Well, damned if I ain't back in the between swim of the great unwashed. Yeah, laid off again. Happens too damn often to too damn many of us. There's a nicely bitter perspective that nonetheless rings true- they don't really give a flying you know what about you, you as a person, you as a fellow human being, you as a committed element of the organization. Yea, verily, it was not all transcoded to 'Human Resources' for naught, now, was it? 'Personnel' actually has the word 'person' in it, so, hmmm, can't have that. Better that we adopt a philosophy of simply relegating our employees to patterns of spreadsheets and items on ledgers. And, once they're out the door, no need to look upon them further. Yeah, today's corporate joyride.
So, keeping those cards and letters flowing, and also keeping the budget in full view, something I really don't have any talent for- I'm more apt to not notice money, besides carefully marking out that repulsively unconstitutional slogan on the back of the bills....
And, before all this disaster, we had a great time in Rome, getting to mostly all the usual tourist haunts. Had a really funky hotel just off the federal building area near the Borghese. Comfortable little neighborhood area. Romans are immediately friendly folks, and most spoke english, but, you know, the stereotype is correct, you can simply speak with your hands for lots of things. Most singly interesting area we got to was the Trastevere.
