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I've spoken to a few people about getting into government - my Agency, which I note I've had trouble with here and there, is hiring for a clerical position:

Secretary: FSIS-MCE-2009-0040 GS-6/7 ($37,084 - $41,210)
NOTE - open to all US citizens, though job is cross-posted under FSIS-MMP-2009-0300 for fed current and former employees

If you've ever thought about it, it's worth a scan to see what they are looking for. There is a quick link to the KSA questions which aren't bad on this one and easy to use to see where you might guess you place.

Going to work today though I still feel somewhat asstastic. Too much to do to stay out, but maybe I'll leave early.

No plans on leaving LJ - I have no taste for twitter, and facebook - while capable of taking posts of substance - lacks many people writing (it's twitter with pictures). It seems the social networking sites give the illusion of connection with no substance - anyone can (and does) play a game or make a quick comment, but what do they amount to? I've seen many blog sites, but only LJ really nails the f-list issue for me and has the vast majority of people who actually write things. Writing is important to me, so I'm stuck here. If this goes kapoot or enough people leave for my experience to fail critical mass, then I'll find a blog site that uses a similar system of f-list and has people who write.

Been using firefox and google chrome. I was wrong about work email - it works in both, only it gives you the super-basic version if you don't use IE6.0.
Chrome I like, though I am surprised how annoying it is that it lacks a "stop load" button, that it frequently requires "form resubmission confirmation" when you just try to back up (give me an opt out of this crap), and lacks a specific listing of former sites through the back/forward buttons. The one window crashing not taking others with it is nice, but it's also the only browser I use that constantly crashes on yahoo email. Chrome also fails to have manual menu options, a real hindrance. It somehow manages to put tabs behind my MSOffice toolbar as well, so I often don't run in maximized mode.
Firefox is ok too, and I may switch to it as it lacks the problems I listed in chrome. In fact, why aren't I using it now?

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Yup to your statements about LJ, it lets me read and write without blinking and playing music and crazy adds... and I never have to turn down a request to trade elf shaped enam bags in various flavors here.

I find it nearly impossible to surf without Ad Block installed. FF for life!

Forget clerical positions. Who in the gummint's hiring math Ph.D.s?

friends-list issue of restricting who can see?

re : job listing. thanks!! i accidentally locked myself out of my usajobs account (duh) but as soon as they reset it, i will be applying, as my job ends in april! :)

Twitter is a great tool for me when I'm on the move. I pull it up on my blackberry and I can get updates from people as to where they are and where they are going.

Plus I'm a geek. I like to have my hands in the goo of what drives said media.

--k

chrome is fast! that's the one benefit I can see. its saving/downloading functionality is not as good as Firefox...which would be an awesome browser except for its slowness...