What the hell is wrong with people? Some college-age idiots had a table on the sidewalk outside of the post office, plastered with pictures of Obama with a Hitler mustache. I told them they should be ashamed of themselves.

I also wonder if there are regulations about protests outside federal buildings, but I suspect they were just far enough away to get away with it.

oh, I meant to post that I just listened to the podcast for the TAL about bad banks and I freaked OUT when they reported the bit about how the debt of US citizens EQUALS the GDP! And the last time that equation was at 100% was 1929!! Man we have a debt problem like WOAH!

Oh, this is brilliant: A friend of mine has an opening at her company. A coworker just emailed me saying another former coworker was applying, so could I put in a good word? So I email my friend, and she tells me she's seen a resume from a third coworker! Eeeenteresting.

your world, she is small.

do people here know scentsy?

It's mostly funny because I wonder if emailing coworker knows that applying coworker is applying.

Miss Kitty has been wandering around the house meowing plaintively for the last hour. Her litter box is clean, she has fresh water and food. Petting her doesn't seem to make a difference.

Wish I could speak kitty.

I had a chance to quickly flip through People's Most Beeyotiful Man issue in the supermarket today, and, yum. Robert Pattinson aside, some really delicious choices. One of my favourite years to date, with bonus Jerry from Sliders in a Speedo.

In the shit I didn't say (twice) file:

No, I didn't tell you I would be gone next week because, if you had met your DEADLINE, it wouldn't be relevant.

Don't f*ck with my much-needed vacation, people!

it was the limited vocab + the fact that everyone else around the kid spoke English

From what I've read, you really want at least 20% or so of the kid's interactions to involve the second language if they're to pick it up properly.

Seeing your father and mother talk in English can't help either.

This one I don't think would matter much. Kids seem pretty good at learning context with language, and they pay far more attention to conversation directed to them than stuff between others. (Related point, CDs and DVDs are pretty useless for language development; they need direct interpersonal communication.)

Little kids can even learn second languages spoken by neither of their parents, as long as they get enough direct interaction in it.

OMG, I feel so gross. I should not have eaten that whole burger and fries. There were too many fries, but they were delicious! The burger was mediocre.