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Truly an amazing day
My husband said that the fact that everyone is so much more excited about this inauguration than others before confuses him a little, because our generation grew up being told that any of us could grow up to do anything. We could be doctors, astronauts--even the President if we aspired to it. To him, Obama's inauguration is just another ( Read more... ) -
Ok, I'll admit it. I missed the VP debate and am just listening to a youtube of it now
And I scared the heck out of my son and husband who were in the other room by screaming 'NUCLEAR' repeatedly at Sarah Palin. Oops ( Read more... ) -
Five frustrating things about job hunting
1 - Explaining to my mother that her suggestion of the position of Barnes and Noble salesperson doesn't pay quite as much as the job I've been doing the past fifteen years. (She suggests this around once a week.) Even though, yes, I do love books, I can't afford to work there. In fact, I ended up with negative earnings at my last bookstore job ( Read more... ) -
Ok, here's hoping I actually do something with this thing now that I've dressed it up a little.
I'm going to be posting all of my fanfic here. I think I know how to stop your friends' pages from being inundated, but if I make a mistake, please forgive me.
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Madeleine L'Engle
I'm so sad. I just found out about this, though apparently she died on September 7. I've clearly been living under a rock these past few weeks and paid little attention to news outside of my workplace.
I love her books, particularly the Wrinkle in Time series. She was a wonderful storyteller. Leave a comment 4*headdesk*
We're in a period of...uncertainty at my company. CFO sends out an email update today saying basically, "Keep working! We (the higher ups) are working on stuff!" to which our CEO responds:
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blahblah address and stuff omitted - from our CEO
I'm golfing. Things are good and we need to let the process move at its natural pace ( Read more... )