12.19.2006
Bad news, a conundrum, and two book picks
- It's official, I will have to change fields or change cities if I want full time work. For several months we have been working under a ban of extra hours (part time people adding hours for coverage of illness, etc) and of course no new positions. Yesterday a total hiring freeze was announced - no vacancies current or future will be filled. Indefinitely. It's been obvious for some time that I was naive to take a part time position to get my foot in the door, expecting to get full time work within a year. But there was hope until today. Never mind my personal woes, the work environment will go to hell in a hurry if already-overclocked staff are asked (told) to cover vacancies with no end in sight. But we sure do have some pretty new seven-lane streets around here. Grrrowl. (Lucky reader, I got most of my ranting out of the way half an hour ago when my hapless Dad called mid-angry-stomping-episode).
Now for the forced levity. - Cosmo and I just holed up the local possum under the porch. I could let the dog offleash to catch it for dinner if I wasn't worried about ethics and vet bills. This is the same fatcat-sized mama possum that I almost put my hand on last month - I was heading to the trash with a doggie pickup bag, engrossed in an audiobook, the possum was sitting on top of the trashcans transported by the joy of pizza leavings. It was a close thing, she would have been cornered, but I saw her just before I put my hand out. Doh. Maybe I should let my terrier do the job he was designed for - I betcha that terrier skin is tougher than human skin.
- Y: The Last Man is the best comic I've read in a long time, and I have already devoured all I could get at the library (collected 1-7). Mmm. It's Twelve Monkeys good, it's Blade Runner good. Try it.
- Ursula K Leguin is writing good books again. Voices rocks.
[graphic ripped off from Powells]
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should we now have a contest to see who gets to have sarah in their city? or even better, DO I HAVE DIBS?
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: 1:15 PM
A contest? Yes, please! I was just thinking, "I could use a standing ovation."
Dibs? You called it first, but I dunno if getting me moving across the country is equivalent to calling shotgun.
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Dibs? You called it first, but I dunno if getting me moving across the country is equivalent to calling shotgun.
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