Common courtesy?

I began mailing out resumes for library jobs back in late July. Most of the jobs closed mid-August to mid-September. As of this writing, I have not heard anything...not even a form-letter rejection.

I do know that I didn't get one job, but only because I work where the job is (was) available! Another job, this one in North Carolina, has been reopened which means I probably did not get that one either.

I knew that it would be a longshot to get any job that required any professional work experience, so I am semi-prepared for a lengthy job hunt. Is it not the decent thing to send out a rejection letter? I spent a considerable amount of time polishing the resume, writing a cover letter, lining up references. I deserve at least a form letter!

Saturday with CSS

So you are probably thinking that this is some sort of illness suffered by Owen. Not at all. Actually, he and mom went up to visit Granny (her mother) and left me to my own devices, i.e. massive amounts of school work.

What this involves was an entire day staring at my computer screen (which isn't a bad thing for me) and trying to figure out Cascading Style Sheets. Not that figuring CSS out was difficult, just time consuming. Unfortunately, most of the day was spent doing "busy work" via Chapter review questions in the text book. Although I am in a graduate program, there are still traces of high school here and there.

It was a strange day -- I haven't been away from wife and child since he was born. I actually slept an entire eight hours uninterrupted! After a few hours this morning, I began to miss the feeding/diaper changing/sleep cycle. Everyday he changes and has more personality.

Fortunately, I am never more than a few steps away from a picture of Owen...and of course my Windows desktop is a beaming picture of him at two months.