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This is belated because I've been very busy with my new job...

If you will remember, the last time I wrote on this subject, I was kind of smarting from not being offered the supervisor position that was newly created with my department's re-org. 

It turns out that it was, in part, a miscommunication.  They really didn't think I would want it.   I then expressed an official 'interest' in the position. 

My direct supervisor wasn't sure about it at first.   He and I hadn't worked closely together very much as I was dedicated to one project and pretty much managed myself. 

I was told that I should hold tight for a few months and they would revisit the idea...  Another blow to the ego....

HOWEVER, within 2 weeks of basically taking on the responsibilities of this new position without the title, they came to me and said.  "Yah, you're the right guy for this job.  We're sorry to have underestimated you."

BEAM

So, I now am in the wonderful world of middle-management and I haven't been busier or happier in years.   If I had hair, it would be getting pointy as we speak.. :) 

So, sometimes things work out... 

Lesson Learned:  If you want something, speak the fuck up!  Don't wait for hand outs!

Fox News recently referred to Obama's wife as his "baby mamma'...

... I don't have words...

So, I'll admit that I took advantage of what is usually a real pain in the butt... the inability to avoid spoilers on reality shows because I live on the West Coast.. 

I gave up watching Idol, because I would always forget and that night's outcome name would be in bold letters when I fired up "My Yahoo" and peeked at the  Entertainment Headlines.

Last night, however, I went out of my way to check who had won on Top Chef because if it had been what I feared, I would have broken something.... 

I won't reveal the actual ending for those who recorded it, but suffice it to say, I DID watch it.

Summer seems to have skipped us this year. 

Today - Rainy with a high in the low 50's.... same for the foreseeable future...  :(

Meanwhile, my mother is roasting back East..  

I'll meet you East Coaster's down the middle... you can drop the temps by about 20 degrees if you donate them to the PNW. 


Meanwhile, life here is going OK. We had a minor vet emergency last week which has worked itself out... Machi was a bit.. let's say.. "stopped up".  She's better now and frisky as ever.  In fact, I woke up to her locked in the bathroom, so she must have been naughty during the overnight :) 

 

OK, having just caught up with my TV viewing...

/rant

I cannot BELIEVE that that 'See You Next Tuesday" Lisa is going to fracking Puerto Rico!   

I would give almost anything to be flown/taken to a location where she was strapped to a chair and I could slap tha smug little nasty "I'm 5 years old and I'm going to pout now" look off her face.

Then I would turn up the heat on her rice... so there!

rant/

Save me!


I am living with a Eurovision junkie!  He can't stop watching!  I might end up actually having to see some of it and I've heard that too much causes cancer in mice...

Heellllllllppp...