AAAAAGH

For the better part of 2 hours, there has been a spam-a-thon going on with a work email list that I'm not sure how many hundreds of people are on. Not only is is clogging up my & everyone else's inbox, but I've noticed the email system for campus is substantially slower as a result of this crap as well.

My hope is that since the CEO is also getting a copy of each bit of nonsense (it was originally a notice about flu shots, quickly deteriorated into 'it's painful this year, they're injecting too fast' to 'Not. DTP is much worse' and poor attempts at haiku) that there will be repercussions.

The shooting begins

From the medical director in charge of the flu shot program to the guy whining about how much they hurt, although still cced to the whole list...

Dear Dr. [Dumbass],

Thank you for making us aware of your concerns. We will look into this matter and implement any necessary changes.

However, we are hoping that your email does not detract our healthcare workers from availing themselves of this opportunity to receive the flu vaccine. This is of utmost importance for the well being of our patients as well as our healthcare workers.

Doesn't anyone know that haiku is 5-7-5?!

In our hand an old old old thread

School finally started for me tonight since my prof canceled the first night last week. I took a hint from multiple classes that ended up being about Native American issues, and am studying Pacific Northwest Indians this quarter.

We have the option of negotiating an individual project for class instead of a group, and I'm fairly certain I'm going that route. I have my family journal with stories about life in the Washington Territory when my great-great grandfather was born here 143 years ago, but I want to know the other side of the story. Who were the tribe(s) in the area where my ancestors had their homestead? How did they live and what were they like? Who are they today? All interactions in the 1860s between the natives and my ancestors appeared to be peaceful & respectful, not limited to reservations (although they were established by then, part of why I am so curious about this), and my 3x great-grandmother was supposedly rather fluent in Chinook jargon.

I've been researching a bit to figure out a solid base, but am thrilled by the prospect of being able to interconnect work for my class with expanding the cultural context of my family research. The latter has taken some unexpected dark & disturbing turns that I will only write about with other family researchers & my genealogy software notes. I keep getting a sense that I'm not the one directing my research path lately, that these old stories insist on telling themselves & I'm just the messenger.