I got let go a half-hour early (with pay) so our office of temps could go to the Xmas party. However, I grabbed a couple of crackers and booked, so I got home early! Whoa, the equivalent of a $5 bonus....

Mmm. Sorrel time.

Liese, start with Sky& Telescope. I actually suck at equipment recs (because, see, I have a handy dandy dadshaped resource....)

So, my mom has pneumonia. She was fine on Sunday! Thing is, she is really susceptible to it, having had a raging case of it a few years ago, where she probably would have been hospitalized had it not been a holiday. If she starts getting better tomorrow (they learned before to hit it hard and fast, so she's pumped full of drugs,) the dr will ok her to fly Tuesday. Poor mom.

1) Allyson tell the Jackhole at work that if he has a lousy sex life then you will truly believe him that women are risk averse.

2) Thanks for the head's up about Charlie Brown Christmas.

I had more, but I forgot. My house is cold and I need to make dinner. I want to play on the interwebs all night, but mac wants to use the computer.

Is Rage Nurse the really evil co-worker you have who says mean things to you? And if not, does your new position mean you won't have to deal with that mean co-worker?

I see Hec already answered, but YES!

She's trying to make up for it by being extra-nasty in the waning hours of our occupational cohabitation. I still want to punch her in the throat, but it's incredibly soothing to remind myself that she's just trying to get her last licks in before the clock ticks down to zero and I disappear.

My officemate left early to have a meeting with her union rep about all the reassignments, layoffs and underpay and the general incredibly dysfunctional behavior of the division (she volunteered to do this -- I've got a family to support, but she's a bohemian young childfree will o' the wisp who's been planning to ditch this job and spend a couple of years in New Zealand anyway, so she feels she has nothing to lose by blowing up some bridges).

Allyson tell the Jackhole at work that if he has a lousy sex life then you will truly believe him that women are risk averse.

Oh, SNAP. Please, msbelle, may I fly you out to accompany me on my last day in this office so you can effortlessly hoist her on the petard of whatever last insult she tries to fling at me?

I have a Very large sweet potato (not a euphemism)

You have a root!

JZ, so glad you're free of those toxic people!

Good stuff: My oldest niece got the job she wanted! This is especially wonderful because not only is it a Good Job(tm) that will have her doing the work she's really good at, it gets her out of a very toxic work environment.

Also, Amazon says they're shipped Sam the Bat to me! I am pleasantly surprised.

Good thing: tomorrow is my last day of work for two weeks, which is a perk of working at my job- we get the two weeks off with holiday pay.

Also, I am having a beer tasting party on Saturday! With my new beery friends!

You have a root!

Well played, Zen.

So I looked it up, and this time last year, Baltimore got hit with weekend storms that resulted in me losing a weekend of last minute shopping and postponement of my flight. My neighbor had to shovel out my balcony, it was bad enough.

Today's snow was dealable, if ugly if you didn't have my sweet commute (even so, it was really slippery, but no need to shovel balconies) but there's a small chance of more on Sunday. I'm twitching.

It's not like this: [link] . More like [link] (From last December.)