Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
But Sparky's just seems like an extra level of malevolence.
Frankly, I blame it on who is running the place at the highest levels. They don't share a dinner table with humans of the female persuasion so they can ignore this kind of thing (whereas my poor DH hears me rant every night).
At the moment, I'm boggling about how they seem not to know how the dependent care credit works.
They don't share a dinner table with humans of the female persuasion so they can ignore this kind of thing (whereas my poor DH hears me rant every night).
no, that's not it. We have the same BS here too. Hell, our GC is a woman with children and they still have this crap.
Told The Girl she was in the wrong profession and that she should have been a teacher 'cause it's less stressful (and then I heard it). She laughed for about ten minutes.You've done your job. You cheered her up! Good for you.
Frankly, I blame it on who is running the place at the highest levels. They don't share a dinner table with humans of the female persuasion so they can ignore this kind of thing (whereas my poor DH hears me rant every night).PixK and I had a nice discussion awhile back at how slanted the health care system is against women. Really opened my eyes. Being single male, I didn't have a clue. The most boggling point she made, lil blue pill is covered by insurance, birth control pill, not always. Huh??
how slanted the health care system is against women
One of my favorite examples of the slant was how certain states I've lived in taxed feminine products, but not shaving cream, because shaving cream was a necessity (like food), but feminine products weren't. @@
We have the same BS here too. Hell, our GC is a woman with children and they still have this crap.
Ugh, completely disheartening. The top level of my university is more diverse than Sparky's, but they're mostly old enough that their babyrearing days are a distant fuzzy memory (plus they're making enough that, should they somehow spawn at their ages, they can easily manage one full-time stay-at-home parent).
I know it won't do a damn bit of good except to my own conscience, but now I want to write a letter to Sparky's board of regents saying, "I'm a practicing Catholic with two children who'll be entering college in the next decade and a half. However, as I take my church's social justice teachings seriously, I will have to forbid them to even apply to your institution, as it would surely be a sin to give money to an employer that shows such disregard for the caretakers and guardians of the weakest and most vulnerable members of its community."
JZ, DOOO EEEET.
Go for it, JZ. Mention the high-ranking Jesuit University in town and how they give 8 weeks maternity leave. They love those comparisons.
Just got an email from a student asking me to change his grade. Once again, no good reason given, just asking.
Reply that you will change it by dropping it a point. And will do so upon every subsequent request.
Hell, you should have that on a sign somewhere in the classroom.
I don't know what it is about the onset of summer that makes me break out the Mary Chapin Carpenter, especially given that her music is generally so quiet and introspective, but without fail, the temps rise, out comes Chapin. I've been happily wallowing in time*sex*love* all morning.
Seska -- all the ma~~~ you need.
JZ -- do it. Seriously, I can complain all I want , but I am a heathen. It needs to come from inside. Complain for the future