Also, a little egoboo. I had put in for a small but intriguing writing job, which I had done previously with different personnel, and got the usual, politely edited version of "I have no idea who you are but the boss is pushing you (are you a relative?) and it's nice you're interested, so big long-suffering sigh, can you do any of this type of work and if so, not that I expect you be able to, would you tell me what you can (or will) do?"
So I told her.
And got the usual "OMG OMG YOU'RE A REAL PUBLISHED WRITER WITH REAL DEGREES OMG OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU OMG OMG!"
Happens every time.
Then Pook and I had a lesson. Once every 4-6 weeks is doing it for us. I might add an extra one in January before the SRS clinic (Bereiter Florian Zimmermann in Scottsdale, AZ, 28-31 January, S and I are both riding--S on F/Sa and me F/Sa/Su--hauling up Thursday, auditors totally welcome and it's pretty cheap, $15/day or thereabouts, also ride slots still open, those aren't so cheap but consider what you get). We'll see.
( NEEEEEEP! )