My full first name is LaShauna. For some reason people can't seem to remember the pronunciation. They always change it to LaTasha, LaShaunda, or some other combination. So I just tell everyone to call me Shauna. Problem solved.

The best price of advice my therapist ever gave me was, "Some people are just born to be miserable little bastards. It's their nature, and you can't change it."

This works surprisingly well. When I was unfortunately detained in the states prison system, I worked in the kitchen for awhile. And this is how they cook their eggs. But instead of cooking them on the rack, they use baking sheets. Big mistake, they have a tendency to burn the side that touches the egg. Otherwise…

I've always wondered what it would take to get a "non=tech" job with Google. i.e office support, cook, hourly employee. I know all of the programmers get those amazing perks, what about the hourly employees? Or would they have vendors to take care of stuff like that?