Years ago some friends and I speculated that another colleague probably spent much of her spare time watching TV and eating bon-bons. Having just scarfed down a "whoopee pie" in a moment of sugary weakness, I can see how, for some people, this might not be far from the truth--especially since I am currently between jobs (the politically correct ( Read more... )

So... at least a few people have been reading this, wondering what comes next in the saga of "The Big Library Cheese N' Me." The countdown has ended. I've "checked out" and "closed the book" on my library career for the immediate future. Since last Tuesday I've been officially unemployed, "between jobs" until Monday, when I will start a temporary ( Read more... )

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this year's "Turkey Award" goes to the politicians, bureaucrats, and other assorted fowl who brought us the 2006 USDA report on hunger in the U.S. As the Washington Post reported on Thursday, Nov. 16:

Some Americans Lack Food, but USDA Won't Call Them Hungry The U.S. government has vowed that Americans will never be ( Read more... )

Update, 01/22/06. According to the folks at Moveon.org, Congress has passed the following legislation in accordance with Speaker Pelosi's "100-hour plan":

The '100 Hours Agenda'
Already Done:

* Restricting lobbyists
* No new deficit spending
* 9/11 Commission security recommendations
* Increase the minimum wage
* Support stem cell research
* Lower- ( Read more... )

At least it's not Monday. Today was a slow day at work. Being in-between quarters, there are not a lot of new orders coming in to be requested, nor electronic documents to be sent. One of my colleagues seems to have spent the better part of the afternoon wrangling with the IRS. I think he said they received his payment but not his tax forms. Yes, ( Read more... )

The following is a letter I wrote to Air America Radio concerning the recent firing of Mike Malloy.

To: comments@airamericaradio.comcc: mike@mikemalloy.com; MalloyProducer@aol.comSubj: Please Keep Mike Malloy ( Read more... )

A Letter to my State SenatorsPlease vote "no" on any proposed constitutional amendment to permanently deny marriage equality to same-sex couples. Sexual orientation is a private, personal matter and same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Denying marriage equality to same-sex couples is an outrageous attack upon human dignity and an unspeakable ( Read more... )

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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --George W. Bush

Harrumph: You go, George.

From the Guardian, Friday May 12, 2006:US phone firms gave spy agency records of billions of calls

• Bush denies wiretaps of citizens were illegal
• ( Read more... )

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 12 says it best (and this is stuff that happened in the LAST TWO WEEKS):

OLBERMANN: That this is not the first scandal to hit the White House will not come as news to you, so many eyebrows have been raised, so many timelines questioned, that keeping just track of these scandals could become a full-time job ( Read more... )