Oh oh putting things in your mailbox is a federal crime. Maybe tape a note on it letting the asshole know that.

Imagine if your asshole neighbor put that energy into something useful. Imagine if they all did. It would be a different world. I hope your knee feels better soon, Sheryl.

I had a job interview in my old home town yesterday. It’s over 3.5 hours from family, and I moved to Michigan to be closer to family, so I’m a bit ambivalent. But late in the interview they asked about committee work, and I mentioned how proud I was to be a founding member of my current team’s DEIA group, completely forgetting that the town hosted a unit of the Klan until just a couple of years ago. The atmosphere got a little chilly thereafter, so I don’t know that this is a choice I’ll need to make.

I had an interview Thursday with a different community college that’s a lot closer, and they asked me to tell them about my experiences promoting diversity at my current job. I suspect that would be a far better fit.

Yeah, better to find out the office culture includes a commitment to racism before an offer is on the table, Calli.

That does make the choice more obvious, Calli. Hope that one comes through.

Sending out the birthday~ma to Kat G today with hopes for a wonderful year.

I’d hoped that the dismantling of the local Klan group was a sign that things had improved. Guess it’s still a work in progress.

Happy birthday, Kay G.!

In random puzzle confusion, I almost always do my puzzles first thing in the morning when I brain best. Yesterday was a full and busy day with my uncle's memorial and life. This morning I go in and started with the Mini and it is already done. Huh? I did not realize that they roll over to the next day early. Per their site - "The Mini is available for subscribers the evening before its publication date, specifically at 10 p.m. EST on weekdays and Saturdays, and at 6 p.m. EST on Sundays." Anyway, I resolved the issue by going into archives to do yesterday's since today's is already done.

In random puzzle confusion

You're putting me to mind of the Grinch who "puzzled and puzzed" which is how I will now think of the lot of you Wordling away.

Side note: JZ was completely possessed by glee when she got a Queen Bee pin in the mail after acing the Spelling Bee.

'Tis another gray day in SF as it has been the gloomiest summer for decades, though this does give me leave to buy myself a small mocha periodically.

I am relieved to report that after more than a month stuck on the same weight, I bore down and was ultra disciplined with my diet and finally broke through and I can tell from the bad taste in my mouth I'm still in ketosis and should be able to maintain this trend.

I'm not quite at the top-most dosage of Ozempic but getting there and I had to raise my dose two months in a row to move the needle.

I socialized on Thursday with Matilda's godmother, Marta, and on Friday with Hannah (one of the Sacred Circle) and they have also both been doing Ozempic and were pleased with how readily the first 20 lbs came off for them.

tl;dr Ozempic report: It does work. You still have to mind your diet. Sometimes it gets stuck.

Tom Lehrer has left us: [link]

Ozzy Osbourne, Chuck Mangione, and Tom Lehrer. I can almost hear it; the most eclectic musical trio in the Afterlife.

97's a good run, though. I think I'll listen to "Lobachevsky" tonight in memory.

Lehrer's songs are like potato chips: I can't stop with just one.