News to me

Ok, someone has to verify this for me because I've just never heard of it and I think I will have to start learning how to make a noose if it's true.

A company (in Texas and a few other states) reserves the right to fire someone if nicotine shows up on a drug screen.

I was just informed during this morning's interview with Pavestone that they treat nicotine like a drug. (Yes, txcowpatties, I interviewed with Pavestone - it's all your fault I even noticed their ad.) They couldn't tell me how long it stays in your system and they were even saying that there's the unproven argument of second hand smoke in your system. But they still conduct random drug screens for it (and all of the other unmentionables) anyway.

I bought a pack of cigarettes on my way home from the interview.

If I had known about the nicotine thing early in the interview then my answers to "how would a co-worker describe you" would have been a lot different: OCD from hell, highly analytical to the point of being Spock, and well, just weird - she's just weird. (After all, the politically correct "normal" person doesn't have any other way of describing me.)

Song of the day: Signs - "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"

Oh, to have money to spend

I would go see Cirque Du Soleil's Delirium. March 27 or 28 8pm at the AA Center...um American Airlines...not that other place that we won't mention.

The black whole just got bigger

I walk into work and the executive pulled me into his office.

I'm being offered a full-time job at the pay rate that I've been out interviewing for. They want me to stay here that badly.