I remember in a diabetic class many years ago, the nurse teaching the course was slugging back diet Coke, and one of the attendees called her out on how unhealthy artificial sweeteners are. She slurped on her drink and said, "Do you know who financed the studies on artificial sweeteners? The Sugar Council." She slurped again. "Nurses run on diet Coke." I drank from mine in solidarity.

My doctor wants me to stop drinking diet Coke because the phosphoric acid is bad for my bones.

I've been exploring my new neighborhood in Google Maps. There's a bargain grocery store about five blocks from my place (my place!), the place I always take my car is less than a mile away along with another grocery store, and the froofriest grocery store in town is two miles away at the other end of the street. There's a hospital next door and a junior high on the other side of the major street, and a freeway onramp just down the hill. Plus what looks like a very nice, non-chain Mexican restaurant. If there was a good Indian place nearby, I'd be content.

Timelies all!

Yay for new place, Connie!

That sounds great, Connie!

I'm waiting to hear how flea's day went, but am also going to ask her and Steph if either of you have any opinions about KnowledgeWorks.

either of you have any opinions about KnowledgeWorks.

You know, other than knowing that they're here, I know zero about them. That's sad.

It seems like something I should know more about, but I don't.

Thanks everyone! It went well. At 4pm all the stuff I had to be really on for was done, so then I just got to do easy stuff like listen to the HR person give an overview of benefits and have a tour of the sweet preservation lab. I was feeling really good about how I did at that point. The meeting with the associate dean who supervises the position went great, but I found out she's retiring in December. The library dean went fine, but he's a politician. Nice coversation with the people I'd be supervising, both of whom I know somewhat. The lunch with the faculty included 14 members of the department, cheap sandwiches, and some very agressive questioning that in retrospect I felt made them look bad. I hope they will be more politic with future candidates and hope they were that way with me because they know me (the two most aggressive people I've known for 20 years; one of them was my dissertation advisor and is the department chair.) It still was kind of ... shitty?

Now I'm home and exhausted and second guessing myself, but I'm holding on to how I felt at 4pm! This being an academic position, the other 2 campus visits aren't occurring until early October, so I would be very suprised if an offer is made to anyone before November.

I'd never heard of Knowledgeworks and I work with nonprofits, so I guess that's my bad, but also maybe their bad too? I can't even really figure out what they do. Charter schools? I feel like their web site is all coded language that I lack the code of.

Sounds like it went well, flea!

My primary is for county judge. My choice is between a 40 something qualified black woman who switched from the Republican Party after losing an election, and a 40 something year old white man who is endorsed by all the women's associations.

My doctor wants me to stop drinking diet Coke because the phosphoric acid is bad for my bones.

Meh, chew a Tums just before you drink it. Dialysis patients often get instructed to take a Tums or other source of calcium before eating each meal to bind with phosphorus in the foods they eat.