So today - Thursday I got 2 job offers...Am now debating which one, if either, to accept. Both are just 6 months temp jobs - both about the same salary - one a bit more - both could lead to permanent employee (Ha! What does permanent employment mean, nowadays - a year or 2?)
- both offer no bennies and both are a commute....and both have been mean to me in the past...Yeah yeah yeah - can't afford to have feelings in the workaday world.
Took Winston-the cute boxer 11 month old dog-for a run today in Underwood Park - boy - am I getting in shape - it was a very easy run. And, unlike my furry 3, Winston did not pull my arms out of their sockets!
Went to the Tosa library today, too. Checked out some books on XML, C++, SQL, yes I am boring. Chatted with the librarian check-out person. Tosa is thinking of getting out of the Library Federation (The sharing libraries that use each others' resources independent of what urban entity a member library resides in). Thus, if Tosa remains in the Federation - Tosonians can get books out of any member library - like MPL. Tosa has a collection of 100,000 books (and things), while the Federation has 4,000,000. It's all about money. The checkout person said things looked bad, and she thought Tosa would withdraw....Oh well...The Tosa's collection on computer books is pathetic anyway...But it is nice and close to where we live.
Am listening to a Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin when I'm in the car. It is his 2nd novel, The League of frightened Men". I am busy jotting done neat phrases and similes. Here are some:
He is slick as a piece of wet pavement.
He also used the word: rodomont. He used it in the form of an adjective and he meant blustering blowheart. So I am also improving my vocabulary! This Impacting is not all that bad!
from www.dictionary.com:
rodomont
\Rod"o*mont\, n. [F. rodomont, It. rodomonte, fr. Rodomonte, Rodamonte, a boasting hero in the ``Orlando Furioso'' of Ariosto, and the ``Orlando Innamorato'' of Bojardo; properly, one who rolls away mountains; Prov. It. rodare to roll away (fr. L. rota a wheel) + It. monte a mountain, L. mons. See Rotary, Mount, n.] A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. --Sir T. Herbert.
Also found out, that Nero Wolfe hates pipe smoking and Inspector Kramer smokes a pipe. And, Archie Goodwin's Bday is October 24! I don't think he is a Libra, though.
btw, if you don't know what a simile is, here goes:
A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).
Had a nice chat with pop in the car about what job to take - it was a normal conversation. It felt great! He is looking good today and I think he is getting into the teaching of his classes. He seems to be a lot more calm about them, and is entering his attendance info right away. I am proud of him. We need to get him a belt. Said we'd go this weekend, to see what size his expanded tummy is and what belt he feels comfortable opening and closing. He has been wearing blue jeans...he looks really good. Good by to those BUTT-UGLY elastic/draw-string pants.
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hah, i think you are blog crazy. love the updates. winston sounds very cute--maybe i should adopt him. job decision is a tough one, write a pro con list and see which is longer. get up each day like it's on purpose-- yes that is a borrowed line from movie or television but it really helps! go bella, go!
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