Sweet

Suspecting just how unclean my job really is (how is it possible that the cleaners can finish going over this entire building in 20 minutes?), I’d never be able to do this, but it seems like a great idea and I wish the happy couple all the best.

Target’s Anti-Union Web site is, um, really blatantly anti-union

I get that not all professions or jobs need unions, but it’s kind of insane how Target doesn’t even pretend to be even-handed with their “informational” web site on how being a part of a union would affect their employees. Their scare tactics touch on everything from take-home salary to health benefits. Target’s message seems to be: “You don’t need a union. We’ll take care of you, promise! If you do join, we may have to lower your salary and/or decrease your health benefits. No pressure, though.” The current focus of this site is the store’s Valley Stream, NY employees. I wish them good luck throughout this process, and hope that their working conditions improve, regardless of the outcome of this election.

Sigh. Giggle. Sigh.

I would very much like to be Edith Zimmerman when I grow up. Why?

Is it because she does adorable crafts? No. I also do adorable crafts.

Is it because she is the editor and a popular blogger on a well-known web site? No, I’m far too lazy to admire that sort of consistent productivity.

The reason that Edith is my new hero is that she somehow managed to turn what could have been another boring celebrity profile, this time of Chris Evans, into something that completely transcends the celebrity profile genre. There’s humor, there’s pathos, there’s pecs. Allegedly.

Since we’re the same age and live concurrently, there’s no possible way for me to be reincarnated as Edith, but I’d like to live a day in her life, or at least somehow get the opportunity to give her first-hand information about what Chris Evan’s chest feels like.