Labortine birthdays

The happiest of happy birthdays today to my one and only hottie Labortine, laurajones... and tomorrow to her hottie and professorly partner-in-crime, cathboblet! Gosh, I just love you guys. Enjoy your birthday weekend!

xoxo

Red Cross Volunteer Effort

Today I talked to my Supervisor and my Director about helping the relief effort in New Orleans with the Red Cross. They both said they would support my decision, so I e-mailed the Red Cross to see if they still need mental health/clinical volunteers.

We'll see what happens! I'm so psyched they were so okay with me bailing on work. I guess it's the kind of situation where they can't say no or they'd look like turds.

Criticisms from the Right

Gosh, if even NEWT says you screwed up...

"If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican.