down the toilet

I have no problems with flushing things down the toilet. So long as they are flushable, of course. IF you DO flush items, ESPECIALLY feminine sanitary products, ESPECIALLY when using a public restroom, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FLUSHED so as to not make a reappearance. Leaving such presents for the next user is NOT COOL. It is NASTY. Worse than a clogged toilet, even.

lampson for congress

There was a cartoon the other day, where two men are in jail and one guy is explaining why he's in: "Turns out," he says, "my accounting system would only have been legal if I was in Congress." Ha ha, so funny. Unfortunately, so true. There's the whole Jack Abramoff scandal, and the probe into Tom DeLay's actions, including whether or not his push to redraw the district lines in Texas to favor Republicans was legal. Hmm, let me think...If it's not, it should be. So, with such heavy charges levied against him, this means the end of DeLay's career as a Congressman, right?

Not so much. He just won the March Primary for the 22nd district in Texas. By A LOT.

Bloody hell.

judge not, lest ye be judged

I am reviewing applications for a program that I myself was a part of several years ago. I am conflicted about scoring these people based solely on how they appear on paper, especially as I would not be in my supercool job now if it had depended on nothing more than how I looked on paper. Interviews can help give more insight, but not even that is a true reflection of the person, or how they will perform in a specific setting. My GPA wasn't that great, my major GPA even less impressive, and while I was co-President of one club for a year and participated in several others, my current position is more than anything else a result of the fact that I met, interacted with and proved my worth to the people who could, and did, help me along in my career; my work on a project enabled me to use a connection to get an internship with a company, leading to a co-op position, leading to a job, with some freaking cool opportunities along the way.

Where I am today is not the end result of a life-long goal, but rather came about through a series of accidents; fortuitous and wonderful accidents, but accidents just the same - the university I attended, the people I hung out with, the projects that I involved myself in. Decisions that I didn't really think were all that important at the time, much less how they would significantly influence my future. I sometimes wonder what decisions I'm making today that will have such an impact down the line. It really makes one think. ;)

Back to the applications; only two more to go!