I can't even remember the last time. Nothing big has happened, or rather lots of things have happened ( Read more... )

Not that I intended it to be or anything. But it's 3 weeks later! What has happened in those weeks ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving is over and I am on day 3 of 4 days off in a row, which I can't complain about ( Read more... )

I didn't stay up very late last night, just till the consensus seemed to be that Obama would win (around 11:30 ( Read more... )

This vertigo thing is totally kicking my ass. I just sleep, sleep, go to work, and complain about being dizzy. I can't really get anything done. I am dizzy as I type this ( Read more... )

Well, not nothing. School for T started on Thursday and so far there have been no issues. He has woken up and gone to school with minimal-to-no complaining. The bus driver is not crazy and the bus has come on time without missing our house. There's no story there (as yet, any way). He doesn't have homework till Monday. Tonight I told him that he ( Read more... )

Me, to my son: Do you want to go see the Avengers movie this weekend ( Read more... )

I can't get everything to work, but I do have a new laptop.

Here's an email I sent earlier (with relevant updates):

( My mishegas )

It's the day before T starts his new school and I am sick with a sore throat and body aches. Plus, the weather sucks and it's my first day off work since Tuesday :-(

All those beautiful days when I was stuck inside the library. And it wasn't even hot so the frigid a/c was a liability. By the end of the day on Saturday, I was shivering and my teeth ( Read more... )

[O]ur economy exacts a terribly steep price for any time away from work - in both pay and promotions. People often cannot just pick up where they have left off. Entire career paths are closed off. The hit to earnings is permanent.

The fact that the job market has evolved in this way is no accident. It’s a result of policy choices. As Jane Waldfogel ( Read more... )