Yes, the NYT was not kind today at all. eta: Yes, I thought there was a repeat in Connections too.

Man, you gave me a vivid sense memory of getting off a plane and getting hit by a wall of humidity.

50 years ago, when I worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, I was hanging in the lobby chatting with co-workers at the end of the day, as one does. One after the other we listened to people exiting the revolving doors and saying 'Oh My God', all of them, one after another. We assumed there was an accident or something, and continued to gab until we departed and rolled through the revolving doors, only to exclaim 'Oh My God', because it was summer in the city, hot as a wall of fire outside.

Also, Fort Lauderdale is much hotter than Otter Lake. A/C is the best thing ever.

Timelies all!

I have done something to my left knee, and it hurts to move it. I have no idea what I did, but it started hurting yesterday. Probably moved it in the wrong direction, or something equally stupid.

Meanwhile, our asshole neighbor is at it again. A few weeks back I noticed some letters addressed to him from various christian groups were showing up in our mailbox. At first I thought they were misdelivered, but then one showed up where he had opened it up, crossed out his name and put my husband's name in and taped it up. All of these groups are of course claiming to care about Israel. Today's letter was from Jews for Jesus. Really, dude?

Ewww, that is creepy, Sheryl.

Wow, Sheryl, that's some pretty bad neighboring!

Yikes, Sheryl, what a jerk.

Well, the Honey Ginger Salmon with Peach Salsa was really good -- if do say so myself -- and just the salmon glaze part will be good on its own with no peach salsa, so, yay, another good treatment for salmon.

And now I just have one peach left, so I think I am going to just eat that one, because yum. I did make blueberry cobbler (someone suggested peach cobbler, which made me think of it) with the blueberries I got, so I managed to get a dessert out of the haul, too. Excellent.

Oh oh putting things in your mailbox is a federal crime. Maybe tape a note on it letting the asshole know that.

Imagine if your asshole neighbor put that energy into something useful. Imagine if they all did. It would be a different world. I hope your knee feels better soon, Sheryl.

I had a job interview in my old home town yesterday. It’s over 3.5 hours from family, and I moved to Michigan to be closer to family, so I’m a bit ambivalent. But late in the interview they asked about committee work, and I mentioned how proud I was to be a founding member of my current team’s DEIA group, completely forgetting that the town hosted a unit of the Klan until just a couple of years ago. The atmosphere got a little chilly thereafter, so I don’t know that this is a choice I’ll need to make.

I had an interview Thursday with a different community college that’s a lot closer, and they asked me to tell them about my experiences promoting diversity at my current job. I suspect that would be a far better fit.

Yeah, better to find out the office culture includes a commitment to racism before an offer is on the table, Calli.

That does make the choice more obvious, Calli. Hope that one comes through.

Sending out the birthday~ma to Kat G today with hopes for a wonderful year.