Job hunting question

Is there anything special I should do with my resume, or in the job-hunting process, because the current job is through a temp agency? I've been in the same place for six months now, but if someone calls the personnel department there, they'll probably be told that my employer has never heard of me, because technically I work for Lloyd Staffing, not PCH. (It's possible Andrea would say "Oh, yes, Vicki, I know her", but I can't count on that, and she might not be the one to get that call.)

Job hunting question

Is there anything special I should do with my resume, or in the job-hunting process, because the current job is through a temp agency? I've been in the same place for six months now, but if someone calls the personnel department there, they'll probably be told that my employer has never heard of me, because technically I work for Lloyd Staffing, not PCH. (It's possible Andrea would say "Oh, yes, Vicki, I know her", but I can't count on that, and she might not be the one to get that call.)

A few US political thoughts

• Dubya has made it clear that, in his mind, the Muslim has no rights that the Christian is bound to respect, and his administration has argued in court that nobody has any rights that the President of the United States is bound to respect. What was that about the Dred Scott decision, again?


• The people of the United States have the right to know whether their president is a crook.


• No, Kerry isn't perfect. That's not the standard. The standard is that he is the best available choice. It doesn't matter that I think my mother might do a better job--she's not eligible. It doesn't matter that I'd rather be voting for Howard Dean. The point is to get Bush out of there, so we can have a chance to choose again in 2008.

A few US political thoughts

• Dubya has made it clear that, in his mind, the Muslim has no rights that the Christian is bound to respect, and his administration has argued in court that nobody has any rights that the President of the United States is bound to respect. What was that about the Dred Scott decision, again?


• The people of the United States have the right to know whether their president is a crook.


• No, Kerry isn't perfect. That's not the standard. The standard is that he is the best available choice. It doesn't matter that I think my mother might do a better job--she's not eligible. It doesn't matter that I'd rather be voting for Howard Dean. The point is to get Bush out of there, so we can have a chance to choose again in 2008.

More cousins found

Almost everyone seems to be linking to the stories about Homo floresiensis, nicknamed "hobbits" for their size. Meter-tall hominids aren't that weird an idea; they'd fit right in with Lucy over in Olduvai Gorge. But the type specimen is 18,000 years old, and was making sophisticated tools despite a chimpanzee-sized brain.
Nature has several connected articles on the discovery (some of why I can't read because they're reserved for paying subscribers), including an overview from an anthropologist who notes that he'd doubted the earlier claims of Homo erectus fossils in the region and an interview with two of the lead scientists on the project.

More cousins found

Almost everyone seems to be linking to the stories about Homo floresiensis, nicknamed "hobbits" for their size. Meter-tall hominids aren't that weird an idea; they'd fit right in with Lucy over in Olduvai Gorge. But the type specimen is 18,000 years old, and was making sophisticated tools despite a chimpanzee-sized brain.
Nature has several connected articles on the discovery (some of why I can't read because they're reserved for paying subscribers), including an overview from an anthropologist who notes that he'd doubted the earlier claims of Homo erectus fossils in the region and an interview with two of the lead scientists on the project.

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Maybe I need a higher quality of displacement activity.

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Maybe I need a higher quality of displacement activity.