Last thought on Immigrant Rallies
A colleague at work, Dennis, made a point to tell workers at the cafeterias the day after the boycott “we missed you yesterday.” He said he got a warm, broad smile every time he said it. I wish I’d thought of that.
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Katabasis and the Height Requirement
A friend of mine, Christine, blogged about the online dating height thing recently (Link: Katabasis), and I couldn’t help but chime in, considering my own obsession with height and online dating. So, average heights for men in the US are estimated to be between 5’9″ and 5’10″. The average height…
Immigrants Walk Off the Job in Boycott
Nothing else to report, really. There were long lines at the four Oracle cafeterias open today (the other four were closed). Had to walk a bit farther to get my breakfast. I was honestly worried about the janitorial staff: Oracle Plaza is densely packed with people, and the custodial staff…
Nationwide Immigrant Rallies Underway
First two observations of today’s rally. First, far fewer bicycles got on Caltrain at San Mateo than normal. That stop seems to be home to a large number of Latinos, and I’ve seen a fair number with paint-spattered work clothes. Second, the cafeteria downstairs is closed. Trying to find coffee…
Nine years and 63,650 words
Nine years.Ten chapters.126 pages.882 paragraphs.63,650 words.301,546 characters. [photo right: the full manuscript, single-sided, double-spaced. The page count above is single-spaced on 5.5×8.5 paper] It’s done. It’s written. I started nine years ago, in July of 1997, to write a book about my experiences in the West Bank in 1997. The…
Incentives in online dating, Part 2
To put it in Oracle marketing terms, I’ve been thinking about my click-through-rate and my cost-per-download. I’ve been using the same online-dating site, personals.salon.com, for three years now, with mixed results. I tried this site because Jonathan and Christine–two friends from the tech crowd at NYU–met their spouses on the…
Re-org
I find myself in an odd place professionally. I have a paycheck, a desk, and a segment to market to. But I don’t really have a job or function. It’s an odd sort of uncertainty.
The last chapter (7) of EmployeeService.com
Today, I received a check for $381.42 from E. Lynn Schoenmann, the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for EmployeeService.com, my employer until 11-Jan-2001. You see, EmployeeService.com failed to pay wages to a single employee for the final two weeks of service. $381.42 is a mere fraction of what I was owed,…
NYT: Brouhaha around the role of AIPAC et al
The New York Times ran an op-ed piece by Tony Judt this morning about a paper (abbreviated and full) co-authored by professors at the University of Chicago and Harvard about the role of the so-called “Israel Lobby” in defining US foreign policy that has already sparked news and debate. Put…
Incentives in online dating
My friend Kevin went on a first date last night with a man he met on The Onion personals (the same service I use). He had thought the fellow was a very well preserved 35 based on his picture. But, the picture was taken eight years and forty pounds ago.…