I actually think people at work assume that I am a closeted lesbian because I am not married and don't really date.

I lost my first job out of college because the Conservative Christian management decided I must be a lesbian and thus not someone they wanted to work with. Before the firing I got a nifty short haircut and was called into the office and lectured on "proper appearance." So getting canned wasn't a huge surprise, and as job losses go, I don't really regret that one. At my current job there are several people out of the closet. We recently held a baby shower for a woman and her wife when they had a baby. I like my current job much better than my first. If anyone here is assuming I'm gay, they're probably shrugging and going on with their lives.

My parents also started making comments about loving me "no matter what," and how my roomie was like a daughter to them after I had the same female roommate for 8 years.

I just realised there's no point making plans for lunch, since today is team appreciation day, and we're being fed. Now all I can do is wonder...with what?

Turns out the guy who was having difficulty typing "exchange" into his browser has a brain tumour. He wasn't able to read things back off his screen to the support guy. So they had his wife work with the support guy instead, and she'd never used a computer before in her life.

That whole configuration confuses me.

Food - what is for lunch today?

Brunch frittata! Chop up a small potato and some onion. Brown in bacon fat for about 10 minutes in a small skillet. Mix eggs, cheese, spices and breakfast meat (in this case, chopped bacon) in a bowl. Mix potatoes with onion mixture, then pop in the onion for 10 minutes at 350. Mmmmm.

I have sushi for lunch. Why isn't it lunchtime yet?

It turns out I have the best name ever.

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I have leftover couscous with turkey bacon. Nummy.

Sophia, here's an article from Dissent critical of Zinn: [link]

And bookwise, Bob says Paul Johnson's A History of the American People is a direct response to Zinn that is supposed to be good.

Deregulation has been good in many cases such as the airlines, and telecommunications. Personally, I think deregulation of energy markets would probably be good if handled properly.

How so (for both a & b)? Deregulation seems to me to have been a hot mess almost everywhere.

It turns out I have the best name ever.

Huh. My name sucks, all because of that MySpace guy....

The man who created what will become the destroyer of the earth, better known as the addictive website MySpace. He is blamed by literally millions of people whenever an "unexpected error" occurs. Once enough (important) people become addicted to this site, society will become perpetually late and collapse in a horrendous, fiery explosion of death, destruction, and doom.

My dad would argue that deregulation ruined airlines.