One of my coworkers brought in homemade stroopenwaffles today. That's almost enough to make waste of time early morning meetings (or, in my case, giving up a work from home day for possibly not entirely waste of time meetings) worthwhile.

My career goal is to do exactly what I'm doing now (+/- a stroopenwaffle or two) up north.

I am grateful to have a job, despite the early morning meetings.

Twitter seems to think the Buzzfeed article is a big deal, in the sense that if it's right, Trump was clearly involved in a criminal conspiracy, which is what brought Nixon down.

Mueller supposedly knows all of this, and I would like him to finish his investigation up right the fuck now.

My career aspiration is to continue receiving a tech industry paycheck until I finish grad school.

Mueller supposedly knows all of this, and I would like him to finish his investigation up right the fuck now.

Matt Whitaker's wife says everyone knows he's almost done? [link]

I'm really sorry about your situation, Consuela. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be.

Also it makes me angry when I see right-wing news stories about how the shutdown proves that we don't really need most of the government anyhow. Like 800,000 people will just keep working for no pay indefinitely, and things will never break down. The government is a mighty big ship, but you can't coast on momentum forever, at some point you're going to need fuel for the engines.

Also it makes me angry when I see right-wing news stories about how the shutdown proves that we don't really need most of the government anyhow.

Well, they start from the conclusion and then find the evidence to support it.

Full disclosure: I'm one very fortunate Fed. I work for an agency that isn't funded by Congressional appropriations, so shutdowns are a non-event for me. I go to work as normal, and I receive my paycheck as normal. And I very much appreciate that situation.

That said, I'm extremely heartened by the responses to the shutdown. Restaurants offering free meals to unpaid Feds and the like. One of the school districts around here held a job fair to hire furloughed Feds as substitute teachers -- which isn't going to entirely make up for lost pay, but at least it's some needed money coming in for some people.

After a career of hearing federal employees bashed for everything that goes wrong in this world, it's nice to feel appreciated. (And no, I'm not taking advantage of any of the offers -- the people losing income need it far more than I do.)

Well, they start from the conclusion and then find the evidence to support it.

Or, you know, just skip step 2.

Also it makes me angry when I see right-wing news stories about how the shutdown proves that we don't really need most of the government anyhow

That is infuriating!