Cross posted in my writing LJ slweippert. Apologies to those who get it twice.

Yesterday the HR dept. came to the place raishaanworks at and announced that corporate was closing it at the end of that day. No warning, no rumors, everybody is being laid off. (except the manager, go figure)

Both of us are still reeling from the shock.  We've been depending on his full ( Read more... )

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We have a spare refrigerator in our detached garage, and I was out there today after something else and found four cans of Diet Dr. Pepper.  WTF?  I can't drink ANY of the "main stream" diet sodas because they all went to that evil of all evils aspartaine, and none of the other household members here is really into Dr. Pepper.

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Ran across a blog entry saying that we've been considering national health care since 1915. Link here if you want to read it yourself.

"Oberlander says opponents used scare tactics the very first time the idea of national health insurance was broached - around 1915 - by tying would-be reformers to the nation's then-greatest international threat.

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In today's mail I got this year's Swiss Colony card. The catalogue isn't far behind.

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( hot weather cranky rant )

 We are gone camping for the next few days at Millersvania State Park and will be incommunicado until sometime Wednesday.  Everybody behave themselves until raishaan and I get back. ;)