Apparently, FEMA director Michael Brown can't do much more than fib on job resumes. Finally, he's been relieved of any Hurricane Katrina duties.

His replacement? His deputy, Thad Allen, a Coast Guard vice admiral who's probably much more able to handle the communications and logistics hell that has ensued in the aftermath of Katrina.

After a week of coming to class in sandals, unshaven, and with shaggy hairdo, I went to school today dressed and groomed as if I were going to work. Although the clothes weren't ironed, I was pretty clean cut. An RA for Corrado poked fun of me: "Whoa man, you have an actual Polo polo. Man, I wish I had enough money for Rrralph Lau-rehnnn."

Society has conditioned me for waking up at 6:30am for work and to dress like this. Conformity can be infectious.

Oh, and this interview about a study of time-wasting activities in the workplace really captures what's happening nowadays.

And hooray for Labor Day traffic. It's just as great as a Saturday morning commute down the Banfield.

Now I get to work on the Beacon Online.

Note to self: Buy cast-iron cookware for my mom for Christmas.