Sick Day - First one in almost 3 years
Decided to take the day off to fight off what I’m thinking are the beginnings of a pretty nasty cold that I started feeling yesterday afternoon. Thinking about where I could’ve picked it up, there are a number of people sneezing and coughing at work, on the train, in class, but most likely place would’ve been from Hana, who was sniffling all weekend long. The sick thing is that I’ll probably be forcing myself to head out to class later tonight, after several hours of sleep, of course. I was pretty amazed working on my time card, looking at how much sick time I had accumulated over the now several years working and living in the district. Since we have an unlimited policy when it comes to accumulating sick leave (meaning that any leave you earn carries over from year to year in a bank), it gives some incentive to conserve it for serious, long term illness, then again another take is on the fact that when you leave the agency for good you only get credit for the annual leave, not the sick leave. This has unsurprisingly lead to a some cases of sick leave abuse by some employees close to retiring. Why am I not surprised?
Had a strange dream last night, much like I usually do when I’m running a fever, this one had to do with 3 crosses staged on a hill with blood strewn around their bases, and a hook hanging above the crosses burning holy books. It was all a theatrical presentation by a starving artist trying to make a name for herself and I was either helping her or just watching in awe. Then, maybe part of the performance she rolled around in the blood and screamed. Of course the response was big on the blogosphere, with the usual characters condemning the artist and evoking an outrage with their keyboards. I had a moment of reflection and then rolled my eyes at the prospect of me being crucified, guilty by association, you see not only was I standing their watching the artist perform, but apparently shared the same American-defined ethnic heritage as her.
Linkes 1/18/07 - 1/23/07
child living 18 years in the jungles of Cambodia, statue of Vishnu found in Russia
The war on super bug infection and IEDs against civilians
Port Calls renewed between WWII foes, and Ryukyu Independence movement
SOTUA with saber rattling while the 2nd carrier group on the way
Anti-Habeas Corpus Civilians, and Pro Geneva JAGs.
AMT deduction troubles and more housing madness - 7 reasons to sell?