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Updated on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:37 am

Onto the department that liked me so much they managed to get funding to add me in as a temp/permanent - meaning I was being paid with grant money and wasn't hired through the whole human resources route.  Oh but god that boss was a PITA (pain in the ass).  This woman was in...
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I started out in this maze as a temp - I was whored out from department to department, when they were done with me I moved along to another cubicle like a nomad.  My first job lasted about a month, I assisted people using our lab facilities.  Then I was bumped up to a secretary...
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The Soul of Wine — Charles Baudelaire One night, the soul of wine was singing in the flask: "O man, dear disinherited! to you I sing This song full of light and of brotherhood From my prison of glass with its scarlet wax seals. I know the cost in pain, in sweat, And in...
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Apparently The Gerbil thinks she high and mighty.  Just now a call came in for her, I picked it up thinking it was another person's phone ringing who was at lunch.  She was talking to The Man so I told the caller that she was busy at the moment and asked if he'd like to leave a...
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My evening didn't go quite as I planned it. Instead, it was way better. My husband called me and said his mom was going to pick the boys up from school and keep them for the evening. So in my mind, I thought three things! 1. I could take a very needed NAP 2. I could ask my husband if he wants...
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Several years ago I bought a desk at a church rummage sale, a desk destined to be my front-porch desk. It was something I always wanted to have, a space designated as sacred and set aside for writing.   I sat there today, writing practice causing my pen to float across the page, merrily...
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The other day an Asian woman who works near me jumped up from her desk and exclaimed "Oh!  I betta' go to toilet befo' I pee pee in my pants!" Today Chatty began eating chips around 9 am.  That is way way WAY too early for me to even attempt to tolerate the noise.  I...
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So, if you saw it or not, heres the video where Stephen Colbert mentions KGET and the Doctor who refused to treat that couple's child because she had tattoos and piercings. This was mentioned on the Bakersfield Californian site, as well as the KGET site, but I found it hilarious because they...
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I wrote this late last night and got distracted and somehow, it never got posted. Better late, than never.   I have some other better lates than nevers to post, too, today. And for now, here you are.   It is almost Thursday.  Less than 45 minutes now.   And then, it will...
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I am having so much trouble "fitting in" and finding my place in the world lately. Here at the apts. we don't fit in at all. We are looked at as the freaks of the complex I'm sure. We are a family that all lives together, doesn't fight or yell at the kids from across the complex. We...
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DISCOVER WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING!!! The Bakotopia Music Compilation Vol. 1 is available NOW in Bakersfield & online at: -World Records, 8200 Stockdale Hwy. 661-831-3100 -Downtown Records, 1518 19thst. 661-324-5235 -Going Underground Records, 1822 G St. - downtown -24th St Cafe', 1415...
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Hey Guys, Check out this joke.  I read it on a website this morning...  Funny stuff..  If you get bored go to hecticfilms.com! In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release (by Mr. Welch himself) stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft,...
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We're growing Noveltown not just in print form with the Noveltown Review. Our myspace goal is really high and we just started this weekend to boost our numbers toward 10,000. We only want to add people interested in reading literature, non-fiction, and poetry. Thanks to anyone who adds: ...
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OP on 6pm news on Telemundo Noticia weather forecast--Longboard skating on this beautiful day
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