I'm going to miss the place of occasional employment...

Every Saturday, we do a tasting of four wines, usually along a theme. And almost every Saturday, I'm the one who gets stuck behind the counter, because, apparently, I'm Damn Good at talking to people about wine. Or, as one customer said this afternoon, "that's so cool. You not only give me good wines, you give me cool knowing stuff about the wines, too."

But I was about to go on break, and I said to co-worker, "My usuals* haven't shown up! If I leave, they'll show up."

And sure enough, as I was grabbing my coat, I ran into them: a couple, borderline SCA/post-hippie types, who come in every week and buy a bottle of wine from the tasting to go with their dinner that night. So I put my coat down and went back to the tastig table, because, sure, someone else could pour the wines for them, but they're my people, damn it.

After they left, new bottle of wine in hand, my co-worker turned to me and said "you didn't tell them you're leaving."

me: "No, I didn't."
Co-worker: "they're gonna cry."

So, I think, am I.


* I have a number of Usuals, but these guys are just adorable, and I hate to miss them

some not-so-depressing news on the front line for reproductive rights...

In Reversal, Wal-Mart Will Sell Contraceptive
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Published: March 4, 2006

Relenting to pressure from state government officials, Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday that it would begin carrying Plan B, an emergency contraception pill, in all of its United States pharmacies by the end of the month.

But in a move that rankled some women's groups, Wal-Mart said that it would allow pharmacists who object to filling a Plan B prescription to refer customers to another pharmacist and, in some cases, to another pharmacy....


Ron Chomiuk, vice president for Wal-Mart's pharmacy business, said in a statement yesterday that given the impending state action and the fact that Plan B was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, "we feel it is difficult to justify" not selling the drug.



Insert your own snark on their actual motivation. The full article can be found here