The planned launch of space shuttle Discovery is becoming controversial and the firing of an employee that expressed safety concerns is an example of how politics expands outside of what we talk about here every day into the 'real world'. Martha at Musings has the inside scoop on the firing.

I stumbled across the 'Working America's' Bad Boss Contest the other day. This story reminded me to tell y'all to go enter. Especially those of you that work for you-know-who. You could win a vacation and come back all refreshed to look for a new job!