C. Diane's blog

I have a bit of a ... situation at work, which I won't go into in full detail here. Some of you know where I work, and why I might hesitate to be public.

I need to find out what my rights are regarding assault in the workplace and whether I can get my employer to pay for therapy/counseling for PTSD after I voluntarily terminate my employment, because I do not feel safe in my workplace.

This time it's Orange County.

Or: Orange County is not just your twin cities. Please to be remembering that in future.

Warning: foul language and ranting ahead.

I went to a reception for my cousin and his new bride last weekend. My aunts asked me when I was going to have kids, since I've been married a whole 7 years now (well, in 10 days.) I told them I wasn't going to, which brought on the "but who's going to take care of you when you get old?" line of questioning.

Weddings are big business. Should they be?

Yes, people still get TB. In fact, we currently have about 20 cases of active TB in Durham. MMWR this week is all about TB. It's got a lot of words, but if you scroll down, there are tables and graphs.

I mentioned in a comment recently that I'd just finished reading Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion. Religion and faith and lack of faith have been hot topics recently, and I've, naturally, been thinking about religion.

As long as I can remember, I've had books to read. Usually they'd be books my grandma had picked up on sale or at the used book shop, but I'd read just about anything I could get my hands on. This is how I discovered science fiction.