tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143268592011-10-18T02:41:06.522-04:00Around Christmas 1995 a friend came to visit me in my newly married, presumably happy, life in Michigan. We went to a museum where we saw an exhibit of a Japanese tea room. Outside the display was an attempt to describe this exhibit. It started with something like: “Within the tea room, one feels loneliness which penetrates into the marrow of one’s bones...” and ended with the caution “Please do not enter the tea room”. I laughed out loud. If you don’t get it, you probably should leave.PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-90862675383443788372009-01-14T10:14:00.002-05:002009-01-14T10:15:57.046-05:00

WPC Plant Shit Supervisor While most jobs involve a fairly large amount of shit, this is the first one I've seen that comes right out and puts it in the name.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-10442021595957125462009-01-06T08:48:00.003-05:002009-01-06T09:17:23.296-05:00

I have "the cold" again. I fought with this thing all god damned Fall it feels like and finally, while I was totally unemployed with no interviews or even good looking jobs to apply to, I was not sick with it.Now, this week, I have two interviews. One is a job that I really really (really) want. And last week, I got "the cold" again. Today, I woke up 3 hours before my first interview (at the

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-83395961530427179052008-12-29T11:17:00.003-05:002008-12-29T11:28:37.071-05:00

New word, courtesy of my fellaLuddsite \ˈlə-ˌsīt\ - noun. A website which seems to be designed by and for technologically disinclined individuals.Usage. "The Luddite Reader continues to track luddite films, books, and music, along with news and luddish content links, at its luddsite"(the source of this quote has a link to the luddsite which directs, rather appropriately, to a page full o'spam.)

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And disquieted. This is how I feel.It's not a particularly intense feeling, but it is nonetheless compelling, like a sound you can hear but not well enough to identify either its origin or cause.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-37926237011428696222008-12-20T12:45:00.003-05:002008-12-20T13:35:32.001-05:00

That was yesterday. It was only one roll of thunder and one flash of lightening at the height of the storm, but for those of you who have not experienced the snow thunderstorm, let me tell you, it's a bit creepy. I think we had a winter with thunder snowstorms a few years ago, after a very stormy Fall (possibly this was the same year as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita). Come to think of it, this

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-15032410910933071112008-12-14T22:39:00.002-05:002008-12-14T22:49:01.722-05:00

Oh my cat is happy. He has a new canned food. Nature's Variety Instinct Lamb, Rabbit, and Venison formula. He digs all of them, and so far all of them are kind to his gut. Pending lab results from his next vet appointment or a turn on the gut symptoms, I think we have a winner.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-21948324428524993512008-12-14T17:03:00.001-05:002008-12-14T17:04:22.965-05:00

I've applied to two jobs since Friday. One is about 12 miles away (through Hartford, blech) and is in insurance (because that is what you have in Hartford) and one is 3.5 miles away and is in academic support (advising). Can you guess which one I am hoping I get? Keep your fingers crossed for me!

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-15977765066711357602008-12-11T09:27:00.002-05:002008-12-11T09:34:39.714-05:00

Just waiting for the "Two A holes Sell a Senate Seat" skit.

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On with the job search. My temp position has ended, both blessing and curse. Really it's more of a curse but with a bright side. The bright side is of course that the people I worked for/with were the sort who can't get the hell out of their own way. K-cop and her buddy, Queen B (with all that B stands for) were chronic thorns in my side. They were each causes and embodiments of much that

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Thanksgiving. I ate too much, not just turkey and sweet potato puff and mashed potatoes and apple almond stuffing but also pies, more pies, birthday cake, and french toast casserole the next day. This practice continued for most of the weekend. Ah...food, I love you but my gut does not. The price started this morning with a wicked stomach ache which has continued all damned day.Food and my gut

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-86434420895372201902008-11-26T06:42:00.002-05:002008-11-26T06:48:35.584-05:00

I used to work the weekend evening shift on a (largely elective) inpatient surgical unit at a small community hospital. My shifts were much like work was this week. Very, very quiet. I was one of four employees in yesterday, the rest took it off. It's a school, classes aren't in session, etc. If the job is to primarily serve the students, then there isn't much to do. However, if the job is

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-23537563595930017262008-11-25T07:04:00.003-05:002008-11-25T07:09:30.414-05:00

It's raining and gross out and I'm sick - a hard to drag myself out of bed kind of day. So here's some humor. Enjoy.

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Today is officially "Don't take shit too seriously" day. It is for me at least. I was hoping to try this earlier in the week, but the hormonal storm that is my period on progesterone made it impossible to take anything at a level lower than very, very seriously.My arms hurt, my job is ending, one of the few people I like at work has been told to stop talking to me (long story, I'll write later

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-36462783592586474382008-11-13T20:40:00.009-05:002008-11-13T22:20:01.670-05:00

Been scorned? Dumped, duped, hurt, or treated in a way that made you sob not just from the hurt or harm but the utter injustice? Then you've probably had a revenge fantasy. (Not necessarily an endorsement of the entire content, here's a free online article from the American Journal of Psychology on (compulsive) revenge fantasies in psychotherapy)The kind that is most compelling for me is the

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-81740905820441327562008-11-13T07:09:00.000-05:002008-11-13T07:10:16.363-05:00

I do not want to go to work today.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-75053255661078591582008-11-12T21:10:00.009-05:002008-11-12T21:35:58.512-05:00

K-Cop and I were working on a request for facilities yesterday. She asked me to come in while she did it, I guess because she forgot the short but detailed email I sent about the request (the one that said I had tried to log in to do the order myself but the system denied my account...the joys of temping). I mentioned this and she responded "Oh that's right. Well, if you do it with me then

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-45693279575517569482008-11-12T06:35:00.004-05:002008-11-12T20:42:50.973-05:00

Today is the first day that same sex couples can marry in Connecticut. In October, the Connecticut supreme court heard a case arguing that same sex civil unions (which had been legal) did not bestow the same rights and privileges as marriage. It's sort of the "separate but equal" thing.And speaking of separate but equal, I was sincerely unhappy with what I heard in the news about black support

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-84344810510701840832008-11-10T21:40:00.002-05:002008-11-10T21:43:48.665-05:00

(from Palin blames Bush policies for GOP defeat, AP November 10, 2008)Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she'll run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the GOP ticket and prayed she wouldn't miss "an open door" for her next political opportunity."I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-56718055396409172122008-11-10T21:10:00.002-05:002008-11-10T21:18:50.705-05:00

Cops have tough time finding sober driver for boyAssociated Press, November 10, 2008SCHERERVILLE, Ind. – Indiana state police said that after a mother was arrested for drunken driving, the three relatives who came to pick up her 1-year-old son also had all been drinking....The boy's father arrived later to pick him up, but officers determined he was intoxicated and also arrested him on a drunken

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-19638118637306305582008-11-10T06:57:00.005-05:002008-11-10T07:13:23.039-05:00

I'm not blogging too much these days. First it was from lack of time. Now that I've finally slipped into a groove with work, it's pain. My hands and forearms are SO damned sore. Did I do something to make this happen? This is the first thing I wonder and it's actually more about self empowerment than not in that if I did it, I can undo it. At least this is how my not very explicit reasoning

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Nastiest thing I saw yesterday:A young woman came through the door to the restroom while I was washing my hands at the sink. She was eating what looked like a mini candy bar or a cookie. As she pulled open the handicap stall, she was still munching down on the food she held in her other hand. Now when I hear about sudden and severe outbreaks of things like Norwalk Virus that are passed from the

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-38982979424770942252008-11-05T06:33:00.006-05:002008-11-05T06:54:17.854-05:00

While we wait for the results of the California vote on a state gay marriage ban, I am heartened by other election day news:US House and SenateSenate Democrats edged closer to a supermajority by ousting Republicans in North Carolina and New Hampshire and adding three seats held by retiring GOP incumbents to a fragile 51-49 majority in the Senate. Four other races involving Republican incumbents

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I was up extra early today. Not quite giddy with anticipation, more that 5:00 AM knowledge that while I could go back to sleep, I shouldn't because I have too much to do this morning. My morning routine is somewhat cramped (sometimes literally) so squeezing in a general election requires expanding the time a bit to include things like going to the polls and finding what I need to prove I am who

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Someone nicely sent the following link to a list I'm on http://vote411.org/pollfinder.phpI was sweating whether I'd be able to try to vote before work tomorrow, so I found the feature which lists the hours for the polling places to be very handy. And so I pass it along.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-70412354963602573572008-11-02T15:16:00.003-05:002008-11-02T15:23:50.103-05:00

Daylight savings is messing with my head. First off, I never know if we start or end daylight saving time in the Fall. Second, is it "saving", "savingS", or "saving'S"? And then there's the effect it has on my body, my internal clock. My internal clock is a bit whacky anyhow. I've tried to retrain it, with some reasonably ok results. I.e., I don't stay up until three AM without feeling

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-3650651351532557262008-10-28T22:16:00.003-04:002008-10-28T22:37:28.065-04:00

I have a theory about tech-learning impediments in adults. It's fear, specifically, fear of looking or even just feeling stupid. The latter is, I think, an internalization of experience with the former. I had this theory before this job, but working with K-Cop and her ilk has added observations to my casual data. My hypothesis wouldn't hold much water if it weren't generalizable to other

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This was a quick jack o'lantern from last year. This year's been so busy we haven't had a chance to make one, A___ was out of town last weekend and now it's work work work...I'm guessing it'll be another last minute pumpkin this year. Man, I really want to carve me a pumpkin! Maybe they wouldn't mind if I did it on my lunch break at work, K-cop be damned.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-9079324152385060942008-10-28T06:45:00.003-04:002008-10-28T06:50:33.247-04:00

I found this uproariously funny. Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!To me, halloween has never been about the sexy costume. Not ever. Ok, sure I didn't necessarily want to look unattractive, but I have not once done the sexy kitten or the naughty nurse - I was a nurse one year when in college and working evening shift at the hospital because I had no costume and had a party to go to after work.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-78126394434184818172008-10-22T06:36:00.005-04:002008-10-22T07:04:04.783-04:00

Cat's out of the bag I guess. So Kindergarten teacher, or rather Kindergarten Cop, has been working my nerve with what should properly be described as her ladylike behavior. Oh what, did you think only socially dysfunctional stereotypically masculine behavior pissed me off? How wrong you were.There's a certain set of feminine behaviors, affectations, styles, thought processes, and yes fashion,

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-5654065966465681662008-10-20T20:01:00.002-04:002008-10-20T20:07:01.671-04:00

So I have this job, this temp job. It's ok. You know it's not a great job when one of the things you tell yourself to get through the day is "I'm just a temp". Honestly, I think there'd be more to like if I were not just a temp. For starters, I'd be compensated better and boy there's a lot I can tolerate if I'm being paid to tolerate it. As it is, my current compensation is just barely

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-37098506946399729182008-10-19T20:05:00.004-04:002008-10-19T20:13:51.990-04:00

Since we're trying to get by on reduced income and no promise of a job for me after December 5th (I'm temping and the job market is sucky with an extra helping of suck), my fella and I have undertaken an ambitious program of weekend cooking. This weekend was a huge vat of spaghetti sauce with something like 48 meatballs, butternut squash soup, and banana nut bread. Man, I love the Fall. It's

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-53504082857838334302008-10-09T07:03:00.002-04:002008-10-09T07:06:17.052-04:00

From today's Washington Post on the news that the US Federal Reserve has just authorized lending another $38 billion to AIG:On Sept. 16, it was announced that the government would rescue AIG with an $85 billion loan. The company was on the verge of collapse because its financial products division had made some risky and complex investments that had gone bad.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-29494062514499719392008-10-07T14:53:00.007-04:002008-10-07T15:19:50.738-04:00

I have one and it sucks.I think when one picks up the office cold, one should be able to claim some kind of worker's comp or something. I'm feeling resentful because this shit goes around an office when some idiot with something to prove simply MUST show up sick so everyone else can all see how seriously s/he takes the job. As my sister pointed out, we've been rewarded for "zero absenteeism!"

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-55186239593613226252008-09-26T06:49:00.002-04:002008-09-26T06:58:32.875-04:00

I don't know if it's urban legend or a true curse, but I do believe we are living in some quite interesting times, no?Here's an excerpt from an AP news story on the current political response to the consequences of excessive and irresponsible deregulation:A bad day for the GOP on politics, bailout plan By Charles Babington, Associated Press WriterFriday, September 26, 2008...A White House summit

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-32829215034833019982008-09-25T06:34:00.004-04:002008-09-25T07:14:18.608-04:00

Hey, it's my birthday! Seeing as I'm working as a temp and I've only been there for 5 days now, I think it will be a fairly anonymous birthday out of the house unless I call my friends on campus and announce it. And that's kind of, eh. Most of my good friends from campus are hardly ever on campus anymore and I'm not in the mood to round up a half hearted not well known posse of birthday

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-42646311108403853612008-09-18T14:04:00.018-04:002008-09-18T18:51:07.038-04:00

When I log into my yahoo mail account, I get a screen that has a little news blurb box in it. I usually glance at them so passingly I actually have to click back if something catches my eye.This one sure did.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-83957003216536887362008-09-18T14:04:00.013-04:002008-09-18T15:24:49.659-04:00

I got a job! It's a temp job working at my (former) university as an administrative assistant and it starts tomorrow. Yikes! I'm happy but I'm freaking out because I have, as usual, work jitters.What if they think I know how to do all sorts of Excel magic?What if they give me all this shit to do and I have NO IDEA how to do it and they're like "PFG is a moron, what the hell did we hire her for

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-28525427387797935612008-09-18T14:04:00.009-04:002008-09-18T15:16:00.173-04:00

I'm not uploading a lot of them because they have other folks who I'm not sure would want to be making an appearance on my blog. But here are a few...A____ and I getting married in our living room.My sister brought us ring pops.My siblings showed up with a florist bucket full of flowers......which when you split them up don't look anywhere near like as many as there were.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-13827501408784194692008-09-17T10:42:00.004-04:002008-09-17T11:06:35.188-04:00

Today I noticed an ad for a book called "The Trouble with Boys". That tired shit again? It's so January 2006. Oh wait, it turns out the author of the article (Peg Tyre) has written a same titled book which was just published.I can sum up the arguments in the article as follows: boys' needs aren't being met because boys are made of snips and snails and puppy dogs tails, thus they like to get

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-76518202754569799142008-09-16T13:50:00.003-04:002008-09-16T14:05:59.107-04:00

One of my local papers just ran a story about a couple of folks here in CT who decided not to wait for national democratic party censure of Senator "Traitor Joe" Lieberman.Back when Lieberman lost the state democratic primary in his last run for US Senate, he refused to give up on his senate seat even though he had clearly given up on the people who had previously elected him. "Traitor Joe" made

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-77580729781370658142008-09-14T21:42:00.004-04:002008-09-14T21:49:39.401-04:00

Hey I got married yesterday! I gotta say, small and casual is definitely the way to go. My siblings were down, A____'s siblings (some) were up. We had the ceremony here in our apartment (and Skyped to some of A____'s out of state family), then we went out for chinese food. It was much lower stress than the big frufru wedding and really nice - even with scorpion bowl/zombie induced mayhem (we

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-10287066135768537422008-09-09T18:30:00.004-04:002008-09-09T18:35:01.927-04:00

Lordy that sounds like a cult or something. Well Blogger has a new widget, it's called "followers" so that you can display the people who read your blog. This is all well and good for the people whose blogs sport intentional hits rather than the folks coaxed here by google searches for heat miser costumes and the lyrics to the I am a pizza song.But since the mistress of Bubble was nice enough

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-79991641146723400452008-09-09T09:28:00.006-04:002008-09-09T18:17:35.143-04:00

I was just doing a little research on the US and CT legislative candidates. I ran across this gem from US Rep Joe Courtney (D, district 2):(from 2nd District Race: Candidates for Congress address high fuel prices, By Adam Bowles, The Norwich Bulletin, Aug 24, 2008)Locally, Courtney insisted the state take a fresh look at how it retains its younger workers, calling the current thinking in

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-41501185543079383532008-09-08T22:54:00.007-04:002008-09-08T23:37:09.331-04:00

Job searching has me thinking a lot about what I want in a job - not that I'm in much of a position to be choosy. This line of thought is more or less an obsessive stream I go through after sending an application in somewhere. It starts with "God I hope I get something" then, depending on the job, moves through "but really, I don't know if I want that job..." Because it's far away, or working

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-50580778099192170312008-09-04T22:17:00.009-04:002008-09-04T22:34:39.515-04:00

I had a dream last night that my tooth was falling out. And lo, I woke at 3:40 AM and my tooth hurt like crazy. As I fumbled with NSAIDs and light switches, I recalled my dentist saying something about a root canal the last few times I saw her. Now which tooth was it that was a ticking time bomb of expensive fuckery, I thought. Was this the one? Maybe. I didn't and still don't remember. The

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-36896074501325862442008-09-04T11:30:00.003-04:002008-09-04T11:39:54.386-04:00

Over this summer, Massachusetts and New York have made same sex marriage more accessible. NY governor Paterson ordered that same sex marriages be recognized in NY and the MA state legislature repealed an old law forbidding out of staters to be married in MA.A Milestone for Gays, A Boon for MassachusettsNonresidents' Same-Sex Weddings Bring Economic BoostBy Keith B. RichburgWashington Post Staff

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-57133961136532861852008-09-02T21:18:00.003-04:002008-09-02T21:50:25.300-04:00

A____ and I applied for our marriage license today. It's officially down on paper and stuff. A friend who is a justice of the peace is officiating and the venue? TBA (tbd, actually...gotta pick a wall of my apartment to get married in front of).Also, did I mention I really need a job?! Still nothing. Man, this is starting to make me feel like a total loser...

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-44685716174090917342008-08-30T19:29:00.008-04:002008-08-30T20:02:30.038-04:00

My sister recently alerted me to a dog toy recall from Four Paws. The recall is on a series of toys which have been reported to cause massive trauma for some dogs. The full recall alert can be found at the Four Paws website. I've put some info below also*.The info above is in a jpeg format. My apologies for any inconvenience imaging the text makes for anyone who wants to pass the info on,

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-64860915322000098572008-08-29T23:18:00.005-04:002008-08-30T00:49:01.013-04:00

See I can do that because I skipped Friday last week.Many people talking politics, presidential politics that is. I follow politics, not so much as an enthusiast but as er, a citizen I guess. My level of interest never struck me as odd until I moved out of Massachusetts. How people in other places I've lived are during presidential campaigns is how most people around where I grew up are in

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-89891216922036572372008-08-28T21:00:00.005-04:002008-08-28T21:07:23.509-04:00

What, no leg warmers?From CollegeHumor, via DevilDucky.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-4258960908714702562008-08-27T01:28:00.001-04:002008-08-27T01:30:28.769-04:00

Retail Sales Opportunities in Women's Lingerie at Nordstrom

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-50642706821515398122008-08-26T13:13:00.004-04:002008-08-26T13:31:00.139-04:00

I'm taking a break from the job search bonanza that is my life these days. This morning's highlights included applying for one more low paying clerical position at a place which has already discarded two of my applications for being "overqualified" and "not best fit". Excellent. Also, I rearranged my resume so that the job titles appear before places of employment and modified descriptions and

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-91442334181608137112008-08-23T22:47:00.011-04:002008-08-23T23:14:50.652-04:00

Well Thursday wasn't too bad. I was on campus, did what needed doing, and got my tooth filled. Turns out I have another filling due next week - gah. But hey, fillings and not root canals, so there's a bright side.On the down side, I've been feeling like shit lately. I mean physically. I don't post too much about that stuff here anymore but weeks like this one make it impossible to write

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-27693453311016376892008-08-21T10:12:00.004-04:002008-08-21T11:27:55.007-04:00

Just checked The Chronicle of Higher Ed job search pages. The postings include non-teaching positions, pretty much what I'm looking for or at least what I'll take. In case you missed it or forgot, I don't dislike teaching. I dislike teaching in a system which has so many institutional impediments to teaching and learning. Anyhow, no luck today. However, I did run across this pretty cool

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-34263190838286101662008-08-20T22:59:00.005-04:002008-08-20T23:18:09.350-04:00

Again, stealing from Bubblewench (whose blog has made me smile on more than one gloomy day). Here are some personal truths that make me smile and get me through my day.- I have had an abundance of love in my life.- Migraines suck, but if you can manage to rise to the occasion, migraine sex is amazing.- Having all this time off (i.e. unemployed) means extra time with my fella and my kitty.- We

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-66751498391694854542008-08-18T18:15:00.003-04:002008-08-18T23:59:13.864-04:00

To be realistic, it's likely to be more the former than the latter. Regardless, A___ and I have decided to seek government sanction for our union. Yep, that's right. Marriage.Pragmatics, finances, and other whatnot dictate that the actual event will be sooner than later. We've spent a good deal of time talking about this decision. It's held up to many discussions, recastings, and even some

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-21332679393859932008-08-17T13:05:00.004-04:002008-08-17T13:23:49.308-04:00

Bubblewench has asked "What are your personal lies?" That is, lies you tell yourself to get you through your day. Here are some of mine. - People find me more charming than abrasive.- My cat is going to live forever. - Someday when I live near real doctors at real hospitals and I once again have good health insurance, I will be given a diagnosis of something which explains all my daily

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-5228874205609550542008-08-16T01:15:00.003-04:002008-08-16T01:18:32.994-04:00

I was checking my site meter today and saw that someone happened upon my blog through a google search for tour de france shitting pants, which apparently yields this post as the top result. I'm so proud...

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-38569556711313525732008-08-15T14:38:00.003-04:002008-08-15T15:00:12.571-04:00

Last summer, I was at a crucial point in my decision process about whether or not to go forward with my PhD or to "cut and run". With most of the faculty from my own academic concentration rating somewhere between "clueless" and "douchebag" on the functionally useless scale, I had all but stopped trying to find academics in my department to talk out my problems with. And then I ran across this

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-38411588129047383672008-08-15T00:40:00.004-04:002008-08-15T00:50:05.336-04:00

A video of my cat making out with his catnip plant. The quality is bad because it's recorded on a cell phone. But what I'm wondering is will it even play? Go blogger - yay! The lovely audio is the downstairs neighbors remodeling. At least they have the decency to work on the condo during reasonable hours (not like my old landlord, who felt 10:00 PM was a perfectly reasonable time to begin

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-22061134246531808342008-08-13T00:31:00.003-04:002008-08-13T00:38:40.305-04:00

Actor/ActressYou could be working for the largest telecommunications company in the world! Do you have a charming voice? Do you love chit chat? If so, you may be the perfect candidate for telephone acting! You MUST have an open mind and a very charming voice!It goes on, but really, by this point it's just about said it all. Or rather, it's said much more without explicitly saying it than much

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-82782080907923625972008-08-12T14:55:00.000-04:002008-08-12T14:56:12.725-04:00

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-46545837483433204442008-08-12T14:37:00.000-04:002008-08-12T14:38:29.369-04:00

"Where is my P.I." is my favorite...

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-84492689874774067332008-08-10T00:58:00.003-04:002008-08-10T01:01:02.660-04:00

The last few days have kind of sucked. Fortunately, the Kitty Cat Dance helps.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-39306691634831151732008-08-07T15:27:00.004-04:002008-08-08T09:11:42.242-04:00

Women's Health Breastfeeding RecruiterThe phrasing suggests a breastapo-like agenda. By the title, this sounds like a job where you'd be recruiting women to engage in breast feeding. But no. Turns out you'd be recruiting women to participate in a study on promoting breast feeding. A slightly different thing, although in practice I suspect both meanings are accurate.This position is part of a

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-19032080358348822092008-08-06T10:28:00.006-04:002008-08-06T10:53:24.432-04:00

Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima."As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: My God, what have we done?"- Capt Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the U.S. Air Force bomber Enola Gay that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug 6, 1945. At least 117,000 people were killed. (Reuters)

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-9247607430508229482008-07-31T09:43:00.005-04:002008-07-31T10:21:35.646-04:00

More from "I Was A Teenage Feminist", distributed by Women Make Movies.Some issues with the voice over - although I realize that I haven't seen the whole movie and so I don't know the context these words were being said in. But the notion of worrying about whether or not to hide that you're a feminist on a date simply does not resonate with me. Trying to hide that I'm a feminist would be like

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-61027184078795407572008-07-30T09:48:00.005-04:002008-07-31T09:43:06.526-04:00

Clips from "I Was A Teenage Feminist", distributed by Women Make Movies.An added bonus - a link from Trixie Films (makers of I Was a Teenage Feminist) is to Women In Media and News, a site I am thinking will appeal to at least two of the people who read this blog (which is a considerable percentage of my readers).

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-56597057364038323002008-07-30T08:03:00.002-04:002008-07-30T08:19:10.044-04:00

News or commentary?Dems wield oversight cudgel on Bush administrationBy Laurie Kellman, Associated Press WriterJuly 30, 2008WASHINGTON - Across Capitol Hill, Democratic-led committees are considering punishments for past and present Bush administration officials for a range of alleged misdeeds, from discriminating against liberals at the Justice Department to blowing off subpoenas and lying to

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-17677338513397640532008-07-28T22:48:00.004-04:002008-07-28T22:59:23.409-04:00

I just heard about the cell phone/popcorn thing this weekend. The person who told me about it was not telling it in a "funny" way. He was telling it in a "omg think about what it's doing to your brain!?" way. I have a strong streak of skepticism and so I googled it. Apparently it was a "stealth marketing" campaign which was supposed to be "funny". On the CNN video clip below, the announcer

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-45457743277456681892008-07-26T13:01:00.003-04:002008-07-26T13:09:24.949-04:00

Who wants a kitten? Anyone? Vengicar perhaps? C'mon....you know you want another kitty.8 week old grey female who was rescued but who can't be kept by her rescuer. I'm told she's very sweet. More details as I get them. For now, here's a not very high quality picture of the kitty. Email me if you're local to CT or MA and interested.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-90975170400006484492008-07-24T21:48:00.002-04:002008-07-24T21:52:49.496-04:00

I took this from Bubblewench's blog. Clearly a flawed blog-thing, at least when it came to my name.What PFG's Real World Name MeansYou are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.You are usually the best at everything ... you strive

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-79564627570044326362008-07-22T21:04:00.004-04:002008-07-22T21:11:33.591-04:00

Again. It just started, after several days of blistering hot. The last time it rained I got all excited, thinking the heat would break. Nope. It just got humid. I still do like the rain though. The windows are open, it's dark, and I can hear the rain just starting up like distant applause. Too much to hope it means a break in the heat? Probably. So I'll just enjoy it for what it is for

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-68659527065574927822008-07-21T17:24:00.002-04:002008-07-21T17:31:33.823-04:00

"RN, Will Train, Get off the floor and into Dialysis!!!"So is kidney failure a job requirement, or would one be getting into dialysis just for fun?

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-40873450573425150212008-07-18T00:00:00.001-04:002008-07-19T10:07:09.398-04:00

Out of total desperation, A___ and I have watched some episodes of Lost. I know, I'm like 4 years late. Now that I've watched it, I can say with authority that yes, it is crap. At least season one is. Things I've learned from this show.- Gender stereotypes, they aren't just for women anymore!- The "take my child, please!" genre has finally jumped from the big screen to the little screen. I

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-55524655211658966952008-07-17T23:33:00.000-04:002008-07-17T23:34:35.691-04:00

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-33125015906039551962008-07-17T08:18:00.004-04:002008-07-17T08:28:37.385-04:00

One of the faculty members in my department has Lyme. While this is not the faculty member I most wished a nasty case of Lyme on - yes, I admit that I have often harbored such wishes regarding at least three faculty members from the program I am leaving - this is the faculty member who most overtly and vocally supports hazing of grad students.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-48696640104391095202008-07-16T09:04:00.002-04:002008-07-16T09:14:01.040-04:00

Last day of work and the first student I met with had the sniffles. I didn't think much of it, until this morning when I woke up with my ears crackling and my head feeling stuffed full of achy tightness.Bright side? Um....my current boss invited me to lunch sometime this or next week. This is nice although possibly only that. The issue is I need a job, they have an opening (it just opened up)

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-33840381186545862482008-07-15T06:42:00.001-04:002008-07-15T06:48:59.901-04:00

(posted at Feminist Career Center, Feminist Majority Foundation site)June 20, 2008Job Title: Publicity and Publications ManagerOrganization: Women Make MoviesRegion: East CoastDescription: Founded in 1972, Women Make Movies (WMM) is a non-profit feminist, media arts organization dedicated to the distribution and exhibition of films by and about women. With a collection of more than 500

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-24915899992018160002008-07-14T15:03:00.002-04:002008-07-14T15:04:53.508-04:00

Hey, I just got a call to set up an interview for a job! Whoopie!Whether I get it or not, at least I feel a little less like a loser who's just spinning her wheels here sending out all these resumes and shit. Also, apparently the header/contact info is not a problem for everyone.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-20734353148875235602008-07-14T14:26:00.001-04:002008-07-24T10:59:04.657-04:00

A first.I just sent out a cover letter, resume, and reference list for a position a local college. Within an hour, I get a reply that my contact information is not on them.Um, no. It's in the header. It's taking a bit of restraint for me to not write back saying this and include "dumbass".I'm going to file this under "job I might not want to have". Why? Because if it were me who was in

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-76171525366763357202008-07-13T10:23:00.005-04:002008-07-13T10:35:07.125-04:00

In a comment on another post*, AM asked where a recent ad commentary I had posted went. It was up for a few days, and then I took it down. It's back up, but will be down again in the future. The reason for all this is that the post got a hit from a corporate data miner. Here's some info about the program that hit my blog:"...through the monitoring of blogs and other online public forums, we

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-13192574097186869892008-07-11T16:34:00.003-04:002008-07-11T16:51:09.416-04:00

I'm at home after the post-last official day of work semi-mandatory work party at the house of my boss. She's fun, but it was an outdoor event and the outdoors in the backwoods of CT scare the hell out of me since I caught Lyme in 2002. Lest I forget how much that sucked and how much the physical symptoms I have had since contracting Lyme continue to suck, my left ankle's been hurting a lot the

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-28480631115452118762008-07-11T07:45:00.002-04:002008-07-11T07:51:25.525-04:00

Assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancementinstitutional advancement is one of those terms that makes my skin crawl.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-57163230372438653522008-07-10T22:54:00.003-04:002008-07-10T23:01:11.267-04:00

The cat woke me up at 5:30 (a half hour before my alarm was set to go off) for food. He's been crying on and off throughout the night most nights these days. So up I got, and stumbled out to the kitchen. I bent down to get a can of cat food from a low shelf and smacked my head off the corner of the counter.My day followed in a similar vein at work. No injuries, but it was not a good day.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-22251574219701105672008-07-04T14:57:00.008-04:002008-07-04T15:41:09.118-04:00

It's the fourth of July. For me this means two things. There's the whole holiday, fireworks, barbecue, etc thing but more importantly, it means my sister's birthday.Yes, my sister is a yankee doodle child, but only by an accident of biology. If you imagine the kind of person who would love the idea of being born on July fourth, someone who would wear red, white, and blue, who would want a cake

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-38286782580655616622008-07-03T22:47:00.008-04:002008-07-04T14:46:07.713-04:00

My job is not that hard. There are some organizational issues which end up making more work for everyone, but providing it gets shared fully among the people whose slack caused the extra work, it's not so bad. There have been I think two days that I've been annoyed by this, and on both days I was feeling shitty enough physically to have it impact my mood and general outlook.Our boss is kind of

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-16289896935744082242008-06-30T21:49:00.002-04:002008-06-30T21:54:34.551-04:00

Can ya tell A____'s been busy? Ok, one last thing and then I'm off to bed. Thanks to Winterwheat for the link. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-26779813471846551642008-06-30T20:09:00.004-04:002008-06-30T20:14:29.850-04:00

Another radio commercial, this time for The 99 Restaurant featuring their new spicy cha-cha corn on the cob! Spicy cha-cha? I couldn't wait to get home. I whipped out my headset to call my brother to share. "Do you get it? Cha-cha?!" I spluttered into the phone as I drove down one of the more charming (i.e. deadly) rural CT roads. I'm glad my brother has the same stupid sense of humor I do.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-44841750934297232072008-06-30T10:41:00.005-04:002008-06-30T19:47:53.127-04:00

I've spent the last few months doing a good deal of repackaging as I try to make a less than rocky transition out of an academic, teaching/research career path. There are several challenges in this, some unique to me and my situations and some I believe shared. Given my health status, any direct consideration of career involves evoking that anxiety producing question "what CAN I do?" I'm not

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-89440343969902899342008-06-30T08:01:00.005-04:002008-06-30T08:24:37.865-04:00

Below are some excerpts from an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education. I will have to think about the author's final analysis on the function of dysfunction. As it stands, I came into this essay more properly on the side of the author's friend, although I don't usually put it into exactly those words. I am more sympathetic to the kid who retreated from the social scene of primary and

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-50371894606489217022008-06-29T11:30:00.003-04:002008-06-29T11:41:07.086-04:00

package handler

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-29757594097145072952008-06-27T06:43:00.003-04:002008-06-27T06:54:27.585-04:00

Non-Destructive Inspection Project ManagerI could and did parse this in ways not intended by the HR rep who posted it. Here's what kind of thing came to my mind.

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-80522938691207128272008-06-26T21:52:00.004-04:002008-06-26T22:02:47.374-04:00

I finished (I think) the wedding mix I'm making for my friend. Here's the playlist and cover art.The Taco Bell Canon (artist unknown, CD lost)Spam Song - Monty PythonHeart of Glass - The Bad PlusWillimantic USA - (artist unknown, recorded before 1950 I think)Connecticut's for Fucking - Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the ApocalypseMy Generation rx - rxBig Balls - Hayseed DixieSeasons in

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-89877622475762182312008-06-25T20:30:00.003-04:002008-06-25T20:44:31.519-04:00

As you can perhaps surmise from the title of this post, today was not a good day. The list is just sort of depressing crap, some trivial and some not trivial. While I'm a fan of venting, putting it all down here isn't going to help right now. I know because I just started to and realized it was only winding me up more. So here's the abridged version.- A____'s parents can't afford their house

PFGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474797771153272886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14326859.post-78067565094375974932008-06-23T07:36:00.005-04:002008-06-23T07:47:32.924-04:00

According to George Carlin's* famous routine, there were seven words you couldn't say on television (or broadcast on the radio, or apparently utter in a stand up comedy routine).These words are:Shit Piss FuckCunt Cocksucker Motherfucker Tits However, there's one word which, although not one to cause FCC complaints, we probably can all agree is often worse than any on the above list and that is

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So the job search continues. Yes, I am currently employed but this job ends in mid July, which means unless I want to go on unemployment I need to get my ass in gear and get me some job prospects. Bad market for someone looking to change career paths, right? Yeah, well that's me. A master of timing. There are two recent postings which look decent. One is an academic advising position and

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Well only one I'm going to, so properly that should read "wedding", however it is wedding season and thus the plural. Maybe it should be a mass noun, like oatmeal or brick. I'm going to a wedding at the end of the month. Unlike many joyous unions I hear of, this is one I approve of. The participants, that is the blessed couple, are both fully self-aware adults for starters. Moreover, the

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If you've used online job sites like Career Builder or Monster lately, this isn't news to you. For me, it's news. It seems no matter what I'm searching for, apparently the US military offers me employment opportunities which are an excellent match. E.g., are you looking for work as an entry level professional hummel duster in Duluth, Minnesota? Well apparently the United States Navy Reserve

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Below is an excerpt from a news story from Vernon, CT. I don't live in Vernon CT, but I've lived near it on and off since living in CT.Vernon is a combination of the backwoodsy ruralities - the hallmark of the Northeastern section of CT - and a few miles of traffic filled, stripmall lined roads. They have a Price Chopper. There are some diners in Vernon. I feel this makes it distinct from

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