I backed Senator Clinton firstly because I think we know everything about her and a “pig in a poke” is not someone I want elected. My secondary reason to back her was her universal health care plan. But stuff like this gives credence to those who do not want it and are not willing [...]
I’m starting to lose hope that what I’m looking for in this city just does not exist. I am a realist and I know what I’m really looking for starts at about $350,000 which is much too much for one person on my pay to afford. The perfect place is a condo in an older [...]
As many of you know, I’m in the midst of house-buying. Well, not really a house. At least I don’t think I want a real HOUSE per se. Even if they do appreciate better. But then there’s that maintenance thing. I have a hard enough time hanging pictures. How would I ever afford a HOUSE. [...]
I’m with one day left to go in this Week From Hell. My fuse is nonexistent and anything and everything drives me into a knee-knocking panic or a flying rage. Ah, fatigue. What it does for your life.
These are the dog days of summer early. I can barely keep my eyes open because of all [...]
I won’t wax poetic about patriotism. I’ll say nothing about the cookouts you people with regular jobs participated in this weekend. I’ll not breathe a word about three days off or the beginning of the “summer driving season” or anything remotely related to a holiday.
I’ve just worked 24 hours of overtime and the brutality of [...]
I fired off several angry e-mails to the powers that be in my institution this past week. I doubt they’ll fire me but I could still make people, say, not happy by questioning their logic. The picture below is why I did it. For me. For my friends. For all women everywhere who everyone pats [...]
One only need pick up the paper (any one will do) to have one’s faith in humanity quashed or renewed with amazing rapidity, sometimes all on the same page.
My favorite nugget today as I sat in a Center City coffee shop was provided courtesy of the Washington Post. So let me get this straight: Blind people [...]
I watch some CNN every morning in spite of it being early and my TV’s remote (or sensor) being broken. I scroll all the way from 60 (the Food Network) to 20 manually just because I like my smattering of news in the morning. I’d prefer to read the New York Times online like I [...]
Well, this New York Times article got me back from my self-imposed exile. I won’t say much more about the article and the woman being interviewed other than I completely agree with her. It’s the 900+ comments I take issue with.Granted, I only read about the first page worth of them but I [...]
For the past two days, all drinking fountains at work have not been working. You cannot get water or ice. I’ve been reduced to BUYING water at work. I’m irate. It boggles the mind that a modern place of work has allowed water machines to be broken for two whole days. It’s incredible to me.
Am [...]
I’ve been on the cooking kick lately, as usual around the holidays. I’ve been poring through cookbooks, watching cooking shows, arranging and rearranging my pantry etc. I’ve noticed a trend, which I’ve noticed before but every time it sneaks into my consciousness again it bothers me all over again: What is with the salt and [...]
nepotism |ˈnepəˌtizəm|
noun
the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, esp. by giving them jobs.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nipote ‘nephew’ (with reference to privileges bestowed on the “nephews” of popes, who were in many cases their illegitimate sons).
It’s what favors one while cutting [...]