April 2009

Holding pattern…

April 16, 2009

Cox is apparently out in my whole neighborhood. Couldn’t get online by the time I left home, and once on campus I learned that the RA who just moved into our area also couldn’t connect through Cox. She tried to plug in through a neighbor’s unpassword-protected wireless, but their connection also is down. Darn! I [...]

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One door closes; another opens

April 15, 2009

Drove up to Paradise Valley Community College this afternoon, by way of turning in a mountain of paperwork to HR. What a pretty campus! Even though the weather is daunting—40 mph winds, blowing dust, threatening clouds—the place is architecturally coherent and pulled together, clean and well maintained…every building is full of light and pretty much [...]

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Moments of Fame

April 15, 2009

Looking for a carnival to place my rant about the unnecessarily complicated process of applying for jobs online, I came across the HR Administration Carnival, which went online today at Dayamn!!! This roundup will interest all of us who are interested in advancing in our day jobs or who have recently been laid off. It [...]

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Train: Less than awesome. Blue Funk: Amazing

April 14, 2009

Some scientist recently opined that the function of weeping, apparently a behavior unique to humans (or almost so), is to recruit sympathy. So what does it mean when you’re walking down an empty street with no one around but a dog, crying aloud? Who, really, do you imagine will empathize with you? Well, no one. [...]

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Debt-to-Income Ratio: Frugalist begs to differ

April 14, 2009

So the Financial Wizard par Excellence is arguing that M’hijito, who earns a salary that is exactly at the median income for bankruptcy purposes, should be able to shoulder a great deal more of the Investment House mortgage than he agreed to. Our agreement was that he would cover one-third of it (having contributed a [...]

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Riding the train for fun and profit

April 13, 2009

My first official commute to the Great Desert University on the new light-rail trains was a great success! The ride was quiet, comfortable, and uneventful. People-watching was reasonably good: a young mother with a cute baby, giggling teenagers, rangy young men, goofy high-school boys, spiffy office workers, and one brightly dressed mental case who carried [...]

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