Saddle Up!

Three classes under the belt and last night's will probably be the most interesting of all of them. Many to the Friday (IS 101) and Monday (COT 202) students have touched computers before, but the Tuesday (IS 101) students are mostly beginners. They're also an older group, which means they've probably spent that last few years of the Home Computer Age behind bars, so they're in the right class. Carried a bunch of books from NNCC out to my truck for the Warm Springs class.

Old political cliche: When your domestic agenda is a mess, fall back on your foreign agenda...and vice versa. If you're the current administration, you're screwed no matter what.

Interesting article about Liz's last State job. There's a remote chance Liz may be called to testify, so there will be nothing more about it here.

And here's an article about Liz's current location. Looks like they figured it's easier to listen to complaints that move the employees to a safer location. Somewhere, lawyers are drooling like hyenas over a lame impala:

Panel to consider options for Kinkead Building complaints

[Nevada] Appeal Capitol Bureau
September 14, 2005

Nevada's Interim Finance Committee will be presented Thursday with options for dealing with employee complaints about the state's Kinkead Building in Carson City.

The State of Nevada Employees Association has complained on behalf of the nearly 300 workers there of a leaky roof, slanted floors and cracking concrete as well as problems with heating and ventilation systems.

The association said it will be keeping a close eye on lawmakers and pushing for action to either move the workers elsewhere or find a way to replace the building.

SNEA officials say workers want out of the building.

An engineers' report has warned the building could collapse in a serious earthquake and concluded there are numerous structural problems that make it more economical to tear Kinkead down than to fix it.

SNEA officials say the state has ignored the problems in the building for years. The complaints became more vocal from workers after last-minute changes to the governor's proposed budget eliminated funding for a replacement building to house Human Resources employees.

A report on the Kinkead Building is scheduled for IFC's Thursday meeting. The committee isn't expected to take any action until November.

Until I get some cold weather biking gear, it's the stationary bike at the gym in the morning.

Distance: 5.45 miles
Time: 22:00 minutes
263 calories burned
34 days until the USN