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[corilannam]

Someone just came into my office to deliver a FedEx and caught me trawling Facebook -- for purely work-related purposes! But there was no conversational opening in which to mention that, so now she probably thinks I'm a total slacker

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[corilannam]

It was a pretty depressing day of reading, and I found the Ehrenreich piece was the most depressing of the bunch. That one hit me hard with enormous societal shame. I haven't read Stuart: A Life Backwards, but I will go look it up now.

Hee! Yay for saving the porn! All my torrents came back, too, though I proceeded to immediately delete them all by accident myself. None of them were porn, though, so it's okay. *g*

Speaking of porn, the 'thon is definitely very stressful! I don't blame you at all for skipping it this year. It's fun, but I will definitely have to consider it very carefully before I sign up again. It's a major trial for my time management skills.

[green_key]

Thanks for the link to the eco apps. I don't have an iPhone, but I can usually find an Android version if I check in their appstore. Merci!

[corilannam]

Are all the links to iPhone versions? Sorry, I didn't notice that! I just automatically look stuff up in the Android market for my phone -- and I know I found at least a couple of these, so hopefully you'll find the ones you're looking for, too.

[silsbee329]

Phoenix, Arizona, has been using zoning laws to stop a local church from serving breakfast to homeless people.
Good grief. This whole article -- and her book -- should be required reading for all Americans. This is appalling and scary as hell.

[corilannam]

You are not kidding. The book was scary as hell when she wrote it ten years ago, and it's just gotten exponentially worse.

The part you quoted was the point where I just broke down and cried. All those places that are doing their best to make it illegal to give food to the neediest among us -- who the hell does that? I mean, okay, so obviously the most fortunate people in this country aren't really into giving up any of their excess money to help the least fortunate, but to punish and restrict the people who do choose to help is so disgusting.