Heh it's going to be a long day

So I guess it time for a few updates:

I'm mostly over the annoying cold from hell... Still a little cough, and my sinuses get clogged every night even with the clariten... ThetTest results from the Dr.'s appt blood work came back and nearly everything was fine (Which annoyed B to no end) :-) My cholesterol levels were even so low that they surprised the Dr. :-) and Tri-glyscerides were a wee bit high.

Saw Watchmen out at the Framingham AMC Premium (No under 21, nice recliners, and food & drinks at your chairs), with erik_j_meyer & dee_cee... It's the only way to see a movie, although it would be nice if they had a theater like this a little closer in...
Then we had dinner with tisana at the BBC... getting together with them is always a great night. :-)

velvetdragon64 made a wonderful new set of slip covers for our big wing back chair. If anyone needs great sewing work done for them I highly recommend giving her a call.. :-) (This really makes B happy now that she can change out the color of that chair with the seasons) :-)

For some reason I woke up at 6AM and couldn't get back to sleep....

Still busy at work, Still trying to hire for the open position here. Had one person come in for an interview (slightly older lady), I don't know why, but she came off as so scared/nervous that she was nearly trembling. I felt bad for her but, it made getting any info out of her really difficult, both me and the boss couldn't get her out fast enough... I hope we get someone soon. On the positive side at least they are giving us lunch again (So far Lunch has been provided every day this week) :-)

Now for some fun:

"Lex Luthor Bailout" with Jon Hamm - watch more funny videos

Oh and if you ever feel like you need the inside of your monitor cleaned: There's always this cute method...

If you haven't seen this story yet GO READ IT NOW!!!

I just copied a brief synopsis here from Crooks&Liars, but there is more at the globes site:

Paul Levy, the guy who runs Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, called a meeting of his staff to present a proposal and ask for their support:

He looked out into a sea of people and recognized faces: technicians, secretaries, administrators, therapists, nurses, the people who are the heart and soul of any hospital. People who knew that Beth Israel had hired about a quarter of its 8,000 staff over the last six years and that the chances that they could all keep their jobs and benefits in an economy in freefall ranged between slim and none.

"I want to run an idea by you that I think is important, and I'd like to get your reaction to it," Levy began. "I'd like to do what we can to protect the lower-wage earners - the transporters, the housekeepers, the food service people. A lot of these people work really hard, and I don't want to put an additional burden on them.

"Now, if we protect these workers, it means the rest of us will have to make a bigger sacrifice," he continued. "It means that others will have to give up more of their salary or benefits."

He had barely gotten the words out of his mouth when Sherman Auditorium erupted in applause. Thunderous, heartfelt, sustained applause.

Paul Levy stood there and felt the sheer power of it all rush over him, like a wave. His eyes welled and his throat tightened so much that he didn't think he could go on.

When the applause subsided, he did go on, telling the workers at Beth Israel, the people who make a hospital go, that he wanted their ideas.

The lump had barely left his throat when Paul Levy started getting e-mails.

The consensus was that the workers don't want anyone to get laid off and are willing to give up pay and benefits to make sure no one does. A nurse said her floor voted unanimously to forgo a 3 percent raise. A guy in finance who got laid off from his last job at a hospital in Rhode Island suggested working one less day a week. Another nurse said she was willing to give up some vacation and sick time. A respiratory therapist suggested eliminating bonuses.

"I'm getting about a hundred messages per hour," Levy said yesterday, shaking his head.

Paul Levy is onto something. People are worried about the next paycheck, because they're only a few paychecks away from not being able to pay the mortgage or the rent.

But a lot of them realize that everybody's in the same boat and that their boat doesn't rise because someone else's sinks.

Paul Levy is trying something revolutionary, radical, maybe even impossible: He is trying to convince the people who work for him that the E in CEO can sometimes stand for empathy.