Recent developments in my little corner of the universe

[cmk418]

Apparently, miracles can still occur in politics - they passed the bill that had me potentially unemployed at the end of June, but they did it while striking the amendment that would have cut our funding - they still have to figure out where the money goes, but I'm a little more optimistic today than at this point last week.

I have managed to respond to all the visible comments on Graffixation, still need to comment on one more story and piece of artwork in the batch, but for the moment I am done - of course, as soon as any other comments are unscreened, I'll respond to anything else that's out there. It's been a wonderful experience and thank you again to everyone who took part.

Work has been rather horrid this past week. With the potential shutdown, people have been hyper-vigilant about tracking files and getting things through the system, but with four admin staff people, who do they keep coming for all their nonsense? Yours truly. I took a mental health day today to de-stress.

Hockey - well, the Eastern conference looks somewhat promising. The home conference, OTOH, is just sick. I can't imagine two teams that I would like less in the semis than the two that might be going there. Who knows, maybe a minor miracle could happen there as well? I did get a chance to watch a little of the Worlds this morning - USA v. Canada. It was like being with a bunch of old friends - so many Blues and Kings and Ducks and CBJs, no Blackhawks though - I guess it was that the players got eliminated too late to qualify. I do love me some Rick Nash though, so today was a very good day (not saying any more in case someone wants to catch the late night replay on VS). By the way, here's links to two of my favorite things that happened this post-season - the first is Bobby Ryan's goal from the Nashville series:

then there's this little gem which showed up as a link on the Yahoo blog Puck-daddy the Monday after the Hawks tied the series with Vancouver. I love it regardless of the series outcome:
One Win Away (For some reason LJ wouldn't let me embed).

Did some gardening the other day. I planted two tomato plants and two pepper plants so hopefully they'll produce some delicious results later this summer.

I also discovered a lovely coffee shop in the neighborhood - not a Starbucks, but one of those great little independent places that were kicking around all over the place in the 90s. I will definitely be going back, especially since they have the equivalent of a free book exchange in their back room, so between donating and acquiring, it'll be a good thing.

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[trillingstar]

I think that most of your comments were screened because you're not a member of the comm? Unsure, but I tightened up the regs because we were getting bullshit spam there. Anyway, I've combed through the posts and I think everything is as unscreened as possible. I hope I didn't miss any comments, but I'm pretty sure that I got all of yours. Anyway you're to be commended for all of your work on it! I'm loving the feedback LOOP that came out of the posts. ;)

Love that you found a book nook and that you're more optimistic re: job stuff.