Isn’t that always the way? I get a job and then I hear about something like this. I’m probably not even close to qualified, but for some strange reason I got some spam that seemed to think I was. I’m just trying to figure out what job board I signed up at that got me that kind of message. Is it because I used to work for a mechanical engineer who did a good bit of defense contract work? Because, y’know, I mostly handled the paperwork.

There were a couple of reasons why I didn’t mention this sooner, but now it seems kind of silly not to, since it’s been about a month now and most of you already know about it anyway. So here it is: I got a job.

I’m an editorial assistant with CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, in Manhattan.

Leave it once again to The Onion to offer that little ray of hope so many of us have been after this past week:

Personally, I’d have preferred winning back the White House, but maybe that’s just me…

Nathan Rabin hits upon an interesting point: “…comic relief isn’t generally deemed necessary in a successful comedy.”

So here’s the thing: I’m thinking about throwing together another mix CD exchange. People burn mixes, they send them to me, and I send everyone a copy of everyone else’s mix. Pretty simple.

Feel free to do the same if you haven’t participated before but would maybe like to this time. Really, the worst that could happen is you wind up with some interesting new sets of songs.