Hey, not everything about the good old days sucked.

Okay, a lot of it, but not everything. Just because it's old don't mean it's broke, not every time.

Felicitations on the anniversary of your Natal Day, JZ, and many happy returns! Is there cake? Is it on fire?

Is there cake? Is it on fire?

There's no cake yet because Matilda wants to make it this evening. Which may or may not include incineration.

Ooh, Matilda-made cake, a treat for sure, flaming or not. Her Pride outfit is completely adorable, as is she herself.

Urgh. It's too soon in the day to have reached the end of the internets. I suspect this means industriousness in my immediate future.

Okay, a lot of it, but not everything. Just because it's old don't mean it's broke, not every time.

I didn't mean to imply that. I was referring to those who miss things like when women knew their place or colored folk kept to their own.

Annoyance: So, the company got sold, and our last pay check was split between the two companies, old and new. I was actually meeting with my boss on Friday and checked my bank account, and saw two deposits. Great. Checked my mail, and the old company sent a hardcopy of the paystub, saying "blah blah, this much earned, this much taken out for insurance, for 401K, etc". But the new company didn't send one.

So I called HR to ask where I can find it (we used to be able to look online, but that was an old company system). They couldn't figure it out. Seriously. If you're not going to send me a paystub, you need to know where I can FIND one!!! WTF new company?!?

Looks like Blagojevich finally got convicted on 17 corruption counts (they deadlocked on two others, and said he wasn't guilty of another).

ETA: According to the Tribune reporter's tweets, he was convicted on all eleven Senate counts, all three hospital counts, and all three racetrack counts. The not-guilty was on a tollway count, and the two deadlocks were on another tollway charge and a school shakedown charge.

's okay, smonster. I just get a little tetchy at the generality. Not--that I ever do anything like that. Right, sure, uh huh.

Kathy,

does this mean Blago is going to jail for a long time?

Sounds like the thinking is that he might get 8-10 years.

When I was meeting with clients, I tried to dress like a professional because they were paying me and I wanted to show respect for that. When I met with the public (as a consultant), I tried not to dress too much better than anyone else in the room because it would make it look like my client was wasting their money.

When I taught middle school I used to dress up as a way of sort of honoring my students. Like they deserved the respect of someone choosing to be professional with them. I have gotten increasingly schlubby and am the worst dressed teacher on my wing (the other was a former lawyer who was all Talbots and the other other is a size 2 tiny who has no children and a lot of disposable income). Now I tend to costume dress depending on how I feel.

My mother has this issue with doing teacher training -- a suit is too much, but she does want to be dressed up to some degree.

HA! Especially because teachers can be super schlubby! When I do professional development, I always wear a skirt, heels, tights or hose and a nice top. Sometimes a jacket.

So, our principal is leaving and we are getting a new one. I'm choosing to optimistically view this as change is good.