catch phrase that's sweeping the nation

This morning, in our post mortem meeting about our season-opening gala, our executive director made the comment that she liked the bad very much but was a little disturbed that they asked the party-goers to "support our troops."

I guess this phrase has just come to mean "I'm a Republican?" It seems weird to me that this phrase is bothersome. I admit that it's probably slightly weirder that a funky/jazz cover band deems their (and our) support of the troops so vital, but honestly, the singer didn't say: "Don't be a pussy! Support our troops, you liberal turban-lovers!" or "I'm not wearing any pants!"

perhaps a name-change

I always thought "eugene" was a bad name.... I was wrong.

shaq attaq

C'mon Cuban! We want Shaq! Bring it on, baby!

In other news, my interview went really well. They told me they would be calling my references. I, of course, have learned the terrible lesson of assuming a job is in hand before the contract is signed, but I have a good feeling about it.

not dead... yet

Work craziness has forced me into blog hiding. Not really hiding so much as blog negligence, I suppose. Our summer season starts tonight, and I've switched to a 6-day, 60 hour work week. (... and boy are my arms tired).

So the highlight of my week was a phone call from a local school wanting to interview me... for the position of Librarian.

I told my future interviewer that the position sounded exciting but I had to confess that I have absolutely no training as a librarian, only as a teacher.

"That's fine," said she.

"I just wanted to make sure you didn't do the lost-at-birth thing with my resume."

"Nope."

"All right. When is a good time for you next week."

"Let's do Monday."

Sweet.

wifey loves me, this I know...

...for her baking tells me so:

different cities, same population

Upon noticing that Dear God Damn Diary was leaving Seattle and moving to Madison, Wife and I began to piece together our theory that there exists a network of cities and towns that share the exact same population (just rotated out every few years). These towns are:

• Seattle, WA
• Madison, WI
• Portland, OR
• Boulder, CO
• Bay Area, CA
• Austin, TX
• Iowa City, IA
• Various, small New England college towns

Next time you meet someone from one of these places, ask them (or if you're from one of these places, ask yourself) how many of the other towns (a) have you lived in, (b) would you like to live in, or (c) feel like you have lived in them, even though you haven't.