August 2010
14 posts
I got a JOB!
It’s been a long time coming, but yours truly is finally employed. Gainfully even.
My job is in Hutchinson, which is about a 45 min-1hr commute each way, but it’s with an organization I respect, and one I have been volunteering for in the Wichita location for the past 8 months.
The office is very small, two attorneys and two paralegals, all women. It’s definitely going to be...
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Thanks for the podcast suggestions!
I will check them all out forthwith.
And I just wanted to use the word “forthwith.”
Podcast solicitations
As you may know, I’m in my car a lot these days, driving back and forth to visit Josh and whatnot. Mmm…whatnot.
Anyways, the fact that the NPR stations between here and Lawrence don’t match up perfectly annoys the crap out of me, so I’m turning to podcasts. I already enjoy This American Life, but I want YOUR suggestions as to your favorites.
So suggest away. Pretty...
Say WHAT now?
Today at lunch in the break room at work, the TV was on, the news showing a story about the proposed Islamic cultural center in NYC. One person said “why can’t they just make it a cultural center that’s open to all faiths?” (or something along those lines). When I and another coworker pointed out that it would be a cultural center, not a Mosque, based on education and...
End Street Harassment Already!
When I am walking down the street, to my car, into work, into a restaurant, wherever, I do not appreciate being honked at or yelled at. After years of this nonsense, it’s become pretty clear to me that when men do this to women, it’s much more about the guy, and usually has little to do with the woman who has unwittingly become the object of catcalls and the like.
She can be dressed...