http://kindlypogmothoin.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:06:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Still here.  Things are busy.  I've got my final papers and presentations due, I'm back at work (at least for the time being), I'm still going to the gym when I'm not nursing an injury (I've managed to tweak my rotator cuff, my quad, my lower ab, and my hip ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/12/07/notes-from-a-broad/ You stink. Love, Mom. http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/11/18/dearest-junebug/ The bad news:  The project I've been working on has ended, quite suddenly, so I'm laid off.  No one seems to know what happened, because all the relevant people in contact with my agency were out of the office when the decision was made.  I'm guessing either they called a ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/11/08/rats/ I just got back, as I said in the last post, from Montreal. The primary reason I went there was to get Lasik (Canada has more advanced technology than the US, and even when the FDA approves certain equipment, such as the particular laser I was treated with, the ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/10/16/i-was-not-expecting-the-odor/ Remember how I was so surprised a few weeks ago to see a woman on the back of a NYC Sanitation truck for the first time in 13 years here? I just came back from a trip to Montreal, and the very first garbage truck I saw there had a woman ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/10/16/what-i-saw-part-ii/ The NYC Board of Ed -- which of course really means Mayor Bloomberg nowadays -- has effectively banned bake sales. In the name of -- say it with me -- fighting obesity. The problem I have with this is that the bake sales became necessary because of funding cuts; vending ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/10/03/meme-roth-must-be-pleased/ http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/09/13/pillow-dog/ We have A Situation with Miss Zuzu here. Since I moved into this apartment, over a year ago, I have not had one uninterrupted night's sleep. And why? Because Our Girl here agitates to be fed at the first hint of light, no matter how late she gets her ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/09/13/what-we-have-here-is-failure-to-communicate/ Library school is very big on the presentations and the group projects. I understand why; after all, during an interview for a position as a librarian (especially in the academic context), you will be expected to do a presentation for about an hour (including Q&A) to show that a) ... http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/09/13/herding-cats-or-why-zuzu-hates-group-projects/ Yay! Got tickets to the restored, hi-res version of The Wizard of Oz that's playing at the New York Film Festival (and elsewhere, but only during the NYFF in NYC). I'm such a sucker for this movie. I've never seen it on a big screen, either. Whee! http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2009/09/13/im-off-to-see-the-wizard/