About two weeks ago, it was finally 'discovered' or at least revealed, that the Dutch-required integration exam that residents of most others countries must take before moving to the Netherlands for family reunification, is "discriminatory". These exams have been in place since 2006, and non-western immigrants must take them in their home country in order to be allowed to move here. It obviously was very discriminatory from the very beginning: how can you allow westerners in without a culture and language test...but non-westerners aren't? Sure, Holland may have issues with Turkish and specifically Moroccan immigrants...but is this really the way to go about solving the problem?
Of course the applications have dropped in the last year, as they'd hoped. It costs 350 euros to take the test, plus your own time and money to learn some basic level of Dutch (where are you going to learn that in the mountains in Morocco?) and Dutch culture. This is in addition to the 820 euros you have to pay for the first year alone to get a residence permit in Holland. Where would people from these not-as-well-off countries get that kind of money? And the resources for learning Dutch? I don't think so...It is obvious they are trying to keep these specific groups out of the country.
I know that there are problems with certain groups of immigrants from certain individual countries, and there are some Dutch politicians and citizens that have major problems with this and letting go of a real "dutch" culture...whatever that is. I think the true character traits are coming to the surface now: xenophobia, intolerance, impatience, and stubbornness. The famously held idea of Dutch being "tolerant" does not apply any more in this sense.
I don't see the Netherlands changing their integration tests based on this report by this Human Watch Organization. they're too afraid...and too stuck in their ways. It takes a long time for the fear to go away.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
I know Euorpe is more liberal...but come on!
Sometimes I wonder what the hell am I doing here?
Ok, not sometimes. All the time.
For those that don't know, I'm stuck in a job situation that is, you could say, less than ideal. This is my first paid job in the Netherlands, and I've been working here about nine months now, since the beginning of September. I thought this job would be good because it is in a young company, with young people, and the company was growing bigger constantly (in employees and in profits). Well, I've found out the negative side of this: growing too fast does not give you time to build proper office procedures and infrastructure needed in correctly managing people or projects. Hiring people quickly does not give you time to fully screen a person's personality to see if they a) have some sort of intelligence to be able to make their own decisions b) are counterintuitive and unable to properly function in an adult work environment c) are respectful of other people and d) are children.
These things, added together with mindless production work of copy/paste all day long...can really wear you down and damage your soul. Of course many many people in this world do not enjoy their jobs and go through life like a zombie, day in and day out. I am at that point, for several months already. But when you feel like you will go postal-that is when you know you have to get out. Everything here is counterintuitive. There is no communication or decent management of people (or projects)...and certain people won't even greet each other in the morning and never say a word to each other at all- just ignoring them. But why do I want to come to work to be treated like a I'm in kindergarten and have such strict rules as not even being able to eat what i want at my own desk because it smells, according to some people who never had a problem with it until now.
Well, besides the personnel here, what about the work culture? Is that the same here as in the US? Well, I know Europe is considered much more liberal than the US in general culture, but i can see now a blending of the two, where one world overlaps the other. I work in Amsterdam, known world-wide for their Red light district, legal prostitution, and open views on sex. I didn't think this would ever enter my work world, but it has. And I'm finding the exact opposite idea of professionalism is supposed to be. I guess even in an international company, the roots are still Dutch.
One of the girls I work with is out on vacation for a month. She was helping moderate a contribution based community for extra 'fun things' to put on your product (that this company sells). part of the content you can upload (and then others can download at home) are pictures for this product...for the start up screen and the shut-down screen. In the few rules that have been developed since this launched a few months ago, was that any offensive photos or photos with advertising would be taken down from the community...but, in true laissez faire fashion, they're letting the community do its own thing. If there is full nudity, I take it off of the community. But if no actual parts are showing, like a woman wearing a small small bikini, it stays online. There are no rules yet on how many times something should be flagged before it comes off line (youtube and google have mechanisms in order of course for their user-shared community, obviously they cannot moderate thousands of contributions a day). But for now, we don't have that system in order, so I am moderating it for a reason.
Anyways, the situation today lead me to get rather riled up about this this. I removed two pornographic photos today alone. Another one was left up only because it didn't show the actual body part...it was a woman's behind bent over in a suggestive position, but she had underwear covering the specific area to be covered. It wasn't like a hippie running thru the field naked- this was a suggestive photo. Anyways, this got me riled up because why should I be looking at these photos to begin with, at work?? at 9 o'clock in the morning? And the fact that I am going into discussion about what is hard core and border line porn with my supervisor. He wants to test the waters and keep it up. I think nudity is nudity and all forms of it should be taken off. But I am only one person, and a female, and an underling who they care nothing about and don't even recognize that I am an educated person...apparently I'm not representative of their customer base. But I can guarantee that their US customers will not like it. They may be Dutch, and European, but they have customers world-wide who don't want to wake up in the morning and think they're downloading one thing, but get porn instead. There isn't even a warning screen before saying "some things may be offensive" or not even the word "community-based". But with the company's name attached to it, they are the ones who will be seen as distributing porn. And of course, you don't have to download stuff your product if you don't like it, but having the option to and seeing the thumbnail version of it--you're still submitted to seeing it.
Why am I so adamant about arguing about this with a company I don't care much for anymore? I'm more upset that I have to look at and moderate this kind of material. What I look at on the internet or joke about with friends is something I'd rather do on my own personal time. But I do not want to do it for my job or joke about it with my supervisor. I think this is extremely absurd to be in a 'professional' environment. I could say, I don't want to look at these images anymore, but then they'd give the one extra job of 20 minutes a day to someone else...they won't change how this works because of me. I don't want to give this extra responsibility up. And I gladly wanted to help out in the absence of a co-worker, but I didn't want to look porn at work!
several issues at hand here - not only professionalism, but also the whole completely different discussion of community based content and how you monitor and protect both the freedom of speech and the protection of people who don't want to see this 'offensive content'. but there are other outlets for this, and it shouldn't be on such a widely known and used product that this company sells. there are pay for service websites for that. and if you really want that kind of content on this product, then you probably need some help. i'm sure this will come back to bite them in the butt. it sure wouldn't be good marketing if people knew *** was supporting pornography.
a quote from the movie Austin Powers about the dutch comes to mind: "I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch, you perv-boy!" Hmm, what an interesting image of the Dutch--
And interestingly enough, I stumbled upon an article related to community based content on youtube...whether or not they should change their content rules to prohibit any video supporting al-qaida....no less than 30 minutes after I had this 'discussion' (monologue really since i'm always interrupted and my supervisor never listens anyways) with my supervisor.
Ok, not sometimes. All the time.
For those that don't know, I'm stuck in a job situation that is, you could say, less than ideal. This is my first paid job in the Netherlands, and I've been working here about nine months now, since the beginning of September. I thought this job would be good because it is in a young company, with young people, and the company was growing bigger constantly (in employees and in profits). Well, I've found out the negative side of this: growing too fast does not give you time to build proper office procedures and infrastructure needed in correctly managing people or projects. Hiring people quickly does not give you time to fully screen a person's personality to see if they a) have some sort of intelligence to be able to make their own decisions b) are counterintuitive and unable to properly function in an adult work environment c) are respectful of other people and d) are children.
These things, added together with mindless production work of copy/paste all day long...can really wear you down and damage your soul. Of course many many people in this world do not enjoy their jobs and go through life like a zombie, day in and day out. I am at that point, for several months already. But when you feel like you will go postal-that is when you know you have to get out. Everything here is counterintuitive. There is no communication or decent management of people (or projects)...and certain people won't even greet each other in the morning and never say a word to each other at all- just ignoring them. But why do I want to come to work to be treated like a I'm in kindergarten and have such strict rules as not even being able to eat what i want at my own desk because it smells, according to some people who never had a problem with it until now.
Well, besides the personnel here, what about the work culture? Is that the same here as in the US? Well, I know Europe is considered much more liberal than the US in general culture, but i can see now a blending of the two, where one world overlaps the other. I work in Amsterdam, known world-wide for their Red light district, legal prostitution, and open views on sex. I didn't think this would ever enter my work world, but it has. And I'm finding the exact opposite idea of professionalism is supposed to be. I guess even in an international company, the roots are still Dutch.
One of the girls I work with is out on vacation for a month. She was helping moderate a contribution based community for extra 'fun things' to put on your product (that this company sells). part of the content you can upload (and then others can download at home) are pictures for this product...for the start up screen and the shut-down screen. In the few rules that have been developed since this launched a few months ago, was that any offensive photos or photos with advertising would be taken down from the community...but, in true laissez faire fashion, they're letting the community do its own thing. If there is full nudity, I take it off of the community. But if no actual parts are showing, like a woman wearing a small small bikini, it stays online. There are no rules yet on how many times something should be flagged before it comes off line (youtube and google have mechanisms in order of course for their user-shared community, obviously they cannot moderate thousands of contributions a day). But for now, we don't have that system in order, so I am moderating it for a reason.
Anyways, the situation today lead me to get rather riled up about this this. I removed two pornographic photos today alone. Another one was left up only because it didn't show the actual body part...it was a woman's behind bent over in a suggestive position, but she had underwear covering the specific area to be covered. It wasn't like a hippie running thru the field naked- this was a suggestive photo. Anyways, this got me riled up because why should I be looking at these photos to begin with, at work?? at 9 o'clock in the morning? And the fact that I am going into discussion about what is hard core and border line porn with my supervisor. He wants to test the waters and keep it up. I think nudity is nudity and all forms of it should be taken off. But I am only one person, and a female, and an underling who they care nothing about and don't even recognize that I am an educated person...apparently I'm not representative of their customer base. But I can guarantee that their US customers will not like it. They may be Dutch, and European, but they have customers world-wide who don't want to wake up in the morning and think they're downloading one thing, but get porn instead. There isn't even a warning screen before saying "some things may be offensive" or not even the word "community-based". But with the company's name attached to it, they are the ones who will be seen as distributing porn. And of course, you don't have to download stuff your product if you don't like it, but having the option to and seeing the thumbnail version of it--you're still submitted to seeing it.
Why am I so adamant about arguing about this with a company I don't care much for anymore? I'm more upset that I have to look at and moderate this kind of material. What I look at on the internet or joke about with friends is something I'd rather do on my own personal time. But I do not want to do it for my job or joke about it with my supervisor. I think this is extremely absurd to be in a 'professional' environment. I could say, I don't want to look at these images anymore, but then they'd give the one extra job of 20 minutes a day to someone else...they won't change how this works because of me. I don't want to give this extra responsibility up. And I gladly wanted to help out in the absence of a co-worker, but I didn't want to look porn at work!
several issues at hand here - not only professionalism, but also the whole completely different discussion of community based content and how you monitor and protect both the freedom of speech and the protection of people who don't want to see this 'offensive content'. but there are other outlets for this, and it shouldn't be on such a widely known and used product that this company sells. there are pay for service websites for that. and if you really want that kind of content on this product, then you probably need some help. i'm sure this will come back to bite them in the butt. it sure wouldn't be good marketing if people knew *** was supporting pornography.
a quote from the movie Austin Powers about the dutch comes to mind: "I don't speak freaky-deaky dutch, you perv-boy!" Hmm, what an interesting image of the Dutch--
And interestingly enough, I stumbled upon an article related to community based content on youtube...whether or not they should change their content rules to prohibit any video supporting al-qaida....no less than 30 minutes after I had this 'discussion' (monologue really since i'm always interrupted and my supervisor never listens anyways) with my supervisor.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
IRS comes a-knockin' on my door
Yesterday I got a letter in the mail with the return address of the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). I was like, oh great, what do they want? I paid my taxes, and thankfully, getting a big refund since I didn't make that much money last year, both in the US and here in Holland. But once opened, I found I was one of the (many) lucky middle class (who make under $75,000/yr) recipients of the The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. I have heard about this in the news in the past few weeks, with media outlets asking "normal Americans" how they will spend their extra tax refund of $300 (or $600). Bush wants the nation's citizens to just go back out and spend it, to stimulate the economy or to avert the economy from a recession. You think that $300 will do the trick? After all the debt most people are in, and with this housing-mortgage "crisis"...$300 won't do the trick. It won't even put a dent in my student loans- That's like a one month payment. It took me 2 full years of living in DC to pay off all my credit debt - and I was only able to pay it off at the very end when I sold everything I owned and left! And plus, $300 is only like 200 euros. Well, maybe I'll get my hair cut with that money. Ah, I'm being sarcastic, that is a bit elitist. I didn't even think that I was going to receive this money, it never occurred to me. Really, that money won't do much, but I'll be happy to take it. But I think over-abundant and unnecessary spending got us into this crisis/recession to begin with. Maybe we should stop spending and save a bit to avoid further problems down the line!
Now, I'll go stimulate the European economy with my American dollars. I better watch out for the laughing and snickering.
Now, I'll go stimulate the European economy with my American dollars. I better watch out for the laughing and snickering.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
going to the vet, dutch style
A week ago, I noticed a lump on Rosie's back (Rosie is the one on the right), that hadn't been there the day before. I was very worried, since I know that rabbits can get abscesses extremely quickly, and die from them very quickly. But she was still acting normal, as normal as she can be. Thursday, after I got home, it was red and sort of crusty like a scab. So, we decided to take her to the vet. Luckily, our vet has an open appointment hour on Thursday nights, from 630-730 (literally an hour). Thursday nights are the only nights in the Netherlands where shops are open past 6pm (only til 9pm). Its called 'koopavond', or shopping night, and sometimes other offices are open a bit later as well. Luckily for us, it was Thursday, and it was 6pm, so we had time to get there before they opened. Things are usually made to be pretty difficult and very inconvenient on purpose here.
So, you know, to get the vet, you have two options, as a non-car owner/non license holder....the bus, or the bike. Since the bus is usually full of stupid annoying people, and it costs money and time (you have to change once at the station)...we went by bike. Luckily it was not raining (anymore). So we got little Rosie into her carrier, put that in a big IKEA bag, and M carried her with one hand on his bike carrier. I should have taken a picture to illustrate this!
We got to the vet, and she was pretty scared, after having just endured a 25 minute bouncy bike ride over brick roads and busy streets. The vet found that it wasn't an abscess, thankfully, but he wasn't sure what it was! He thought maybe a reaction to a vaccination she had 2 weeks earlier, or maybe a bite (from Japie). So, no meds given out (also Dutch fashion) for now, and if it stays this way or gets worse after a week's time, we should go back again. Its been almost a week and it looks the same still, but luckily did not get bigger.
When he was done looking at her, she jumped up on M's shoulders to get away! That's a pretty big jump for a bunny on an examination table! When she was put back in her cage, she started thumping--she was really mad at us!
But little did she know, she had to endure another ride back home. But since we were already out, we had another errand to run with her in tow. We had to go pick up our wedding rings at the jewelers in the city center. So we were in a nice jewelry store will a little scared bunny. Of course we look like homeless people carrying around a big IKEA bag in a nice jewelry store, but once they realized it was a rabbit...they were nicer to us. And interested in seeing her.
So little Rosie had the honor of being with us when we picked up our rings. She is the honorary bunny ring-barer.
And I hope we won't have to make too many more trips to the vet in the near future. Especially on the back of a bike.
So, you know, to get the vet, you have two options, as a non-car owner/non license holder....the bus, or the bike. Since the bus is usually full of stupid annoying people, and it costs money and time (you have to change once at the station)...we went by bike. Luckily it was not raining (anymore). So we got little Rosie into her carrier, put that in a big IKEA bag, and M carried her with one hand on his bike carrier. I should have taken a picture to illustrate this!
We got to the vet, and she was pretty scared, after having just endured a 25 minute bouncy bike ride over brick roads and busy streets. The vet found that it wasn't an abscess, thankfully, but he wasn't sure what it was! He thought maybe a reaction to a vaccination she had 2 weeks earlier, or maybe a bite (from Japie). So, no meds given out (also Dutch fashion) for now, and if it stays this way or gets worse after a week's time, we should go back again. Its been almost a week and it looks the same still, but luckily did not get bigger.
When he was done looking at her, she jumped up on M's shoulders to get away! That's a pretty big jump for a bunny on an examination table! When she was put back in her cage, she started thumping--she was really mad at us!
But little did she know, she had to endure another ride back home. But since we were already out, we had another errand to run with her in tow. We had to go pick up our wedding rings at the jewelers in the city center. So we were in a nice jewelry store will a little scared bunny. Of course we look like homeless people carrying around a big IKEA bag in a nice jewelry store, but once they realized it was a rabbit...they were nicer to us. And interested in seeing her.
So little Rosie had the honor of being with us when we picked up our rings. She is the honorary bunny ring-barer.
And I hope we won't have to make too many more trips to the vet in the near future. Especially on the back of a bike.
Monday, May 12, 2008
life on the streets
Ok, some poor quality photos due to the windows being extremely dirty and the glare...but here are some photos from the window next to me, looking down on the street below. I see some interesting things. I'm surprised I have not yet witnessed a person get hit by a tram yet. there is a almost naked rollerblader, but he is too fast, I can't catch him on my camera. He only wears a speedo or a thong while roller blading down the street. And of course, I only see his backside-- I don't even know what he looks like; maybe I don't even want to know!
The Heineken horse and buggy, drives by twice a day. I don't know where they are going, but the horses are so beautiful.
The urinal truck, bringing you your Friday afternoon porta-urinal.
And immediately being used after it was off the truck. Its like this guy was following the truck just to leave him mark!
Rastafarian street cleaner worker.
The Heineken horse and buggy, drives by twice a day. I don't know where they are going, but the horses are so beautiful.
The urinal truck, bringing you your Friday afternoon porta-urinal.
And immediately being used after it was off the truck. Its like this guy was following the truck just to leave him mark!
Rastafarian street cleaner worker.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Happy Europe Day!
May 9th is Europe Day, marking the anniversary of the beginning of what is now the European Union. Back in 1950, talks began between France and Germany to create a common market in the coal and steel industries, but also to create an organization to improve cooperation between the two nations in order to prevent further war. In 1951, the European Coal and Steel Community was formed and made up of 6 nations: Germany, France, Italy, and the 3 nations of the Benelux. This intention to create an economic community is known as the Schuman Declaration and was revealed on May 9th, 1950. Thus, Europe Day is celebrated today. The ECSC led to the European Economic Community and later the European Community, and now the 27 member European Union.
Europe Day is not really celebrated here in the Netherlands, it is more celebrated in Germany and France. But this is the first year that the European Union flag must be flown on the gov't buildings along with the Dutch flag. The day was created in order to bring the EU closer to its citizens and the citizens closer to the Union and one another.
I wish the Netherlands was more supportive of the EU like some other member states, so we could maybe get the day off. That way, I could travel to Spain and become closer with my EU "family". Yeah, in my dreams.
Europe Day is not really celebrated here in the Netherlands, it is more celebrated in Germany and France. But this is the first year that the European Union flag must be flown on the gov't buildings along with the Dutch flag. The day was created in order to bring the EU closer to its citizens and the citizens closer to the Union and one another.
I wish the Netherlands was more supportive of the EU like some other member states, so we could maybe get the day off. That way, I could travel to Spain and become closer with my EU "family". Yeah, in my dreams.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
mega basketball overload
This past weekend I took part in a basketball tournament in Utrecht, the MIT (mega-international tournament), organized by the student basketball clubs at the university of Utrecht. There were 49 teams (apparently) from all over Europe - even as far away as Germany, England, and Prague. The theme was a 60's/hippie theme: peace, love, and basketball. It started Thursday afternoon and went til Sunday morning. Now, for those from afar brought sleeping bags and mattresses and slept in one of the gyms at night. But since this is Europe, who really sleeps anyways? Its all about the partying!! I was on a team with 7 other women, a mixed team from the two women's teams from my club. We had one game on Thursday, they played 4 on Friday (I couldn't because I had to work), we played 5 on Saturday, and one on Sunday morning. Its not your normal tourney 'bracket'...its just divided in pools and they found a winner based on wins and the point balance. Saturday the weather was fantastic, and between our games, we sat outside in the sun. I have a nice tan line from my socks/ankle braces....niiiice. I was really exhausted after 2-3 games...even though they are only 25 minutes each (not like real games). Each night there is a big party....but I only stuck around for the party on Saturday night. After 5 games, starting at 930am and the last one at 730pm...I was out til 2am at the bar at the sport club. I kinda was 'heavily encouraged' by M to stay, since I am very hesitant to stay out at bars in group situations like this--the loud music and people I don't know well enough and a language I can't really speak more than a normal conversation. But it turned out to be alright and actually a bit fun. Beer helps you loosen up and dance a bit more, but it also helps with speaking a different language... sunday we had a game at 1130am...and I was sweating all that beer off. We ended up 3rd of 6 teams in our pool. not too shabby. It was fun, and I'll do it again next year if we're in Utrecht then.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Dutch holidays
This past week the stars aligned perfectly, and ascension day happened to land the day after Queen's Day; thus last week Wednesday and Thursday everyone had off of work. For those lucky ones (me not included of course), they also had Friday off and yesterday as well, for Liberation Day. You know what this means in Holland? A wonderful excuse to drink, party, and go bargain hunting. There are crazy crowds of thousands at the flea markets on Queen's Day, the beer-induced drunk-dancing to lame dutch"umpah" music on Queen's Night, the mounds and mounds of trash left behind in the streets because no one seems to understand the concept of a trash can, and free open air all-day music concerts at several cities around the Netherlands on Liberation Day (where more trash can accumulate). I read that there was 300 tons of trash to pick up in AMSTERDAM ALONE after only queen's day!!! 100 more tons than last year. That's a lot of garbage. Good thing we're not living in Naples. Liberation Day is supposed to be a day to remember being liberated from the Nazi's in WWII...but apparently many Dutch Gen X-ers and Y-ers (and probably all generations) seem to find it a day to be liberated from their own responsibilities: whether that is putting trash in a garbage can (or even near one!), remembering to pee in a urinal, or even going to work. Ok, I'm just a bit passive aggressive...
I unfortunately have responsibilities, like contributing to the economy and putting food on the table. Apparently only 10 other people do as well....as I was on the train with these 10 people who had to work on Monday. Monday night, I did go to the outdoor concert for about 2 hours. Its at this time where you can see all the delightfully sun-burnt hippies and the ground littered with plastic cups and beer bottles and other trash. The interesting thing about Liberation Day is that there always seems to be a platform for debate...the Dutch love any opportunity to debate and have their opinion heard. Do children of today appreciate their freedom? Should we continue to celebrate something that has happened "long ago in the past"?, and the ever philosophical 'will there ever be a world without war?'. All good, thought provoking questions.
Well, I'd answer those questions, but I have to go drink some beer with my friends.
The stars also aligned to bring American morning tv host on the NBC's Today Show, Matt Lauer, here to Amsterdam on Queen's Day eve....he was here for a segment "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" I didn't get a chance to see him, as he was here and jetted off to Laos before I even got done with my work day. He was wearing orange pants, so he joined the ranks of northern european fashion for a day. But I am sure it was only to mark Queen's Day.
This coming Monday is the 2nd day of Pentecost. This is the last public holiday until Christmas time. This will put an end to the May holidays...and all the kiddies will have to go back to school (and foreigners back to their language classes!) and workers back to the job. But now that the weather this week is being dominated by a wonderful high pressure system, bringing us temps in the upper 60s/low 70s...it will be pretty tough to go back to work. Maybe sitting out on a terrace will have to do.
I unfortunately have responsibilities, like contributing to the economy and putting food on the table. Apparently only 10 other people do as well....as I was on the train with these 10 people who had to work on Monday. Monday night, I did go to the outdoor concert for about 2 hours. Its at this time where you can see all the delightfully sun-burnt hippies and the ground littered with plastic cups and beer bottles and other trash. The interesting thing about Liberation Day is that there always seems to be a platform for debate...the Dutch love any opportunity to debate and have their opinion heard. Do children of today appreciate their freedom? Should we continue to celebrate something that has happened "long ago in the past"?, and the ever philosophical 'will there ever be a world without war?'. All good, thought provoking questions.
Well, I'd answer those questions, but I have to go drink some beer with my friends.
The stars also aligned to bring American morning tv host on the NBC's Today Show, Matt Lauer, here to Amsterdam on Queen's Day eve....he was here for a segment "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" I didn't get a chance to see him, as he was here and jetted off to Laos before I even got done with my work day. He was wearing orange pants, so he joined the ranks of northern european fashion for a day. But I am sure it was only to mark Queen's Day.
This coming Monday is the 2nd day of Pentecost. This is the last public holiday until Christmas time. This will put an end to the May holidays...and all the kiddies will have to go back to school (and foreigners back to their language classes!) and workers back to the job. But now that the weather this week is being dominated by a wonderful high pressure system, bringing us temps in the upper 60s/low 70s...it will be pretty tough to go back to work. Maybe sitting out on a terrace will have to do.
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