Statistically-insignificant Sundaily!
Well, depending on what I end up doing today (see below), today will either be an average LazySunday, or a statistically insignificant blip on what is otherwise a lengthy and relaxing stretch of LazySundays...
RL: Up. Effing around on the interwebs developing a note-taking and research aggregating system that will be put to an unknown end. But I've needed something like this for awhile (I've been using proprietary software to manage my research since grad school, but have recently realized that doing so is folly, as I'll need to keep 1) a computer that will run the software and 2) installation files so that the software can be installed on said computer for the rest of my natural life and I can never share my work with anyone, unless they also have the software: STUPID! But the new system should be more 'future proof'). While this might sound like 'work,' it's not: it's actually very relaxing and yet stimulating.
So. That, and breakfast (cereal) and coffee.
Upcoming: movies, lounging around on the sofa, napping, lunch, movies, lounging on the sofa, napping, dinner, movies, lounging on the sofa, bed, OR movies, lounging around on the sofa, napping, lunch, over to buddy's place for lounging about in the pool, on the sofa, movies, and Lemon/Ginger/Garlic-roasted Chicken. I'm not sure which yet, and won't find out until after 12.
D2: If I play, I'll start up a trapper for the Golden tourney, but don't hold your breath.
RB: Attempting to validate a claim I made last night (that the current state of the temporary labor market is harmful to companies as well as employees (not that temporary labor is harmful in general, as there are situations where both employees and employers both desire and need temporary labor, but the current temp-to-perm (at best) or temp-as-perm (where 'temporary' workers are hired for permanent jobs to avoid healthcare (and pension) costs and prey on the desperation of the working classes) seems to me to be deeply problematic on both sides). It's clear that temporary labor is a problem for many employees: lack of job security, poor-quality healthcare, no retirement savings, no stake in the company, low wages (despite the claim that temporary workers are paid more than regular workers (which might be the case in seasonal labor, but is definitely no so for temp-to-perm and temp-as-perm workers)), and etc. But it may be the case that corporations who engage in these 'hiring' practices are causing themselves harm in the process. And let's not forget the staffing firms themselves, who occupy a strange, if needed, position as both employer (of the temporary workers) and employee (of the corporation) and who profit directly from the labor of workers who perform no direct services to the staffing firm: strange, indeed. Anyways: that's the question of the day. Good times.
Well, depending on what I end up doing today (see below), today will either be an average LazySunday, or a statistically insignificant blip on what is otherwise a lengthy and relaxing stretch of LazySundays...
RL: Up. Effing around on the interwebs developing a note-taking and research aggregating system that will be put to an unknown end. But I've needed something like this for awhile (I've been using proprietary software to manage my research since grad school, but have recently realized that doing so is folly, as I'll need to keep 1) a computer that will run the software and 2) installation files so that the software can be installed on said computer for the rest of my natural life and I can never share my work with anyone, unless they also have the software: STUPID! But the new system should be more 'future proof'). While this might sound like 'work,' it's not: it's actually very relaxing and yet stimulating.
So. That, and breakfast (cereal) and coffee.
Upcoming: movies, lounging around on the sofa, napping, lunch, movies, lounging on the sofa, napping, dinner, movies, lounging on the sofa, bed, OR movies, lounging around on the sofa, napping, lunch, over to buddy's place for lounging about in the pool, on the sofa, movies, and Lemon/Ginger/Garlic-roasted Chicken. I'm not sure which yet, and won't find out until after 12.
D2: If I play, I'll start up a trapper for the Golden tourney, but don't hold your breath.
RB: Attempting to validate a claim I made last night (that the current state of the temporary labor market is harmful to companies as well as employees (not that temporary labor is harmful in general, as there are situations where both employees and employers both desire and need temporary labor, but the current temp-to-perm (at best) or temp-as-perm (where 'temporary' workers are hired for permanent jobs to avoid healthcare (and pension) costs and prey on the desperation of the working classes) seems to me to be deeply problematic on both sides). It's clear that temporary labor is a problem for many employees: lack of job security, poor-quality healthcare, no retirement savings, no stake in the company, low wages (despite the claim that temporary workers are paid more than regular workers (which might be the case in seasonal labor, but is definitely no so for temp-to-perm and temp-as-perm workers)), and etc. But it may be the case that corporations who engage in these 'hiring' practices are causing themselves harm in the process. And let's not forget the staffing firms themselves, who occupy a strange, if needed, position as both employer (of the temporary workers) and employee (of the corporation) and who profit directly from the labor of workers who perform no direct services to the staffing firm: strange, indeed. Anyways: that's the question of the day. Good times.
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