Five Things Make a Post and Request for Ideas

[rolanni]

First of all, the table has landed! Steve documents its arrival here

Secondly, through the good offices of laurahcory1, we are in receipt of paper arcs of Fledgling. Help us determine how we will give these away! Shall we have a pool for how long it will take Sharon to get her office back into workable order? Draw names out of a (virtual) hat? Have a contest? What kind? Tell, tell!

Thirdly, the harassment training at the day-job wasn't too bad. The campus EEO person had taken some time to find a video that wasn't preachy, and made some fairly good points about respect. The main cast were four people who are attending a harassment training session; the facilitator is late, and they wind up reading the materials and discussing them among themselves. The characters were: a blond woman, a black guy, a fat guy and a Jewish guy. Characterization-wise, it was interesting that the writers chose the black guy as the one who Got It last. Anyhow, the characters reflect on times when they might have been insensitive and then you get to hear the point of view of the person who was disrespected; then they talk about when they've been disrespected and brainstorm strategies for approaching the perpetrator. I had taken coffee as a precaution, but I didn't actually need it as an aid to staying awake.

The presenter is fairly new in her position as EEO person, and has some rough edges -- she forgot to introduce herself, for instance (not a Terrible Crime in our group, since most, if not all, of us knew who she was), and she fumbled a couple of questions. That was balanced by her willingness to make notes of suggestions, and of some problems that cropped up during group discussion. I think she would probably benefit by making a script and glancing at it from time to time, just to keep herself on track. She also gets points for keeping within her time limits.

Fourthly, I adore this picture, and would likewise adore being able to attend the dinosaur show, which I'm pretty sure isn't in the cards, but...sigh.

Fifthly, Hexapuma made a break for it on Wednesday night, seeing his opportunity in the unlatched kitchen door. Happily, he had followed Steve out, so we were immediately aware of the breach in security, but may I just say -- chasing a dark grey coon cat of dubious good sense, and deaf in one ear, around a country front yard in the dark? No fun.

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[leemc85615.livejournal.com]

I know about those security breaches. My blind siamese got out on a hot day and we spent three hours looking and calling for him on about twenty acres of Arizona desert. Finally found him about a hundred yards away from the house hunkered down under a mesquite tree in the shade. Even after that he still checks the door every time to see if he can get out.