, and told me to let him know if anyone got too loud.

As a teenager, I would tell the neighbors when we were having a loud party and when the sound would go down. Never had the cops called even though we were blasting music and there were a ton of drunken high school kids in the neighborhood (Mom collected keys. Those who couldn't drive spent the night and helped clean up the next morning). (I look back at where I lived and I wonder where everyone parked.)

The RIF my company went through at the end of 2014 was only the second in the 24 years I've worked there. It is frustrating cause our piece of the company is meeting and exceeding goals, while other segments are the suck holes, yet the cuts span the whole company. Kinda crazy.

Yikes, Sparky. So sorry. And cutting that much from a library budget really hits the school's ability to serve the students, so it's a short-sighted thing to do.

... I thought the economy was on the rebound? That's what Morning Edition keeps telling me, in between stories about people who have lost their homes, or about how Target is laying off thousands of workers. Cognitive dissonance ahoy!

I'm lazing about in my bathrobe; ordinarily I would be at work by now, but I'm meeting a contractor at home to talk about my kitchen. (And another contractor tomorrow, and another next week hopefully.) What I should have done this morning is go running or go to the gym, and instead I'm cleaning the kitchen and futzing about.

... I thought the economy was on the rebound?

Well, law school admissions are way down because of all the people who went to law school and then couldn't get jobs. And the number of undergrads is down too, since there just aren't as many kids. IDid you see one of the things about Sweet Briar closing, right?

And the economy trending up doesn't mean things are good, just that they are getting better. x'>0 even x''>0 but x pretty low. I picture sine waves whenever I hear about economic trends - surely not accurate, but visualizing we're just a little past 3pi/2 works for me.

Telling off the Dean would just be icing on the cake.

Did you see Above the Law yesterday?

And cutting that much from a library budget really hits the school's ability to serve the students, so it's a short-sighted thing to do.

We've been working really hard to make sure we're still giving them good service. My staff is fabulous.

Did you see Above the Law yesterday?

No. What did I miss?

-t, I really wish I understood what you just posted.

What did I miss?

Someone sent them an email from the Dean.

For undergrad institutions, the population of college-aged kids is down after a long Gen Y boom, and it seems like the ridiculous prices of private colleges are finally affecting enrollment, except at the really top schools. I know I will be thinking seriously at in-state tuition unless my kids get into a really stellar private college, and I come from a private-college family,

RIFs suck. I'm sorry.

I found out today that a job for which I interviewed in MI will not be mine. I'm getting a lot of "your skill set is fabulous and you interview really well," from people who don't end up hiring me. Howsabout "Yeah, you're ok; can you start in two weeks?"