::clings to serial comma::

WooHOO, msbelle! So happy for you!

Kathy, I'm awed and inspired by your industry.

I seem to have come to the bottom of my coffee cup. This necessitates getting my ass in gear and and getting on with things. Here I go.

Six Degrees of Separation, the –t version:

Arcade Fire…
1) Humanity received the knowledge of fire from the Greek God Prometheus (this may or may not have happened under a stoa, or arcade).
2) Frankenstein was “The Modern Prometheus.”
3) Dracula vs. Frankenstein is a 1971 horror film directed by Al Adamson.
4) Dracula is a vampire.
5) According to folklore, vampires are repelled by both the sun and religious symbols.
6) The present-day concept of the weekend first arose from the Dies Solis (Day of the Sun) decreed by Constantine, and the Biblical Sabbath.
…Vampire Weekend

Nice! It's like you're in my head.

Don't mind the dust.

Well, I just narrowly avoided embarrassing myself quite badly.

They finally re-announced my position, and when I went to look at the announcement I saw the words "NTE 2 years", and I nearly lost my shit. Called the HR person (who was out), bitched to my boss, was going to go track down the Big Boss who was responsible for the whole thing.

... and then I looked at it again, and realized it was an announcement from 2008, and not the new one. The new one? Is a permanent position.

Good thing I didn't talk to the Big Boss.

Of course, now I get to spend the next week stewing over the application, which is always fun.

Glad the re-announcement finally happened, Consuela. Hope the rehiring goes smoothly.

I just channeled my inner msbelle and pulled a few gallons of weeds out of a tiny corner of my yard. I should do that every day. Eventually it ought to make a visible difference.

I need to channel my inner msbelle/megan walker in order to tackle the Epic Summer Project List that is my house.

Consuela, I'm really glad to hear your job is finally becoming permanent.

Of course, now I get to spend the next week stewing over the application, which is always fun.

You don't just get to write your name and title on it???

You don't just get to write your name and title on it???

This seems fair.

{WS} it sounds like a perfectly reasonable reaction. Now *I'm* dreading the pressure test.

They already took away the traditional 'two spaces after a period.' And now they're going after the serial comma. Is this what the start of the Singularity feels like?

Good luck, Consuela! It is ridiculous that you have to apply for your own job, though.

I was just filling up my bottle at the water fountain near the bathroom. As I was putting the cap back on, someone emerged from the cubicles near the bathrooms, walked past me, and said, "You look fantastic!"

I've never officially met this woman in my life nor exchanged any words with her, just seen her around the office.

It made me smile all the way back to my desk.