Jesus, Juliebird. I hope he can get taken care of somehow.

If it'll just give me the data and withold judgement, I'd be all over it, actually. The description of what it does doesn't include anything about alarms or whatever.

Yeah, after looking at the article, I'm pretty sure it's the headline writer who can suck it.

I vote for Dublin because how often do you get the chance??

In the abstract, I feel this way, but in real life, I would never do it.

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

I vote for Dublin because how often do you get the chance??

Agree! FWIW, Dublin was the first place I visited outside Australia that I could see myself moving to. (Oh, and I found very good food in Dublin. Not Irish food, but there was, fifteen years ago, no shortage of other dining options. But I don't eat sushi, so couldn't comment on that one.)

I would move to Dublin in a heartbeat. But then again, I just applied for a job in Warsaw, which I know nothing about. That may be more of a barometer on how I feel about my job than how I feel about Warsaw, though.

I think Sparky could suggest things In Warsaw?

I would totally move to Dublin for a couple years, if it were a good reason. Though probably not for permanent. The only issue would be whether to sell or rent my house.

Though I think it's super expensive to live in Dublin? Or did it crash? It may still not compare to Silicon Valley though.

From what I read on blogs, rents and mortgages are on the rise again in Dublin.

Dammit, I forgot to swing by the farmer's market on the way home. Not that I particularly need anything, I just like to go see what's available, mostly. But I'm home now, so probably not gonna happen today.

Next week is Bike to Work Week, I just found out. I think I might do that. The shortest/most direct route will be closed while they work on the railroad tracks, but that's kinda good because the slightly longer route is probably safer and having that decision made for me simplifies things. The longer route being 2.9 miles instead of 2.1 miles

Good luck, Sue!

I don't get people who tell you not to let something upset you. To not think about. My ED basically told me that letting my family issues affect me causes me stress and decreases my job performance, so try not to do that, yeah?

How I feel is not a choice!

Also, taking a comp day on Monday for working Saturday so I can spend time with my mother on Mothers Day does not make me a disloyal employee. I have sacrificed so much for this job to the point that my family hates it. Don't fucking begrudge me a shifted schedule during this situation. I still can't get why people think he's a wonderful man with a big heart. He's the most cold, calculating, and ruthless person that I know. He's just really good at faking it to the point that maybe even he believes it.

Our local ABC station is interrupting Grey's a Anatomy for a conference on Tom Brady.

Thanks! It's kind of a shot in the dark, but you never know. I've applied for several of these international jobs and the one in The Hague where I got an interview was the only one I even got a response from. I also applied for one in New York, but I am a bit under qualified for it, and I suspect the competition would be tougher for that.