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silveradept) wrote2007-05-19 12:28 am
silveradept) wrote2007-05-19 12:28 am
Failure and Success? - 18 May 2007
Got another rejection letter today, from the place I interviewed in with last month. At the same time, I now have an interview/skills assessment scheduled out in Washington (state) at the beginning of June. I need to go back into my files and see if I can’t arrange more interviews while I’m out there, just so that I get some bang out of my buck. I’m just worried that all this money’s going to go out for nothing and no job will be forthcoming from it. It’s not a very pleasant thought at all, and I worry that I’m going to do this several times before I actually get a job. So I worry that I’m going to be costing people money with no benefit. That never makes me feel good, even though I know that I’ll have some support in this matter. If there’s a kind soul out there on the list who might be willing to put me up for a couple nights and/or shuttle me around when I get in, that would be fantastic. But no pressure. The way things are working out, I might have a free day there because I’d like a cheaper flight home, so people might be able to see me then. *sigh*. It’s not even for a guaranteed job, really. this is just so that I can be offered a job if/when the time appears. Which is why I’m aiming for other interviews, just to see if I can’t cement something solid. I’m really freaking nervous, mostly because this is an expense for my financiers.
That said, if anyone has heard of libraries that are hiring in the areas that I’m around, if I have time, I’ll want to pick up some applications and do interviews, since I’ll be in the area. Scout for me, please?
Anyway, onto the link parade. Speaking of Washington state, a Craigslist ad posted telling people to "take what they want" was followed to the letter. One problem - the poster and the owner of the stuff weren't the same person. That’s a rather slick way of obtaining revenge, I must say, but it’s also pretty heartless.
For those running Windows Vista, maybe you can tell me more about the permission/Integrity Controls part and whether a command-line tool that allows a user to write and rewrite the Control Levels of files would be a useful thing to have around. (I understand Linux permissions, to some degree, and wonder is this isn’t Vista’s way of trying to implement such things.)
Skirting into the political realms, a former Deputy Attorney General testified that the President continued his initial wiretapping program even after the Justice Department determined it to be unlawful, and that while the then-Attorney General, Ashcroft, was hospitalized, the White House attempted to get him to sign an authorization for the program. Ashcroft had delegated his powers to his subordinate, Comey (the one testifying) at the time, and Comey refused. And then, after that, the program went on as scheduled, anyway, even after ahving been refused authorization and been told it was illegal. For that, Brad Hicks says that impeachemnt is needed. It’s another charge that can be added onto the list of things that the President and his Administration should be accountable for. There’s plenty there, for everyone. Why not get things started? POEE would tell us we're not paying attention to the things that are unfolding around us.
Paul Wolfowitz is resigning as World Bank President under pressure from several of the members that claimed he acted inappropriately in authorizing a compensation package for his girlfriend that worked at the bank. Mr. Wolfowitz claimed that he acted ethically, and that there were several people involved in making this breach occur.
Speaking from the pulpit about political candidates, James Dobson wrote off Rudy Guilani from getting his vote, in addition to saying that he won’t vote for Hillary or Obama. He says that he’s writing this simply as himself, and not as an official pronouncement from his organization, but I suspect it will be taken to heart if it had been, anyway. Mr. Dobson was not pleased by Mr. Guilani’s support for the right to have an abortion, even though he personally opposes them.
An attempt at legislation that would permit millions of undocumented immigrants to obtain a visa, and then work toward a green card, appeared in the legislative houses today. It came under fire from both sides of the aisle, for being unworkable or for granting (or perceiving to grant) an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We’ll see what happens with this bill.
Last out of the politics department is Jonah Goldberg who would like to know whether it's truly wrong to want to take sides in a civil war going on in another country, considering that under certain circumstances, the U.S. is more than willing to jump in with both feet. (And in others, stay totally out of it. Depends on your point of view, I guess.) The point being made is that somehow the Iraq war is being given special treatment in liberal unwillingness to stay involved in that civil war.
Tough love from mother to daughter - after being suspended for a week from school for bullying, a student was required to stand outside schools with a poster explaining her offense. The message was likely heard by the daughter, although I wonder how much resentment may breed from this. I have no idea if her intended audience actually got the message or not. For some, I doubt it would have made an impact.
Still showing that we have a ways to go before reaching the civilized society plateau, 6 men face charges in a juvenile prostitution case in the Boston area. A civilized society shouldn’t have these kinds of things... grrr. Staying in the area of coercion and sexuality, but not prostitution, a Chinese college is defending its policy of compulsory pregnancy testing for all incoming students. I don’t know why that would be such a problem, myself. Staying in the sex part, an X-rated car wash in Australia is permitted to continue, after authorities found no reason to stop it. Probably gives a new meaning to the idea of “working at the car wash”, doesn’t it?
An author that many may have read or seen the Disney film of, Lloyd Alexander has died at 83 years. I remember reading the Chronicles of Prydian at some point in my schooling, so it’s sad to see him go.
There’s a television show called “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” on at the moment, I believe. Well, while it’s interesting to see how much of grade schooling people remember, the New York Times has a graphic of how much the students are actually learning in history in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades, and it doesn’t look that good. In the adult world, though, there may not have been much learning, either, as a life-sized mannequin of Lara Croft caused armed British officers to raid a house. (From the Mail, so I have no idea on authenticity) They thought it might have been a gun-wielding person, so fair enough on that. What’s not making sense is that the owner of the figure is on bail for a firearms offense. Even though there were no actual guns involved, except the ones drawn by the officers.
If you like lawn games, but aren’t as fond of darts, or would like a little spice in your stuff, think about Extreme Croquet. Such a game can be played in several places away from the lawn. If you’re interested, here are the rules for this Extreme sport.
The Art Department offers a chilling picture of what might happen were nuclear weapons to be used again on Japan - Post-apocalyptic Tokyo looks at what the world after the bomb would be.
Last for tonight is a WikiHow that is probably useful to everyone at some point in time - How to Avoid Uncomfortable Conversations About Religion. Because some of those conversations will rank very high on the Schmidt Pain Index. If they don’t go away, though, and you’re near a USB connection, you might be able to wield your USB-controlled dartillery to get them to go away for a bit.
Anyway, I think I’m going to go to bed, although this nervousness isn’t going to go away so easily. It’s more that I feel like I’m inconveniencing people and making them pay money on my behalf for something uncertain. Make sense? And is it even a rational nervous to have?
That said, if anyone has heard of libraries that are hiring in the areas that I’m around, if I have time, I’ll want to pick up some applications and do interviews, since I’ll be in the area. Scout for me, please?
Anyway, onto the link parade. Speaking of Washington state, a Craigslist ad posted telling people to "take what they want" was followed to the letter. One problem - the poster and the owner of the stuff weren't the same person. That’s a rather slick way of obtaining revenge, I must say, but it’s also pretty heartless.
For those running Windows Vista, maybe you can tell me more about the permission/Integrity Controls part and whether a command-line tool that allows a user to write and rewrite the Control Levels of files would be a useful thing to have around. (I understand Linux permissions, to some degree, and wonder is this isn’t Vista’s way of trying to implement such things.)
Skirting into the political realms, a former Deputy Attorney General testified that the President continued his initial wiretapping program even after the Justice Department determined it to be unlawful, and that while the then-Attorney General, Ashcroft, was hospitalized, the White House attempted to get him to sign an authorization for the program. Ashcroft had delegated his powers to his subordinate, Comey (the one testifying) at the time, and Comey refused. And then, after that, the program went on as scheduled, anyway, even after ahving been refused authorization and been told it was illegal. For that, Brad Hicks says that impeachemnt is needed. It’s another charge that can be added onto the list of things that the President and his Administration should be accountable for. There’s plenty there, for everyone. Why not get things started? POEE would tell us we're not paying attention to the things that are unfolding around us.
Paul Wolfowitz is resigning as World Bank President under pressure from several of the members that claimed he acted inappropriately in authorizing a compensation package for his girlfriend that worked at the bank. Mr. Wolfowitz claimed that he acted ethically, and that there were several people involved in making this breach occur.
Speaking from the pulpit about political candidates, James Dobson wrote off Rudy Guilani from getting his vote, in addition to saying that he won’t vote for Hillary or Obama. He says that he’s writing this simply as himself, and not as an official pronouncement from his organization, but I suspect it will be taken to heart if it had been, anyway. Mr. Dobson was not pleased by Mr. Guilani’s support for the right to have an abortion, even though he personally opposes them.
An attempt at legislation that would permit millions of undocumented immigrants to obtain a visa, and then work toward a green card, appeared in the legislative houses today. It came under fire from both sides of the aisle, for being unworkable or for granting (or perceiving to grant) an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We’ll see what happens with this bill.
Last out of the politics department is Jonah Goldberg who would like to know whether it's truly wrong to want to take sides in a civil war going on in another country, considering that under certain circumstances, the U.S. is more than willing to jump in with both feet. (And in others, stay totally out of it. Depends on your point of view, I guess.) The point being made is that somehow the Iraq war is being given special treatment in liberal unwillingness to stay involved in that civil war.
Tough love from mother to daughter - after being suspended for a week from school for bullying, a student was required to stand outside schools with a poster explaining her offense. The message was likely heard by the daughter, although I wonder how much resentment may breed from this. I have no idea if her intended audience actually got the message or not. For some, I doubt it would have made an impact.
Still showing that we have a ways to go before reaching the civilized society plateau, 6 men face charges in a juvenile prostitution case in the Boston area. A civilized society shouldn’t have these kinds of things... grrr. Staying in the area of coercion and sexuality, but not prostitution, a Chinese college is defending its policy of compulsory pregnancy testing for all incoming students. I don’t know why that would be such a problem, myself. Staying in the sex part, an X-rated car wash in Australia is permitted to continue, after authorities found no reason to stop it. Probably gives a new meaning to the idea of “working at the car wash”, doesn’t it?
An author that many may have read or seen the Disney film of, Lloyd Alexander has died at 83 years. I remember reading the Chronicles of Prydian at some point in my schooling, so it’s sad to see him go.
There’s a television show called “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” on at the moment, I believe. Well, while it’s interesting to see how much of grade schooling people remember, the New York Times has a graphic of how much the students are actually learning in history in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades, and it doesn’t look that good. In the adult world, though, there may not have been much learning, either, as a life-sized mannequin of Lara Croft caused armed British officers to raid a house. (From the Mail, so I have no idea on authenticity) They thought it might have been a gun-wielding person, so fair enough on that. What’s not making sense is that the owner of the figure is on bail for a firearms offense. Even though there were no actual guns involved, except the ones drawn by the officers.
If you like lawn games, but aren’t as fond of darts, or would like a little spice in your stuff, think about Extreme Croquet. Such a game can be played in several places away from the lawn. If you’re interested, here are the rules for this Extreme sport.
The Art Department offers a chilling picture of what might happen were nuclear weapons to be used again on Japan - Post-apocalyptic Tokyo looks at what the world after the bomb would be.
Last for tonight is a WikiHow that is probably useful to everyone at some point in time - How to Avoid Uncomfortable Conversations About Religion. Because some of those conversations will rank very high on the Schmidt Pain Index. If they don’t go away, though, and you’re near a USB connection, you might be able to wield your USB-controlled dartillery to get them to go away for a bit.
Anyway, I think I’m going to go to bed, although this nervousness isn’t going to go away so easily. It’s more that I feel like I’m inconveniencing people and making them pay money on my behalf for something uncertain. Make sense? And is it even a rational nervous to have?
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I have to agree that we get pretty crappy history lessons in school. US I and US II are a joke - in US I we never got as far as we were supposed to, so when we had US II, we had to start where we left off. I don't think we ever got beyond the great depression.
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I interviewed, or tried to, all of last summer, didn't find a position, and ended up substitute teaching this year. And then I landed this longterm position in a special ed preschool room and interviewed for a para-pro position in the room! It's not at all what I expected or could have envisioned doing a year ago, but I'm very happy with it :)
So try not worry (though I won't blame you if you still do); there is something out there for you even if you can't see it now or don't know what it is.
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